Kathmandu: capital of Nepal

Kathmandu is a city in a valley surrounded by lots of places to visit. There is an area in the city centre known as Thamel. This is where all the hostels, restaurants, travel agencies and shops for the tourists are. Here is where we have looked for accommodation and from here we will stay visiting the different areas on the valley.
If you compare Kathmandu with other cities or towns that we have visited in Nepal, you can really see the difference. It is a lively city where you can do lots of things outdoors but it also has crazy traffic day and night!
People told us that it is a very chaotic city but guys, after being in New Delhi nothing seems to be stressful for us anymore!
One of the temples that we really liked was the Swayamhunath or familiarly known as “the monkey temple”. It is a huge stupa placed in the highest point of the city. The stupas were burial monuments that after the centuries have become the figures that symbolize the Buddhist philosophy.
Apart from the wonderful views of the city and the huge Buddhist statues we enjoyed this visit for the attitude of its monkeys! You have to see them! They were unwrapping the sweets that the tourists were giving to them and one of them jump over a girl and stole her ice cream from her hands! Hilarious!
Leaving the temple we met some Nepalese guys from the musician caste. They are called Gandharba, they pertain to the untouchable caste and it is the unique musician caste in Nepal. According to the Hindu mythology, they used to be the musicians of the Gods.
We went to their house for a cup of tea and we ended up all dancing and singing their traditional songs. It is nice to see how they feel the music as it is their way of living. It really was a cool afternoon.
If it wasn’t enough with the music there... We went out to see the night live in Kathmandu -) Oh!!!! You can choose among Reggae, rock, electric music... we ended up in a night club for some dancing! ... You can’t resist to a nice rum and coke for 1 Euro!! :-)

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