The highlight of this day was visiting Swayambhunath, or what we called the monkey temple. This site is atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley. It was a close walk from our hotel so a handful of us, including a few fifth year architecture students from the Pulchowk campus of Tribhuvan University Institute of Engineering that we had met the day before, ventured up. We climbed a long staircase, sighting many monkeys along the way. However when we got to the top, the abundance of monkeys shocked me. They were everywhere, and as someone from Buffalo, New York, this was certainly something to see. The view from the top was incredible and the shrines and temples were beautiful. This whole experience honestly left me speechless. There was so much to see and I got to experience it with new friends who were excited to show it to us. It was getting late and it started to rain, so we decided it was time to go. However the rains were pretty heavy, so we waited under shelter for a bit. We sang and danced. It was interesting to see how the monsoon rains played out. We had seen a simulation of rapid flooding in the Living Mountain Lab earlier that day and though we were at a high enough elevation to avoid flooding, we could see the swift rush of water flow. We called a taxi, got back safe, and said our goodbyes.