p.r.bullen - travelogue

Inside 55-Window Palace, there's a Hindu temple (Hindu's only, but we're not particularly interested, living in Delhi) and an amazing sunken tank. These sunken tanks are all over Nepal, it seems to me. This one is interesting: in addition to usual spring-fed gargoyle spouts (snakes, here), the border of the tank at ground level is a long snake and there's a tall pole in the middle of the water with a large cobra head in gold at just about our level, the cobras hood spread out like it is about to strike. The water is green with algae.