Thursday 17th - now I'm up to date

What is it with people in Nepal? - Was woken at 6 by someones TV and chanting!! - does no sleep here??

Had eggs and toast for breakfast which was enough to feed the 5000. I got chatting to a woman called Elaine who's from Mill Valley San Francisco(near Tiburon) - small world hey Karen.

I then took a taxi to Durbar square in Patan on the outskirts of the city. It's got loads of temples and the streets are hundreds of years old. Everyone wants to be my guide (at a cost of course) but I insisted on 'going it alone' and I enjoyed the leisurely stroll through the old parts of the city. There were some amazing buildings there which you had to really search to find.

Apparently Patan is the home of many famous artists and I stopped at an artist called andy's shop and made an impulse buy of an oil painting of the Annapurna range. God knows how I'm going to carry this with me as it's not a small painting. But he was a very nice person and I'll load the photo next time I'm online.

Got a taxi back and the traffic was horrendous as there has been a petrol shortage for weeks and the queues for petrol stretch for miles. The queues cause massive congestion on the roads as the people just park their cars and motor bikes overnight just waiting for the delivery of petrol to arrive.

Well that's my day so far and I'm finally up to date.

i may go and visit a small village which is on the way to Pokhara and stay one night or I may just chill here for a few days - go learn meditation or have a massage - we'll see !!

Keep reading. Love Sue.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx