Mandala Hotel

Hi All,

  7:30 am tomorrow, June 27, we leave on a 4 day overland journey to Kathmandu, Nepal.  (I now know that there is an h in Kathmandu and Buddhism.)  We should cross the border into Nepal on the 30th and be in our Kathmandu hotel on the night of the 30th. We fly back to Singapore on July 4th.  Not sure about our Internet access along the way though Lobsang says tomorrow night’s hotel is nicer than the Mandala Hotel so maybe we’ll have wifi.  Tonight we have to pack up, and yes, we did buy a few things, so packing is even trickier than when we left the boat.  That’s why boat travel is so nice; no packing and unpacking. 

  This morning we visited a Buddhist nunnery and this afternoon a monastery that is also a university for students studying to be monks.  We watched them during an afternoon session when young students are questioned by older students and it’s all very theatrical.  I took lots of photos and will share them too as well as many others.

  So that’s it.  Off to finish packing.

Ru