Kathmandu

We're here!  Great flight to Delhi followed by two hour delay on flight to Kathmandu.  On arrival, CHAOS!  Eventually retrieved the bags after about an hour and a half.  A special Nepalese holiday meant many people were arriving from the middle east with massive parcels including huge bags covered in quilts and brocade curtains.

Next day was spent visiting Durbar Square.  The Hindu temples are made from intricately carved wood.

Barnaby was particularly impressed by the Monkey Temple which we visited in the evening. This is a Buddhist temple. The prayer flags are strung from tree to tree and the monkeys scamper up and down the steps with their babies on their backs.  The prayer wheels contain the Buddhist prayer Ohm mani padmi ohm.  The wheels have to be turned clockwise to send the prayer to heaven.

We're even more excited!

One day to go!  All packed and ready.  Had to turf out some of the energy bars to cut the trek bag weight down to 10kg.  Barnaby is NOT happy.

We're very excited!

Four days to go!  Nothing else to buy, transport to airport is arranged, last vaccination on Friday.  As we can only take a maximum of 10kg on trek, everything has to be pared down.  Barnaby Bear hopes there's enough room for the energy bars. Packing will be interesting as it's 28 degrees C in Kathmandu and 10 degrees C in Lukla!