The Joys of Wireless

A Buddhist monastary.
Fields leading to hills topped with monastaries, leading to even bigger hills, and even farther beyond, to the Himalayas (which you can imagine into this foto).
On a back road in Kathmandu.
Hundreds (if not thousands) of prayer flags hang from the top of the Boudha Stupa.
Prayer wheels tucked into the wall around the stupa.
The faithful circling the stupa.
The Boudha Stupa.
Lighting Buddhist prayer candles by the Boudha Stupa.
Spices and teas for sale by the side of the road in Kathmandu.
One of the hundreds of temples and shrines we've passed during our wanderings.
All snuggly in Kathmandu. I was wearing a hat my mom knit for me and a Nepalese man stopped me on the street to compliment it. He asked if my mom could knit one for him too:-)
Impressive bamboo scaffolding.

Joshua and I are ridiculously connected now, with WIRELESS internet in our apartment. Oh, the luxury. So you'll be (hopefully) hearing from us more, especially as we're taking a break from our vagabond ways to chill out in domesticity for a while. We've been checking out the scene in Kolkata--went to a really lame western modern dance performance, an excellent tap/kathak performance, an opening for an art show with pour-your-own drinks, a poetry reading of Australian and Bengali writers...and all of these are FREE! And now that Josh is an official Fulbrighter, he gets hooked up with all the goodies. Like an invitation to the U.S. Consulate for a Presidents' Day dinner. Ooh lala. Hopefully he can sneak me in:-)

We're off to go grub on kathi rolls--one of Kolkata's excellent food inventions--fried parathas stuffed with saucy goodness. We'll buy at least one for anyone who comes to visit us here:-)

Peace and Love,
J&J