{"id":1842,"date":"2015-04-08T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2020-06-27T22:48:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T20:48:58","slug":"aller-guten-koenigsstaedte-sind-drei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2015\/04\/08\/aller-guten-koenigsstaedte-sind-drei\/","title":{"rendered":"All good kingdoms come in threes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I visited Patan, the capital of the third former kingdom in Kathmandu Valley (along with <a  href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2015\/04\/04\/kathman-huuup\/\">Kathmandu<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2015\/04\/05\/bhaktapur-das-bessere-kathmandu\/\">Bhaktapur<\/a>). The city can best be described by a phrase that is obviously not only popular in Thailand, but also in Nepal: <q>same same, but different<\/q> .<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Durbar Square in Patan has numerous old temples, just like its counterparts in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur. In contrast to Kathmandu, though, it is quieter and less chaotic; in contrast to Bhaktapur, on the other hand, there are still quite a lot of people in the streets of Patan.<\/p>\n<p>After a week in Kathmandu Valley, I have seen quite enough temples already. Still, I did find something in Patan Durbar Square that I really liked: The former king had a very impressive, artfully dectorated water tank, the Tusha Hiti!<\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"2-img_0401\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2-IMG_0401-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Patan Durbar Square\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Patan Durbar Square\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"3-img_0421\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/3-IMG_0421-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Tusha Hiti\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Tusha Hiti\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"5-img_0448\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5-IMG_0448-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Kwa Bahal\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Kwa Bahal\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>Close to Durbar Square there is also the impressive Kwa Bahal, the Golden Temple. Not only is it covered in gold, it also houses a buddhist monastery which allows guests to have a peak behind its walls.<\/p>\n<p>  <div class=\"wp-bkab-mixed_2to3 wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"4-img_0450\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img240x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/4-IMG_0450-240x360.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Kwa Bahal\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"6-img_0445\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6-IMG_0445-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Buddhist monastery\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Buddhist monastery\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[60,128,85],"class_list":["post-1842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-diary","tag-city-sights","tag-temples-sacred-sites","tag-unesco-world-heritage","trips-nepal2015","country-np"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}