Day 3.

I met a fellow tourer at breakfast and he joined me on the trip to the National Museum – a complex of buildings originally constructed as an art museum.

The first building contained art from around the country.

Early Hindu sculptures

Ganesha – popular in Nepal

Buddha

The second building was art from the Kathmandu Valley

Two additional buildings house the Numismatic museum and the natural history museum. They even had an antique Hudson.

After lunch at a local cafe, we took a taxi to Boudha Stupa in search of postcards. We visited the monastery and parts of the temple we were allowed to enter before walking back to the hotel.

After breakfast I took a taxi to Patan City Durbar Square. The streets were filled with pedestrians, and every vehicle imaginable: bicycles, motorcycles, taxis, tuk tuks, buses, cars and trucks.

After a couple of hours of wandering through the palace, grounds, and museum, I had lunch at a rooftop restaurant.

Then I walked several blocks of the surrounding neighborhood.

Next, I took a cab to Boudha Stupa and walked around there awhile. The stupa (temple) is surrounded by shops, restaurants, hotels, and street vendors.

While I was there, it started to rain. I shared an awning with some locals until it let up enough to venture out with my umbrella. It was a 9 minute walk to the hotel or a 5 minute ride. On the walk back I stopped for dinner at the cafe by the museum next to my hotel.