First Day

So we made our way to the Monkey Temple on the rickshaw, and along the way caught some beautiful views of the city and Vishnumati River.

View down to the City from the eastern base of Monkey Temple.

Street View heading up. Once we started heading up to the Monkey Temple, we realized it was going to be about a 20 minute walk up, and that the sun was starting to set and the last place we wanted to be was a temple swarming with monkeys after dark. So decided to put the Monkey Temple on hold for another day.

Instead we decided to head to the Thamel area of Kathmandu to get some dinner (we were starving since our flight left at 7am, so we had been up since about 3am). Another $5 taxi ride and getting majorly lost in the extremely large Thamel area for 45 minutes, before meeting a delightful Canadian couple who helped us later and we finally found the Thamel House Restaurant for a dinner of traditional Nepali/Newari food.

The restaurant (while maybe a bit kitschy) was great. It was housed in a traditional Newari building with candlelight and Nepali music and dancers... And local Everest Beer. A refreshing end to our first night.

We tried the prix fixe menu, which was a smorgasbord of Nepali food, including Mutton and Wild Boar. Everything was good and it was a fusion between Indian and Asian food... A combo of dumplings (Momos) and curries. Mmmm.