Today started with a lovely brekfast from Yala Cafe & Coffee shop. As always the staff were incredibly friendly and the breakfast was also great! They also had great music playing which made it hard to leave!

From here I went to the ‘Garden of Dreams’. A walled garden such as this is extremely rare in Kathmadu and therefore much appreciated by tourists! It was nice to escape the madness for a little while! I met a lovely lady called Nancy, from San Diego, who took my picture!

Next stop was the Buddha Stupa. A stupa is just a dome-shaped structure which serves as a Buddist shrine. This is one of the largest in the world. As you can see, attractions like these are flooded with tourists making them uncomfortable to stay for long. So a quick visit was had and off I went!

Next up was the Kumari Ghar in Durbar Square. Honestly, when you arrive it doesn’t look anything spectacular, and you are hounded by locals trying to get you to take a tour with them. However, the actual reason for this place blew my mind! Inside the Kumari Ghar lives the Kumari Goddess. ‘Kumari’ means virgin. The current goddess was elected when she was 3 years old after a vigorous process. She will live here until her first menstruation and then she will return to her family. She only sees her family at public appearences which is about 13 times a year. She appears to the public from a window for 2 minutes every day, at 4 o clock. I was there much earlier so I didn’t see this but I did rob a photo from Google!

At this point, I was getting tired from the walking and needed a pick me up, so I decided to treat myself to a cadburys bar…Alas, they got me!! (Obviously I still ate it)

I ended the day with a trip to ‘The Monkey Temple’ which was absolute madness! After climbing 365 steps and meeting many monkeys along the way, I reached the top. As expected, the place was flooded with tourists which was quite intense, but there were some panoramic views of the city which made the climb worth it!

Speaking of climbing, my bags are packed ahead of a 5:30am start tomorrow, followed by a 7+hour public bus journey! As you can see, my bag is packed to the brim so no room for my laptop unfortunately! The blog will recommence when I am back to luxurious hostel living in Pokhara in a couple of weeks! Pray for me! 🙂