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About Our Visit to Nepal’s Alpine Valleys
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                                              Sanctuaries We’ll Visit 
 
 
                                            Sanctuaries In Kathmandu
                                                       In Kathmandu, our first stop, we’ll see both Hindu and Buddhist shrines. Of the two, we’ll                                                                        make sure we have a good focus on Hindu sites, because they will be rare when we move                                                                          on to the Adventure’s second part, in the alpine region.
 
 
                                           
 

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                                                                  A group of Hindu temples in Kathmandu
 
 
The Hindu temples are beautiful and colorful. We’ll meet with sages, sahdus (holy men), and pandits (teachers), making these temple visits really lively. We’ll also have a chance to watch rituals, and if you want to, you can sometimes participate in them. A visit to a Hindu temple is a neat opportunity. You get experience the planet’s oldest living religion, with a history that goes back to 3000 BC. When we are taught by a pandit,  we receive wisdom that was set down centuries and  centuries before the time of Jesus, and even Moses.
 
And in keeping with our travel-should-be-fun motto, we usually follow a site visit by heading out to a delicious lunch, where we sit around a big table, enjoy the food, and share stories and experiences from our visit.
 
 
 
Sanctuaries on the Inn-To-Inn Hike
The second part of the trip will be in beautiful upland valleys, and this is where we’ll mostly encounter Buddhist sites-- the faith of the Dalai Lama.   You’ll see Tibetan Buddhism in a way no longer possible in Tibet itself, since it has been under Chinese control.   We’ll visit Gompas (temples), nunneries, and monasteries.    
 
Some of  temples will be empty when we visit them. When we have a shrine all to ourselves, you’ll have a chance to explore the colorful and ornate sanctuary at your leisure. 
 

At other times, ceremonies will be going on. In Tibetan Buddhist sanctuaries, you’ll have a seat on a scarlet pillow, along a wall reserved for guests. And as you watch the service, amid soft curls of smoky incense, you’ll often be served hot Tibetan  tea, which is a sign of welcome and respect for visiting pilgrims. These ceremonies are rich experiences, and can include sonorous chanting, accompanied by exotic instruments.  The ambience of the droning chants is very soothing, although frequently punctuated by a burst of music from horns, gongs and drums. If you’ve dozed off… it’s your wake-up call!