One of them was the Patan Durbar Square (similar to Kathmandu Durbar Square - but in Patan, which over the years as Kathmandu expanded became part of Kathmandu). So a group of us took a taxi down there and we walked around. It was definitely nicer than the one in Kathmandu. The buildings were more interesting and the carvings in the and decorations more elaborate.
Another reason why this would visit would be more exciting was the fact that it was the main day of celebration of the Dasahain festival (again, everything closed). The main tradition on this day was to sacrifice animals and we witnessed just that. In the courtyard of one of the temples were lying three or four headless buffaloes with a stream of blood draining towards the lowest point of the courtyard. On the other side of the little square were the heads set up on a little stone rest. It was quite an attraction to us tourists as well as locals.
We spent the rest of the afternoon with the successless search for an open restaurant or food stand and visited a few more temples and shrines.
Back in Thamel it was no problem finding dinner and we gathered another quite big group of people, but this time the restaurant owners were well prepared and server very nice food, consiting of Mo:Mo's, Thenduk, Curries and much much more.
Later at the hostel, after talking to some people how small the world is, and that you meet people from just around the corner, I talked to a girl from Ireland who was just going to start working (after she returned from the trip) in Grattan House in Blackrock (about 100m from my front door).
It is indeed a small world.
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