Boudha

I'm now living in Boudhanath Kathmandu, home to the colossal Boudha Stupa. Below is the view from the roof of the Pema Guest House (my home for now).  You can see one of the many monasteries here in the foreground and several in the background.  They're so common that one of a friend was consistently mistaking the sounds of airplanes overhead with the omnipresent chantings of the monks.

Besides tea and meals I also made my first foreign purchases yesterday.  My watch stopped working the day I arrived, but I found a watch maker who replaced the broken part for 50 rupees (~65 cents)  I also found a barber; haircut and straight-razor shave, 140 rupees (~$2.00).