Travel to Nepal, Kathmandu, Durbar Square.

Today, Elysia was back volunteering at the hospital, so Mike spent the morning wandering a bit through Thamel and worked on the blog at a cool little coffee shop called Pumpernickel. It's a place full of ex-pats, so it is neat to hear a bunch of different accents.

Elysia wasn't at the hospital in the afternoon so together we walked down to the Durbar Square in Kathmandu. We explored the various temples without a guide and paid a visit to the Palace Museum. It's kind of a neat museum, but seems to be heavily slanted in a pro monarchy fashion; much of the commentary felt like reading propaganda.

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Travel to Nepal, Kathmandu, Thamel.

As you read the blogs from Nepal, it will become readily apparent that I loved the country. There hasn’t been a place before or after that I’ve enjoyed that much yet, and I promised myself that I’d not only return, but I’d return knowing the language.

My love of Nepal is twofold: the Himalayas and the people. There are no better mountains and there are no nicer people. I felt accepted – I was called “Nepali” by a couple individuals, including a Sherpa - and I could do nothing but accept (except for a couple instances, one of which being the food, which was more of the same). I also liked that it is the only country in the world whose flag is not a rectangle.

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