Posts Tagged ‘nepal’

"We finally decided to lower the 365 steps of the temple, built in the seventeenth century by King Pratap Malla, a significant gap. Tibetans in exile wearily sweating up their fervor, pursued by the sun and clinging to the mid-rail to relieve strain. It almost seems to have raised awareness by car. The howler monkeys scrutinizing visitors looking for something to eat while traveling tireless offer local crafts. If you wear something you lost sight, because you will not be left alone. It is said that Buddha preached among these forests, how not surrounded by monkeys". Swayambhunath, the most important Buddhist stupa in Nepal, a report of VAP in pictures.

On a hill on the outskirts of Kathmandu stands the temple of Swayambhunath, known as the Monkey Temple by the large number of monkeys that roam the neighborhood. To reach the stupa have to climb 365 stone steps, each more vertically, closely stalked by a legion of macaques. Up, you seen the giant eyes of Buddha. By Ricardo COARASA.

Around Durbar Square are the main temples of old Kathmandu, a must for anyone who comes to the capital of Nepal. Altars with representations of Shiva, interrupting the passage sacred cows, hippie tourists seeking the essence of the city, SANTONI of pacotilla y pedigüeños acechantes. All this, and […]

When I visit Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, King Gyanendra is still reeling and the city is surrounded by Maoist rebels. The cannon that sat on the throne was a massacre that turned the world 2001. The crown prince shot dead his parents, Kings, and the cream of the royal family. After the regicide, the crown could only sit at the head of Gyanendra.