Durbur city

The Durbur Square was where the city's kings were once crowned and
legitimized, and from where they ruled. The Square remains the
traditional heart of the old town and Kathmandu's most spectacular legacy
of traditional architecture, even though the king no longer lives in the
Hanuman Dhoka --the palace was moved north to Narayanhiti about a century
ago. Although most of the Square dates from the 17th/18th centuries (many
of the original buildings are much older), a great deal of damage was
caused by the great earthquake of 1934 and many were rebuilt, not always
in their original form. The entire Square was designated a Unesco World
Heritage site in 1979. The Durbur Square area is actually made up of
three loosely linked squares. The main Durbur Square, with its popular
watch-the-world-go-by-temples is quite the sight.

As we were suffering some jet lag, we decided to have dinner and an early
night. We watched some CCN, BBC and American Idol on television in
English. It was like being in Canada, almost.