May 11 Durbar Square, Patan, Nepal

Birthday Girl

Durbar Square is probably the most popular of the sites here as it is the oldest part of the city.  Vendors lined the side of the square and had no doubt they could sell you something whether you intended to buy or not!  I bought a bracelet, knife, and a pair of stunning earrings. But, hey, I needed them didn't I? What I really needed, and bought, was an umbrella to keep the sun at bay!

Directly in front of the museum, in the center of the square, they had constructed a movie set, nothing elaborate, but apparently had been filming for some 4 days.  They drew quite a crowd of on-lookers. I again took a lot of photos of the surrounding structures.  Most of them could be entered to explore.

It was the Living Goddess, the Kumari Devi's birthday and there was a celebration taking place under a tent.  SheThe birthday girl celebrating on this day was so precious, as you can see by the above photo. 

I took a slow walk around Patan, the town in which it is located, to explore and
got abetter feel for the regular life of the

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inhabitants of this grand city.  When I finally decided I was lost, I don't know where I was...some residential area, I found a taxi to take me back to the hotel.

On the way back, as when crossed the river in the taxi, I smelled what I thought was a sewage processing plant, but turned out to be the river itself.  It was actually black and had the smell of sewer water.  In a city of this size, I expected a better system. I guess I remain a bit naive.