My Gap Year

If there is one thing Kathmandu is famous for its having lots of temples!! Locals are very proud to be able to say that “Nepal is the second richest country…in terms of historical artifacts”! Don’t ask us where the first is! So last weekend we ventured off to Swayambhunath stupa, also known as the monkey temple due to the number of monkeys around, and the fact that its is totaly unpronounceable for a tourist! It is a buddhist temple up on a hill, so the stairs alone took us 15 min to climb! At the top the view of Kathmandu was very impressive. We walked round the stupa in the culturally correct clockwise direction then sat in a roof top cafe for a cup of Nepali tea!

One evening this week a large group of us met to go and eat in Patan Durbar square in the evening. We had been told that it looked really nice at night when it is lit up! However there was a power cut so we just ate dinner in the dark on a rooftop!

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