Kathmandu

A long day on the bus to Kathmandu and we arrive in the valley as dusk is falling to glimpse how vast the City is. Whilst here, we spend a whole morning going through the process that is getting our re-entry visas into India and eventually leave without our passports – but it is arranged for Lana to pick them up later that day. When they come back our passports have an endorsement in them.
We also visit Durbar Squares in both the centre of Kathmandu and at Patan and just arrive (thankfully) too late at Patan for the sacrifice of a buffalo to celebrate the Dashain festival. We see part of the traditional dance ceremony afterwards and notice the disemboweling of the animal within the builing. At the monkey temple, the quantity of peace flags in strewn across the sky is staggering and the monkeys gladly behave themselves during our visit. We also see what appears to be constant throwing of whitewash over the Boudhanath Stupa during our stay. On our final night in Kathmandu it's an (expanded) group meal as we say hello to four more Oz Buzzers, but 'bye to Barry who leaves the trip here to start another adventure in India as he re-lives his hippy trail.