Monkey temple
Originally uploaded by bastchild.
Swayambhunath Temple is a Buddhist temple on a hill high above Kathmandu. It is a great viewpoint for the city and is loaded with monkeys, earning the nickname "Monkey Temple". As it turns out, there are monkeys at most temples anyways...
There were lots of Tibetans here; I could smell their mutton and sheep-lined coats as I passed them on the stairs. In 1957, loads of Tibetans fled into Nepal escaping Chinese persecution.
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