Before the earthquake, more than one could find a wonderful woman

Some of the mightiest trees are nearly submerged in flags. The two main Buddhist Temples are Swayambunath (also known as the Monkey Temple) and the Buddha Stuppa. There are probably hundreds of others in town. Just walking through the streets we stumbled across easily 20 more temples. Swayambunath. Kathmandu, Nepal
The Swayambunath temple is perched on a few hills overlooking Kathandu. We walked there to get a bit of exercise, followed by the climb up a few hundred stairs up the hillside. Swayambunath is a nice place to relax… not eat. There are several benches there to appreciate the beautiful temple, statues, the view… and to watch the monkeys. It's not nicknamed the Monkey Temple for nothing. The monkey are crawling and swinging off of everything.