(1) A pretty stressed smoker at Kathmandu Durbar Square.

(2) The colours in the markets around Durbar Square are wonderful.

(3) On the occasion of Lord Curzon's Delhi durbar I wrote a prose-paper--at the time of Lord Lytton's it was a poem.

(4) Durbar Square, historic center of Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu.

(5) Kathmandu's Durbar Square a Hindu temple sits silently amongst ancient historical monuments of old.

(6) Were there nothing else in Nepal, save the Durbar Square of Bhatgaon ( Bhaktapur), it would still be amply worth making a journey halfway round the globe to see.

(7) The historic centre of town is the Durbar Square, where the compulsory cluster of temples oversees the bustle of modern-day Kathmandu.

(8) A giant mask of a deity, locally known as "Bharaiv", is seen at roadside in Durbar square during the week-long Indra Jatra festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009.

(9) Nepalese devotees pull the chariot with living goddess, locally known as the "kumari" during the week-long Indra Jatra festival at Durbar square in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009.

(10) An armed government soldier has become a common sight in Durbar Square, historic center of Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu.

(11) Pigeons scatter as a man walks home after offering prayers at a nearby temple at Bashantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu.

(12) A man and his granddaughter take a break on the steps of a pagoda-style temple at Durbar (Kings) Square in Bhakthapur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

(13) Then we went in for high tea in its Durbar Hall, which included both curry and cucumber sandwiches.