The guided walk continues

From there, we walked through streets with fascinating architecture and interesting craft and fabric shops. It's definitely an area I want to explore a bit more while I'm in Kathmandu. We emerged into Durbar Square, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find again, should it? 😊

The first port of call in the square was the ticket office. Foreigners have to pay 1000 Nepalese rupees (about £5) to enter the square. You are then given a luggage label-type thing that you have to wear around your neck. Later in the walk, Sandip helped me to exchange this for a card which allows me to come and go through the square for the duration of my time in the city. This is great value, especially as it includes entry to all the museums in the square.

We stopped next at Kaal Bhairav, an open-air Hindu shrine. According to legend, the shrine, which is sculptured from a single rock, was found in a paddy field. It was later placed in Durbar Square by King Pratap Malla.Read more