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Kathmandu, Nepal
Thursday, Dec 22, 2005

Stuck in the Kat

David Murray
2007-02-23 22:42:46

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/>The square costs to get in, but the ticket office does not seem to stop us we enter. There are loads of old temples here, but for a World Heritage site, I am glad that I have not paid. There were cars and motorbikes going through the centre of it. There were also drug dealers !!! How unusual !!!

Durbar Square Patan

About 5 Kilometres away, is Patan. We walked over with the Dutchies, Debbie and Peter as there was no public transport running. The army had killed some innocent people last night, so it was on for young and old. Once there, it is a site that is meant to cost money as well, but there was no one around to take it. It was very similar to Kathmandu's, but there were cars or bikes or drug dealers. Because of this, it was nicer. We did however pay to go into the Golden Temple. It was small, but very impressive.

Bhaktapur

This being one of the premier sites in Nepal, the locals charge US$10.00 to get in. Fuck that. Considering our track record at present, we decided to give it a go and see how we would go. We walked up to the front gate and of course was told the price. We went into the back lanes and split up from the other three. We lost them straight away, and amazingly, we ended up in the back of the tempe complex. There was a sign pointing towards Durbar square. There were some official looking types of guys hanging around, so we walked behind them and made it into the complex for free !!! It was very impressive, but not worth the money. The most impressive site was the erotic temple, which had a couple doing it in all different positions. We finished up, and found the potters squaree, where we ran into Stuart. We told him how to get in for free, so in he went and we went back to Kathmandu. Back at the hotel, Ryan and Megan explained that they had been caught twice and did not get in !!!

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