After spending the night in the Riverside Springs Resort, we packed our bags and headed into Kathmandu.
The Trisuli River
On our way into Kathmandu, the buses stopped and we thought we might have been in the middle of a riot... Nope, it was a big home-grown parade instead.
Claire and I spent our free time going up to Sawayambunath, one of the iconic sites in Nepal. This is a view of Kathmandu from the top of the hill at Sawayambunath.
On our way up the hill where the pilgrims walk the hill to the temple.
The Trisuli River
On our way into Kathmandu, the buses stopped and we thought we might have been in the middle of a riot... Nope, it was a big home-grown parade instead.
Claire and I spent our free time going up to Sawayambunath, one of the iconic sites in Nepal. This is a view of Kathmandu from the top of the hill at Sawayambunath.
On our way up the hill where the pilgrims walk the hill to the temple. On our way up we met this little vendor man who was selling "automatic sewing machine". It was a funny little hand-held needle that uses a double embroidery thread to make designs. You sew from the back side and it puts a loop on the front side and then you trim off the loops close to the cloth to make it feel "just like velvet". 
Sawayambunath is also known as the Monkey Temple... well, because they have troops of monkeys that live there.
That evening we walked across Kathmandu for our last group dinner and the streets were decorated for the Diwali festival.
They even made a big design in the street out of grains and legumes.
We had our final dinner together at Bhojan Griha, a restaurant in an old mansion in Kathmandu.
We ended our night celebrating "Brothers & Sisters Day", part of the Diwali festival. The sisters and brothers in our group gave each other presents. Staci is holding one of the presents she got her brother, Seth... a boar head that she bought from a butcher on the side of the street. Notice that he had her hold it up for the pictures.
Sawayambunath is also known as the Monkey Temple... well, because they have troops of monkeys that live there.
That evening we walked across Kathmandu for our last group dinner and the streets were decorated for the Diwali festival.
They even made a big design in the street out of grains and legumes.
We had our final dinner together at Bhojan Griha, a restaurant in an old mansion in Kathmandu.
We ended our night celebrating "Brothers & Sisters Day", part of the Diwali festival. The sisters and brothers in our group gave each other presents. Staci is holding one of the presents she got her brother, Seth... a boar head that she bought from a butcher on the side of the street. Notice that he had her hold it up for the pictures.
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