Finally we managed to cross the Kathmandu city limits and visit the nearby mountain village of Dhulikel where the air was clean and the nepali tea tasted decidedly goaty. On Sunday we took a six hour hike to the nearby Namobuddha statue taking in an array of lush, terraced farmland and wild-west style rural villages where two white dudes in backpacks stood out like sore thumbs. We also happened across the best egg curry this side of Delhi while sheltering from (another) torrential downpour in a tiny cafe halfway up a very steep hill. Our fellow diners included a man in business attire with a laptop in one hand and a live chicken in a plastic bag in the other...
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| ladies dancing at a local temple |
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| sunshine after the rain |
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| our schizophrenic hotel |
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