Kathmandu

So the highlight of KTM was seeing the the Kumari Devi, which is a young girl in Nepal with too much make-up, silly rules like not being able to touch the groung, and the status of "living goddess." We randomely walked in her courtyard exactly at the time when she came to her window to wave awkwardly at a handful of people. This rare event supposedly brings on-lookers good fortune. The Kumari may not be as lucky, since her trip to the US (first in Kumari history) will most likely lead to her being deemed mortal again. I know people think America is morally loose, but going from God to regular human over night is pretty drastic. Anyways, the Kumaris is one of the many bazaar things in Nepal that have made this trip interesting. Read more on the Kumari at:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-nepal-living-goddess,1,2344839.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

http://www.visitnepal.com/nepal_information/kumari.php