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8 — Arrival
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9 — Sightseeing Bodhnath Bagmati River Patan 
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10 Budhanilkantha Road to Nagarkot 
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11 Sunrise at Nagarkot Bhaktapur 
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12 Bhaktapur Travel 
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13 Bandipur 
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Trekking 
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18 Pokhara 
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19 Travel 
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20 Lumbini 
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23 Kathmandu 
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24 Departure 
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25 Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport closed — cannot go home yet |
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29 Finally got a flight out from U-tapao airport |
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| Nov 8 | Sightseeing | Nov 10 |
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 Bodhnath, home of one of the world's largest Buddhist stupas |
 The Bagmati River is a popular site for Hindu cremations. The Pashupatinath temple is also there. |
 Durbar Square in Patan, one of the old towns in the Kathmandu area. |
 The stupa is in a quiet enclosed space surrounded by a circle of buildings. |
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 Closeup of one of the banners that are hung everywhere |
 They appear to be counting grains of corn or rice (or stones?) and then, when they are finished, they do it over again. |
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 Receiving a blessing |
 Small nook in the wall |
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 She needs a cane to walk but still she runs round & round the spinning thing! |
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 The river is really cruddy. |
 Shiva's penis |
 Holy Men live in these hermit caves in the side of the cliff. |
 Preparing a cremation |
 Find the monkey! |
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 Cow parking |
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 In Nepal, all dogs apparently sleep the day away in the middle of public places. |
 The river is really cruddy. |
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 Only Hindus allowed inside |
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 Find the monkeys! |
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 And apparently there's a standard orientation for dogs to lie in while they sleep all day. |
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 Mahaboudha |
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