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Breathtaking Mountains & the Cradle of Spirituality Realising a Dream

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On arriving in Kathmandu, the capital city, I decided to stay near Thamel, an area that has been the centre of the tourist industry in Kathmandu for over four decades. There are countless interesting things you can see and do in this city but my time was limited, so I made a plan to visit three places, the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Boudhanath Temple and the Swayambhunath Temple. Kathmandu’s Durbar Square is one of three Durbar (royal palace) Squares in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, all of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites. The famous Boudhanath is a stupa located about 11 km from the centre of town on the northeastern outskirts of Kathmandu. Dominating the Katmandu skyline the stupa’s massive mandala makes it one of the largest spherical stupas in the world. Situated atop a h...