Bhaktapur is a town located about an hour away (by bus) from Kathmandu. It is known in its position as a historical trading route to Tibet. By now the strikes had finished, thankfully, so we took the bus there, it was a pleasant ride costing us only twenty rupees (roughly twenty-five cents).  We walked around Bhaktapur’s Durbar Square first, admiring its cobblestone streets and numerous temples (some with extremely explicit carvings!) before doing a walking tour of the old town. Everywhere we turned there seemed to be women threshing grain or rice, or doing some kind of handicraft.  We had lunch high up on Cafe Nyatapola which is located in a former temple, overlooking Taumadhi Tole. Later we tried the yummy ‘king of curds’, a sweetened thick yogurt which Bhaktapur is renowned for.

Bhaktapur Walking Tour

1. Sun and Moon Plagues
2. Terracotta Ganesh Window
3. Mahakali Temple
4. Mahalakshmi Temple
5. Temples
6. Shikhara Temple
7. Ganesh Shrine
8. Prashan Nashil Maha Bihar
9. Nava Durga Temple
10. Wakupati Narayan Temple
11. Tachupal Tole
12. Inacho Bahal
13. Chaityas, Statues, Shrines and Lingams
14. Hanuman Statue
15. Chuping Ghat
16. Khalna Tole
17. Kumari Temple
18. Bhagwati Temple