Day 6: I didn’t have a good night sleep last night. The teahouse I stayed in Lukla is not that comfortable also I kept thinking one more night only then I don’t need to sleep in the sleeping bag in the damp and freezing cold room. I kept my fingers and toes crossed, hoping the early morning plane will be taking off on time.
Well it works, the sun was out the shiny mountains kept smiling at us. We waited waited until the first sight of the plane. On the way back, it was not that scary but when I saw the pilot operation manual is just placed right in front of me, I couldn’t help staring at the pilot for 10minutes.  
It was my first visit to Kathmandu during the daylight. And I was shocked!!! It just so grey and full of dust. When Probin introduced Thamel region (we were talking last night that I want to visit that place because every site says Thamel is the place tourists need to go), the only thought I had is how I am going to spend next 36 hours here?! He must know my hesitation. Then he said: Yan, if you have time today we can visit neighbour city Bhaktapur. It is the culture capital of Nepal. You will find mandala painting school and the pottery shops.” I mentioned to him that I want to buy a mandala painting, a yak bone monkey and elephant. 
Turns out I had great time in Bhaktapur squares today. Saw the earthquake damage to the temples (after 4 years, the squares still look like a construction site); met with Jyoti the owner of mandala painting school; greeted to a senior master because he spent 50 working days on one small piece of Kalachakra mandala painting that I love and supported to the painting school, also knowing one piece could take him number of years to finish; visited local people’s dwellings and of course found the monkey and elephant.
Maybe the monkey brought another challenge to me. By the time I finish the facial and massage, I saw the note from hotel reception saying tomorrow there will be some demonstrations form political parties called a Valley Bandha and it is anticipated some traffic disruption and asked the guests to stay inside hotel. At the same time my private tour guide called me to postpone the tour to 11:00am…… I am not overly concerned because I believe tomorrow will be another fun day. 
“Life is full of challenges, challenges are what makes life interesting, and overcoming them is what make life meaningful” – quote online; keep smiling and only I need right now is a good night sleep not in a sleeping bag.

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