The rope maker.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

An elderly man was tearing apart woven plastic sacks (rice sacks?), twisting the fibers together and making a rope! He was selling the rope.

Kathmandu with surrounding snow covered mountains.

Nepalese woman.

The women here all dress so colorful and pretty.

Vegeburger

We walked a lot today and stopped at a small shopping center for lunch at a nice little restaurant. My vegeburger came dressed so nicely. The 'flower' on top is a piece of carrot. This nice lunch was under one dollar! I've noticed all menus have extensive vegetarian options, whether 'mains' or snacks. Dad had fried vegetable momos today with two chutneys for dipping. Momos are a national snack, either steamed or fried. Kind of like samosas in India.

Kathmandu mini bus.

It's amazing how many people they can squeeze in one of these little things.

Construction workers. Kathmandu.

Disposable plates made of some type of leaf.

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Schoolgirls in Kathmandu.

Street scenes, Thamel area of Kathmandu

Rickshaw ride anyone? Kathmandu.

Hindu decoration in the center of a book store.

Marigold petals float in water in the bowl.

Vegetable Sizzler in Kathmandu

For anybody who wonders my dinner cost a bit less than $5.00. The hot lemon drink is about 50 cents. I just have to find out how they make the vegetable patty (served over noodles) as it was very very good.

Helens Restaurant, Highest Roof Garden Restaurant in Kathmandu.

We walked around last night looking for something to eat and saw a sign that advertised it had the highest rooftop restaurant in Nepal. No elevator of course. I kidded dad asking if he was up to walking up and he said let's go for it so we did. We got there about sundown and the sunset was pretty. We had a wonderful dinner. Dad had vegetable stroganoff and said it was excellent. I had vegetable sizzler and it came so pretty I had to take a picture of it (next). It was probably the best meal I have ever eaten! The vegetable patty had peas, grated carrots and mashed potatoes and I don't know what else, over noodles. The vegetables were steamed to perfection. The cheese on the baked potatoes tasted different, probably yak cheese. We had hot lemon to drink. That is available everywhere and seems to just hit the spot. Just fresh lemon in hot water with honey or sugar.

Hotel Ganesh Himal Kathmandu, Nepal

We're staying here. We have a corner room so we have windows on two sides. It is just an average inexpensive Nepal hotel. It has warts and all, but it does have comfortable beds and warm blankets. It is cold at night and perfect during the day.