Election Day
The election seemed to go smoothly here in Kathmandu. People seemed in good spirits walking to the polls, and the roads were empty of motor vehicles, which made for some once-in-a-lifetime cycling as we pedaled to the mighty Bodnath and Pashupatinath temples for some site-seeing. Imagine your nearest interstate highway with just pedestrians and some kids playing soccer on it; that's how eery the scene was compared to the usual honk honk clustercrush. And the temples were nice too :-)
Dinner was a succulent cheeeeeezburger at a [notionally] cajun place, and I caught up with a guy I met in Tibet ten years ago! Freakishly we are in Kathmandu at the same time; he is squeezing in a trip to the subcontinent as he emigrates from Taiwan to Australia.
Tomorrow--more cycling! More temples and medieval town squares! Maybe some carpet shopping!