Distinct Destinations

In Kathmandu, the pigeons are part of the architecture.

They line the tiered rooftops of 400-year-old Newari temples. They scatter the moment a child runs through. They turn every ordinary square into a scene that no photographer could choreograph — and every visitor into a photographer.

Durbar Square. Boudhanath. Patan Durbar. Three of Asia's most extraordinary UNESCO heritage sites, made even more alive by the thousands of birds that have always called them home.

This is Kathmandu on any given morning. Unchanged, unhurried, and absolutely unmissable.