Pokhara

I've been in Pokhara for four days now. It is a quiet, but a little touristy, little town by the Fewa lake.
Didn't do much, other than swimming, rowing a boat on the lake and eating and sleeping. That's the way to spend holidays ;)

Here some pics from Kathmandu and Pokhara:

Flute player on the street in Pokhara

Fewa Lake

Local beer and roti

Fewa LakeCrematorium near a temple in Kathmandu

24 hour long burning bodies

Entrance of that temple was 'For hindus only. No leather shoes allowed inside'.

We actually had to buy a ticket for 250 Rupees to watch the funerals, which were quite public.

At that temple

At the temple

Ceremony with Hanuman, the monkey god.

There was music, singing and a performance of this guy, dressed as a monkey.

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Patan, old village near Kathmandu

Patan

Patan

Patan

'Monkey Temple' in Kathmandu

Monkey temple

Monkey temple

No high rise in Kathmandu

Prayer flags on top of a hill.

There are many monkeys here everywhere. Nobody seems to mind them much. Also uncountable temples and holy places.

However, we spend most time drinking milk tea and eating local delicacies, such as chicken curries and momo (a sort of dumplings) and rice beer.

Tomorrow we'll go to Chitwan national park. Today we couldn't go because there is a national strike and all busses, taxis and other forms of transportation are unavailable. The streets are empty today.