Gateway to the eastern stairway

Temples and Tangka Kathmandu

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October 16th 2012
While I have been working Michael has been exploring Kathmandu and re-tracing some of our steps from our last trip here in 2008-2009. He took himself off to the Monkey Temple which is the nickname for the Buddist temple of Swayambhunath, which high on a hill to the west of the city. And we say hill...we mean hill....although the benefit is a great view overlooking the city of Kathmandu. Ther ... read more

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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