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The Monkey Temple

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October 10th 2008
I went to the Monkey Temple on my first day in Nepal. It is on the top of a hill a short walk outside of Kathmandu. To get to the temple you have to go up over 300 stairs. It's torture. It starts of with a gradual assent but the last set of stairs is very steep. Once you get up there though, it's totally worth it. The views of the Kathmandu Valley are beautiful. I was only at the temple a few m ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Swayambhunath

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more