Temples and alleyways

Another day exploring Kathmandu. First a very decent breakfast of masala tea, granola fruit and yogurt. Delicious freshly made buffalo yogurt. I'm following nurse Annie's advice to eat the local yogurt and protect my gut with all those good nepalese lactobacillus. It's working so far.
First stop patan square and museum. Brian likes museums and I have to admit it was an interesting museum. I still spent most of my time sitting up in the bell tower chatting to some nepalese school girls and watching the world go by.
Next bhaktapur or the old city which dates as far back as the 8 th century. More beautiful ancient temples- although you can get a bit bored with temples. Much more interesting was venturing down the dark cool alleyways where generations of nepalese lived and worked making paper,  pottery,  silver jewelry, wood carving,  stone carving and painting. 100 thousand people,  artisans, mainly peasants in a 6 sqkm area. Tiny rooms, cramped workplaces,  obvious poverty but clearly a strong community. Always starts you thinking about wealth, work and life.
It's hard to travel without mentioning the weather. So far it's been warm and cloudless but with the Asian haze or smog everpresent but not too bad. It's been 26 degrees during the day but cool in the morning and at night. Already we are at 1400metres and even during the day walking down an alley you will pass in to a pool of coldness like the breath of the himalayas not that far away.

Namaste Sandy