In the eastern valley of Kathmandu, we travel to Bhaktapur, 17 kms away from Kathmandu. It's Nepal's most perfectly preserved (and cleanest) city - with pagodas, temples and medieval palaces. It was pretty peaceful here - a nice break from the noise of Kathmandu. We walked around, had lunch with our taxi driver Mukti, and got talked into going into a Thangka painting school. This is where kids learn the art of painting the symbols you see in Tibetan Buddhism. Bhaktapur is like a living museum -they even filmed the Little Buddha here, with Keanu Reaves. I love that movie.
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