BOUDHANATH - NEPAL
 This is my house during this time. It belonged to the Aide de Camp to the King of Nepal and they kindly moved out of the house for me. I am not responsible for the washing hanging all over it - the 'didis' do that! |
 Drolma, my sweet didi |
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 View of sunset over the Himalayas, taken from my bedroom window. The Himalayas are all that relfected colour as the sun sets in the opposite direction to this photo. |
 The street outside my house, with a Nepali heading off to work! |
 Cottages out the back of Boudha |
 Brahmin cattle - back of Boudha, showing my favourite hotel on the hill to the right. |
 Typical Nepalese houses at Boudhanath |
 This must be one of the loveliest Lhasas I saw in Nepal! He was healthy, fit and well fed and belonged to a very wealthy family. The Dalai Lama's sister-in-law's dogs were about the same, but much darker colours - those photos are all gone. |
 This is a priceless little photo of a mother with her two puppies in the lounge room of a Tibetan friend's house! Just as we do, they marvel at the new pups and spend hours watching the mother tend to them. No feeding in a whelping box here! She just rolled over and began feeding them on the expensive Tibetan carpet! Notice how her coat is almost a 'rainbow coat'. |
 This is a daughter of the mother above - I love them 'scruffy' like this! They are mat-free, clean, but so natural looking. |
KATHMANDU - NEPAL
 Hindu Temple of carved wood in Patan (Old Kathmandu) |
 A Hindu Temple, Kathmandu |
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 The ultimate camouflage! Monkeys blend in so well with the frescoes that it's hard to see them there! Temple in Kathmandu |
 Kathmandu street with prayer wheels to the left |
 More of the magnificent wood carved temples of Patan, Kathmandu |
 A Nepalese butcher shop in Kathmandu |
 Tibetan shop in Kathmandu |
 And in the midst of all the bustle of Kathmandu, a Saddhu or Holy Man sits calmly with his begging bowl! |
SWYAMBUNATH Just over a bridge and up a hill from Kathmandu is Swyambunath, home to some beautiful Tibetan monasteries |
 Top of one of the Swyambunath Stupas |
 One of the hundred stupas that surround the monastery on the left (back) |
 And home to monkeys, of course! |
