Judy strolling through the Hong Kong airport. Cool ceiling architecture.

We were noticing how quiet the Hong Kong airport was. This is probably why.

After nearly 20 hours in a plane and some short layovers, we're finally getting close!

The Himalayas were visible from the plane as we neared Kathmandu.

It's pretty awesome how these mountains just extend right through the clouds.

A view from the top of the Kathmandu Guest House - kids playing cricket.

Another view from the top of our Kathmandu hotel.

My first Daal Bhaat meal, one of many to come.

Hustle and bustle down one of the many tourist-oriented streets in Kathmandu.

Cool moth on one of the stairway handrails in our hotel.

We arrived in Kathmandu a day early so we had some time to cruise around and get a taste of the city.

Traffic is pretty insane with cars, motorcycles, bicycles/rickshaws, and pedestrians all jockeying amongst each other.

Judy had to get some face cream, so I just hung out at this intersection to watch the traffic mayhem in motion.

Despite the seeming chaos, nobody got hit and everything ultimately seemed to successfully lurch along.

This guy let me take a picture of him stirring a big pot of some kind of batter.

We were kind of lost at this point so I'm not even sure what this was. Probably some sort of shrine.

We thought it amusing that all these chickens were just running around. Of course, we would soon find that that was nothing out of the ordinary.

Our destination was the Kathmandu Durbar Square. We hired a guide who showed us around. Here's one of the shrines.

Assorted flowery things for the Festival of Lights which was occurring while we were there.

The Maju Dega. From the brochure: "Built in late seventeenth century this temple is most impressive >>

The place where The Living Goddess lives. She revealed herself to us, but we weren't allowed to take any pictures of her.

Showing respect for The Living Goddess.

A better pic of the Manu Dega.

We found this situation kind of interesting: a cow wandering through a large flock of pigeons.

Another shot of the cow and the pigeons.

The Kama Sutra temple. The temple had lots of carvings of people in various positions of doing the Wild Thang.

Apparently, the purpose of this temple was to encourage population growth.

Another temple. Don't remember which one this was.

Don't know what this was either, just found it kind of cool that a tree was growing through it.

Kal Bhairav. From the brochure: "This huge stone image of Bhairav represents diety Shiva in his destructive manifestation>>

Big-ass drums. Not sure how or for what they're used.

Tago Gan (Big Bell). From the brochure: "This big bell is supported by two stone pillars and has a tiled roof>>

On the way to the Monkey Temple. It's at the top of the hill ahead.

Judy and our guide Toya pass the mountain goats as they climb up the stairs.

This monkey spied Judy's pear and started approaching. Toya, our guide, recommended tossing the pear to the monkey.