Culturally Acceptable Behavior:

You are a guest in Nepal and it is appreciated if you behave like one:

• Dress decently (no short shorts or revealing clothes)
• Do not show affections in public
• Do not buy antiques
• Do not point your feet (unclean) to people and point with full hand not with one finger
• Do not step over persons
• Do not touch or step over offerings (red powder, flowers/rice)
• Do not use your left hand (dirty) in Nepalese culture 
• Receive and give with two hands
• Ask permissions before take photographs of the people.
• Do not ask local kids for school pens or sweets (don’t give either)
• Discourage begging, pay fair prices
• Take off your shoes before entering a monastery or inside locals home.
• Go clockwise around stupas and mani walls, etc
• Do not eat, smoke or be loud at religious sites

Women should avoid touching monks/lamas