Royal pains?

It's not every day you get to visit a Royal Palace. Marc, Rachel, Matt (from Marc's work), and I went to the palace in Kathmandu today. I guess technically now it is just a museum, since the Maoists overthrew the monarchy in 2005. This was Marc's first time as well since when he was here last time that was right when the King was 'stepping down'. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to show you of the inside since the security was REALLY tight. Marc even tried sneaking in the small camera but got caught when they patted him down. Inside there were many lavish and semi-useless rooms which were labeled things like 'Room to wait in before your tea is served in the room next door if you are a diplomat's child' (only slightly exaggerated). They also tore down the whole wing of the palace where most of the royal family was massacred in 2001, so there was an empty courtyard with labels where each family member was shot.


Here we are just standing outside the palace.