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<\/a><\/p>\nOff to see the city\u2026 we wandered through some crazy traffic. This is a BIG city \u2013 good thing I\u2019ve practiced my pedestrian fearlessness in Manhattan, although Kathmandu has it beat!<\/p>\n
We made it to Durbar Square \u2013 where there are over 30 temples in one area, a combination of Hindu and Buddhist. We planned on just walking around figuring it out ourselves, but Raam befriended us and after talking to us for 20 minutes, and cutting his price in half, we had a guide. Since we had managed to come in the back way, we avoided the tourist fee, so figured we could splurge for a guide. Lots of beautiful architecture. Learned they view Buddhism as more of a philosophy here, and Hinduism as a religion \u2013 which allows them to coexist. Basically every temple, statue, etc. has them combined.<\/p>\n Lunch was a rooftop view, from there we could see the Monkey Temple, and that was our ambitious plan for the afternoon. We had MoMo for lunch \u2013 these delicious little dumplings.<\/p>\n We set off for the Monkey Temple. As we got close to the river, we smelled a familiar smell\u2026 it smelled just like the Trinity River in Dallas, I guess polluted rivers all smell the same. Mental note to use the Steripen AND the filter on the water!<\/p>\n Monkey Temple was the most beautiful yet. Walking up to it was saw a baby monkey do acrobatics on some prayer flags. The temple sits a top a huge hill and the golden roof gleams. Once at the top there\u2019s a huge area to explore \u2013 we watched monks meditating, got \u201ctreated\u201d with a healing bowl (it made this incredible sound, it was made of 7 different kinds of metal, handmade\u2026 and when it vibrated against your bad it felt like it was really healing, or at least a good massage)<\/p>\n Rick thought he would get up close to a monkey to get a picture. Monkey was not a fan and hissed at him and took a swing\u2026 let\u2019s just say Rick retreated quickly\u2026 there was a high pitched squeal involved, Rick says it was the monkey\u2026.<\/p>\n That was just his first monkey encounter. As we were heading down the hill, we stopped to get something out of the backpack \u2013 and a monkey comes out of no where and bites into the outside pocket of the backpack (where there\u2019s a protein\u00a0bar stored), Rick grabs the backpack and pulls it up in the air\u2026 monkey is still attached. Now dangling in the air, but not even close to letting go. So I grab a rainjacket and start hitting the monkey with it, while Rick is shaking the monkey\u2026 finally he lets go. Later we find a perfectly shaped monkey bite mark out of the bar, but thankfully limited damage to the backpack. That\u2019s rick\u2019s favorite story of the day\u2026 and he now has slight paranoia about monkeys. You can read Rick’s side of the story<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<\/a> \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n