Monkeys and Rachel

After Marc and I went to pick Rachel up at the airport this morning, we brought her 'home' to Chandol (the neighborhood where Marc is staying) to get cleaned up, and then headed out right away to one of Kathmandu's biggest tourist attractions. Swayambu, a gorgeous temple on top of a hill, provides a great view of Kathmandu (even though it was a bit cloudy/rainy), huge golden statues, intricately carved and painted woodwork, prayer wheels/flags, and to top it all off there just happen to be monkeys running around everywhere!


The first thing we saw after entering the gate into this rather large hill complex were these overbearing golden statues.


Look... a monkey!


The one on the right is Ben.


Prayer flags accumulating karma in the wind... this is the view on the way up to the main stupa at Swayambu.


View of Kathmandu from the top.


Marc is making movies of monks at the main stupa.


These people are burning flowers and other small fabrics used for praying.


I took a polaroid photo of this woman and gave it to her.


Rachel and me...


Marc and Rachel spinning prayer wheels.


The monkeys are everywhere!