Friday, 5/25.  Final post.  Transfer to Kathmandu was uneventful.  Farewell dinner.  Wedding event at the hotel.  As with other SE Asia countries, weddings require three days.  This was day two.  Pool party.  Heavily armed security, I think for specific guests because they left before the party was over.

Nepal was fascinating, as were the other countries I visited.  But their diet is not nearly as varied as the USA, again as were the other countries.  I think this was possibly the design of the tour group to 1) keep things simple for our tender stomachs, and 2) stick with foods which conforms with the nation’s tradition.  I found the food repetitive and largely bland(!).  There were limited attempts to vary the meals, but in the end it failed for me.  I leave this 50 day adventure desperate for a host of differing foods.

Final pictures:

Looks like a Bachelorette Party, but there are guys there too. There was also a dance rehearsal.

Live cows in the middle of the road. Just another day of traffic. I had a thought: What if Hinduism had decided that elephants were sacred?