I tried to play the gallant world savvy traveler, inviting 2 young Canadian tourists to ride from the airport to Thamel with me. I’d show them the ropes in chaotic Nepal.

I needn’t have worried. One of the girls had been volunteering in India for the past 10 months. She was far more capable of managing the chaos than I.

Here are some pics from historic Durbar Square.

Feeding the sacred cows …

Pidgeons and dogs are not sacred. But they get far more of the offerings than the cows.

more Kathmandu photos