The trolley bus to Bhaktapur is rarely uncomfortably crowded said Tony Wheeler. This must have been one of those rare occasions. Fortunately it was only a 45 minute ride. Bhaktapur was pleasant to walk in as motor vehicles seemed to stay out of the old area. Another good Durbar Square but I made the mistake of taking a photo of a young girl on one of the temples. She then followed us around for several hours holding out her hand and repeating "photo rupee". Her only other word of English was "yes" which was always preceded by my "no".
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| The photo-rupee girl |
At this point I must admit to making a mistake in my diary as yesterday's lunchtime encounter with the Cumbrian had, in fact, happened, today. Yesterday we ate in an Austrian Vegetarian Cafe overlooking the stupa and today it was in a guest house cafe overlooking Durbar Square. When we came out of the cafe the photo-rupee girl was waiting for us but now she had a small baby girl on her back. Probably to make us feel guilty. But armed with our "infinite patience" and guiding words from LP which says giving money will only encourage them we weren't going to crack. We had quite a bit of fun with her following us and after we'd lulled her into a false sense of security we disappeared at breakneck speed up a side alley.
The trolley bus back was less crowded and for some reason only cost half the 2rp price it cost to get there. We paid another visit to Rum Doodle and went to bed early.
2012
Infinite Patience was our catch-phrase through much of our travels throughout SE Asia.When things got difficult or crowded or took too long we would take a deep breath and say "infinite patience".
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