11th Jan - Monkey Temple & talk by british embassy

So this morning we had a visit from the British embassy - the guy was called Steve and was really informative about Nepal and the Kathmandu Valley - the most crucial information we received was where we could get Sirloin Steak and peppercorn sauce! Beef is not normally food here in Nepal due to the Cow being sacred in the Hindu religion!
We took the bus to monkey temple. This has to be one of the most amazing places i have been, coloured flags everywhere and the biggest golden Buddhas i have even seen (again i will try to upload some pictures). We were able to go inside one of the prayer rooms whilst the monks were praying, pretty incredible.
Saw a monk sat outside on the roof listening to his I-Pod!!
Bought a prayer wheel and had to barter with the guy - he initially wanted 1200Rs but managed to get him down to 500Rs. It was made by one of the monks at the temple.
When we got back to the hotel we got washed up and went in search of the steak restaurant.....the place was 5* - we had to pay just to get into grounds - the British embassy guy was right about the quality - we ate like kings and queens in comparison to the rice and Dal Bhat we've been having for most meals at the hotel. I also broke my abstinence and had a bottle of San Miguel : {
At the hotel we sat out again just chatting and listening to music - had a bit of a sad end to the night though as one of the lads in the group had another lads camera and was trying to scare me and my room mate by scratching our bedroom door - his plan was to make me jump when i opened the door and then take a picture - his planned failed though and it was actually him who jumped out of his skin when i opened the door and he dropped the lads camera and smashed it!!! Luckily the lad who's camera it was was cool about it and there was no 'kick off'.
I wen to bed around 2am knowing i had a 7.30 start the next day - bad move........