Ok, last day in Kathmandu (here's the dawn sun) and then my new roomates Francoise and Sonam, delightful young people and he made me some yak stew (his mother had just brought the dried yak for him from Tibet) for breakfast before my departure. It was delicious and a good time was had by all. They accompanied me to the taxi "stand" near Boudnath and saw me off, sort of surrogate children since P and C are still at the Vipassana meditation retreat. Tomorrow is my birthday... I'm very lucky since I was able to scope out the "First Class Lounge" in the transit area in New Delhi where I now have a 7 hour layover. Thank God, and Daddy, for the American Express card that got me in here anyway (unlimited food, drinks and Internet!) Yahoo. I'm looking forward to Thailand. Anyway, here are some photos, among which a couple of the lounge area and what the "big shots" read...