For me this is THE place - the most important Buddhist stupa outside of T. Lots of T. people come here to pray and worship. We sat for a long time in a café nearby and enjoyed the scene. Here we also said goodbye to Nepal as we flew home in the same night.

The patio of the museum which shows the reconstruction work that had to be done after the big earthquake in 1934.

The old temples of Patan in front of a blue sky.

Lightening candles at a shrine.

A colorful rickshaw on the way through the old town.

At the Hindu shrines people leave gifts as flowers and food.

We left the mountains behind us and go back to Kathmandu by plane. We will spend one more day in the center and plan to visit the temples of Patan and the stupa of Bothnan.

Lea enjoyed our hike. I carried her all the way, like I do in Shanghai. Actually she overslept lots of the highlights we have seen. Traveling with our baby we made friends everywhere we showed up. We do not think traveling has to change just because we have children.

We are on our way back to our pickup.

In the late afternoon we arrive in Ghandrug. It is a lovely village on the hillside. Next morning we will be waken by the music of the Buddhist temple with the prayer flags in the picture.