Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

for the last few days i have been staying at the Kopan Buddhist Monastery at a hill overlooking Kathmandu, Nepal. everything there is GREAT!! the views (as you can see) are great, and so are the people! i have made many friends and really enjoy speaking with the monks and nuns... they are lovely people!
here are some of the young monks playing... a lot of the time you will see them throwing things at each other, or hitting each other with books - just like normal little boys. this is my favorite view. it's taken from our dining hall's balcony. it is an unfinished monastery in the distance and has a really surreal feel to it. a lot of the time you can also see two hawks flying by. i don't have any other pics of the monastery itself yet, but i will try to get some up!