2007-05-30 Wednesday Katmandu

Spent most of the day in the hotel, and ended up with a prolonged, and involved discussion with Helen (one of the trek group) about religion - she is an evangelical Christian, and I am athiest. Fascinating stuff, but it did reinforce my feelings that fanatical belief in anything is very dangerous, leading to attitudes of superiority and the desire to impose one's views on others. This evening I went out with Sanjay (the Nepali who was our tour guide in Tibet, on my last trip to the far east, and with whom I have kept in contact) for a meal, which was delicious. He volunteered to take me around Katmandu and Patan tomorrow.