I agree with the blogger about difference in prices to visit public monuments. And I also agree with her about having to pay to enter into places like Boudhanath, Bhaktapur and all other durbar squares. It just does not make any sense to me. You can go around Eiffel tower and Louvre for free. You only pay if you have to enter these sites. The jacking of taxi fare is a rip-off that even we Nepalese face in Nepal. So she is not alone in this. But I do not agree with her on prices of regular things one can find in a store. Nepal’s market does not work in “fixed price” manner like they do in developed countries. We have to negotiate and bargain for prices for almost everything. This happens in a lot of other countries more touristic than Nepal. So the only way to deal with this is having a lot of patience and confidence. You need to develop a bargaining skill. It is tiring and at the end of the day will drain all the energy off you but this the only way, if you want to get something at a reasonable price. Some of my European friends who have travelled a lot and are very good at bargaining have got better prices than me for the same article in Nepal. But I have seen many Americans and Australians not being as savvy as their European counterparts. May be it is the lack of history and culture.