Summary: Day 2 Kathmandu Kim will meet you at the guest house and introduce you to Thamel the main tourist area of Kathmandu Thamel is a myriad of banners signs music shops bakeries internet cafes restaurants bars hotels shops of all imaginable varieties and eccentrically clad backpackers Over dinner we check your insurance details please have a copy of your travel medical insurance policy with you go over gear and get to know each other over a beer at New Orleans cafe Explore the Kathmandu valley a bit with Kim Options Climb the many steps to Swayambhunath the monkey temple with its commanding views of Kathmandu at 1420 m its whitewashed stupas and its unique synthesis of Buddhism and Hinduism The striking Buddha eyes of Boudhanath Stupa watch over a lively and colorful Tibetan community and attract pilgrims from all over the Himalayan Buddhist realm In the midst of traditional gompas and hung with long strings of multi colored prayer flags Boudhanath attracts Sherpas Tibetans and tourists alike for daily circumambulations koras of the stupa Durbar Square one of the old capitals of the Kathmandu valley is a synthesis of Hindu and Buddhist temples stupas and statues and is often the site of festivals marriages and other ceremonies Hindu Pashupatinath and its sacred temple complex on the banks of the holy Bagmati river Here monkeys run up and down the steps of the burning ghats and trident bearing saddhus draped in burnt orange and saffron sit serenely meditating when they re not posing for photos for rupees Day 2 Kathmandu Kim will meet you at the guest house and introduce you to Thamel the main tourist area of Kathmandu Thamel is a myriad of banners signs music shops bakeries internet cafes restaurants bars hotels shops of all imaginable varieties and eccentrically clad backpackers Over dinner we check your insurance details please have a copy of your travel medical insurance policy with you go over gear and get to know each other over a beer at New Orleans cafe Explore the Kathmandu valley a bit with Kim Options Climb the many steps to Swayambhunath the monkey temple with its commanding views of Kathmandu at 1420 m its whitewashed stupas and its unique synthesis of Buddhism and Hinduism The striking Buddha eyes of Boudhanath Stupa watch over a lively and colorful Tibetan community and attract pilgrims from all over the Himalayan Buddhist realm In the midst of traditional gompas and hung with long strings of multi colored prayer flags Boudhanath attracts Sherpas Tibetans and tourists alike for daily circumambulations koras of the stupa Durbar Square one of the old capitals of the Kathmandu valley is a synthesis of Hindu and Buddhist temples stupas and statues and is often the site of festivals marriages and other ceremonies Hindu Pashupatinath and its sacred temple complex on the banks of the holy Bagmati river Here monkeys run up and down the steps of the burning ghats and trident bearing saddhus draped in burnt orange and saffron sit serenely meditating when they re not posing for photos for rupees
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