Wednesday, Thursday...things start getting a little bit murky...

So it's been quite awhile since the days I'm posting about, and I'm starting to forget what went down exactly! Luckily I have my pics to remind me. So we went to pashiputinah, which is essentially temples built around a river. Who can guess what the river's for? Anyone? That's right, cremation! And yeah, we visited on a funeral day. Lots of people, Nepalis and tourists alike, were watching these people walk around the body, crying and screaming "Aamaa!" (mother) over and over. Evidently it is polite to watch this in Hindu society, but it made me extremely uncomfortable, as you can imagine. I insisted that we leave before they lit the fire. The area around the temples was beautiful as always though:

Several shrines all in a row

Isn't this tree awesome? It's said to contain souls, so no one

will cut it down.

Buddhist art...don't ask me to explain it.


This is at a different temple...a buddhist sthupa. This is
my attempt at an arty under-the-prayer-flags shot.

Child monks (bottom), and others, walking around the sthupa.

In other news, I've had what's known as the Kathmandu cough since I got here. All foreigners get it due to the crap air quality. Also, new foods I've tried: Yak cheese, buff (buffalo meat) and wild boar. All of these are better than you might expect.