Things to See and Do in Kathmandu

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Recommended Attractions in Kathmandu

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  • Apr 5, 2005: ... We organised our trek through Rajan at Earthbound Expeditions in Kathmandu and would thoroughly recomend them www. ...
  • Apr 4, 2009: ... lesson to be learnt here. We were met by a rep from Earthbound Expeditions and taken to our hotel in the Thamel district of ...
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  • Jun 12, 2008: ... this or that shape.  He spends his time in Kathmandu darting from one orphanage or school to the next, amusing ...
  • Sep 27, 2002: ... in the first two days was an evening in the famous 'Rum Doodle' Bar (named after the comic mountaineering classic). You can ...
  • Nov 9, 2008: ... fact I'd arranged to meet a couple of Aussie guys in the Rum Doodle Bar which is the classic trekker bar in Thamel. However, ...
  • Oct 27, 2006: ... mountain air. Had a group post-trek dinner at the Rum Doodle where the signatures of Hillary and Tenzing are on the wall. ...
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  • Mar 17, 2009: ... architecture, temples, cows and locals selling their wares.  Pashupatinath temple was an eyeopener for us, we decided to ...
  • Jul 4, 2005: ... the Ambassador hotel. This is my first trip to Nepal. Kathmandu is a strange fifteen minutes ahead in time of Delhi and ...
  • Sep 29, 2006: ... of these women, fifteen shivalaya were built overlooking Pashupatinath. Now, without a husband, the beggar was considered an ...
  • Mar 17, 2009: ... a narrow track to get to our next port of call - Pashupatinath.  This is a collection of temples along the Bagmati river ...
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  • May 24, 2008: ... , insane place, and it took about a dozen shouts of "monkey temple!" until we were finally pointed toward the right bus. The ...
  • Feb 23, 2007: ... Pasupati, Buddhanath Stupa (nepals biggest stupa) and Soyumbunath - Monkey Temple. We stopped and had a great lunch (a full ...
  • Apr 20, 2005: ... drop on one side. Outing number two was Swayambunath, the Monkey Temple. Yeah, monkeys. Cool. The whole basis of this place ...
  • May 12, 2007: ... half-day tour. Swoyambhunath has another stupa, also known as the Monkey Temple, and it can be seen from almost anywhere in ...
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  • Sep 29, 2008: ... honor of this festival. Tomorrow I am going to Dakshinkali Temple, another pilgrimmage spot for worshipping and sacrifices. ...
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  • Sep 27, 2004: ... the end of the monsoon. They held a big celebration in Durbar square in Kathmandu- I managed to get a space perched on some ...
  • Jul 6, 2008: ... Now Pepsikola, that's a different story, but not in Durbar Square. I made it to the tourist police HQ eventually, were I ...
  • Oct 3, 2004: ... my exploration of the city. On Friday I went to Durbar Square, in the middle of Kathmandu. It was a lovely day and I sat and ...
  • Mar 17, 2009: ... nbsp; What did we sight see? We visited Durbar Square, an area filled with some stunning architecture, ...
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  • Nov 7, 2006: ... Palace (Hanuman Dhoka), numerous interesting temples, the Kumari Chowk or Kumari Bahal (House of the Living Goddess) and the ...
  • Jun 6, 2009: ... again spent considerable time here. I did not, however, visit Kumari Chowk!!!! which is basically  where the Kumari (a ...
  • Oct 5, 2001: ... ), where the king no longer lives, numerous interseting temples, the Kumari Chowk/Bahal (House of the living Goddes) and the ...
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  • May 26, 2008: ... day otherwise. Ranu & I were set to visit the Boudhanath Stupa after she was done with the day's language training class ...
  • Mar 17, 2009: ... ones.  We also visited Boudhanath one of the holiest Buddhist sites in all of Nepal, it contained the largest ancient ...
  • Jun 21, 2008: ... walked enmasse to the one main landmark I still hadn't seen, Boudhanath Stupa, the largest such shrine outside of Tibet and ...
  • Sep 29, 2006: ... A short walk in the rain later, I arrived at Boudhanath, an immense stupa, a manifest mandala of Kalachakra, surrounded ...
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  • Jun 25, 2008: ... a pleasant night out in town, we had practically all of Thamel (the tourist district) to ourselves. It was the deep breath ...
  • May 24, 2008: Stan, Norman, Guy Who Owns The Hut, and Girl Whose Name I Forgot all left the hotel early for a four day trek through the ...
  • Feb 23, 2007: ... so we just went for a slow stroll around the streets of Thamel near our hotel before having an early dinner ready for bed. ...
  • May 27, 2008: ... , since the road infrastructure around and especially in Kathmandu is paralyzed. Today (day 7) is a historical ...
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  • Sep 29, 2006: ... alleyway near Jhocchen Street, known better as Freak Street. The "freaks" were those strange westerners such as Cat Stevens ...
  • Aug 7, 2004: ... up at the near-empty Moonstay Lodge, bordering Kathmandu's old town area on 'Freak Street' - the street where the first real ...
  • Jun 22, 2007: ... or to play chess. Around the corner, I met with the Freak Street Book Store man. We greeted each other like old friends. ...
  • Dec 9, 2008: ... Harrison once stayed. Of course, they don't call it Freak Street for nothing and the area abounds with strange characters we ...
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  • Sep 30, 2006: ... walk along the side of the old royal palace, past the Basantapur Tower. The detail in the wooden carvings on these buildings ...
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  • Sep 29, 2006: ... ," Ragu continued. Continuing into the countryside, I walked to Changu Narayan the oldest temple in the Valley. As the sun ...
  • Nov 25, 2004: ... one side)of each of the cities I mentioned and the Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is perched well above Bhaktapur city ...
  • Nov 3, 2008: ... us through tiny villages and followed a ridge all the way to Changu Narayan, a temple dating back to the 3rd century and one ...
  • Mar 18, 2008: ... we mused for hours about living there. BHAKTAPUR-CHANGU NARAYAN-NAGAKOT-NALA-DUHLIKHEL-NAMOBUDDHA-BHAKTAPUR we thought ...
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