Kathmandu Valley - Life outside the peaceful retreat!
October 7th 2007 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 of
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