We took advantage of the week-long wait for our Indian visas and headed out to a couple of interesting towns. First we headed to Bandipur, a beautifully maintained traditional village on the top a ridge overlooking a beautiful valley with the Himalayas in the distance. We spent three nights there and did a few day hikes and explored what is reputed to be the largest cave in the Himalayas.
From there we spent a night in Baktapur, the second of three main cities in the Kathmandu valley. It's a huge, historic town with lots of charm and less pollution and traffic.
We spent our final day in Kathmandu at the prayer flagged monkey temple and now its off to India, a great unknown for both of us. It's hot and soon to be wet there, so we're not sure how long we'll last, but we're too close not to give it a shot.
More from Calcutta, which it's going to take us three days of travel to reach...
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