Well after spending 10 days on the meditation course at Kopan Monastery and been isolated from the noise and chaos then it was time to step outside the sanctuary of peace (or relative quiet if you ignore the 5am chants and bells from the monks!). The first excursion was to Patan's Durbar Square, just south of Kathmandu on the other side of the sacred Bagmati River. Patan it is often known and sign posted by its Sankskrit name, Lalitpur which was a touch confusing when the taxi driver dropped us off. Patan's Durbar Square is crowded with temples, and has a very similar look and feel to Kathmandu's Durbar Square but has a much less hassle factor from guides and touts - though unfortunately not entirely void of them but it wouldn’t be Kathmandu without the
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