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title: "Temples & Mountains"
url: "https://www.templepilots.com/blog/temples-mountains/"
type: "post"
published: "2013-10-10T06:03:00+05:30"
modified: "2026-06-12T14:28:54+05:30"
author: "Avi Malik"
---

We decided on cheating the clouds, left early morning and were on launch before they could call it a day for us.   The landing area is surrounded by terraced paddy fields and tea gardens. In flight view is almost hypnotic, a million shades of a very fertile valley dotted with some of the biggest monasteries.    The pilots exquisite point of view is a rare privilege shared only with birds. The local pilots flew [tandems](https://www.templepilots.com/kamshet-paragliding/) for toourists and a new chai shop at the landing has become the pilot adda. [!\[\](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vk7VfhUmoVw/UlY7L1dh5hI/AAAAAAAAAGk/r1RaIz6fFR4/s320/IMG_3857.jpg)](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vk7VfhUmoVw/UlY7L1dh5hI/AAAAAAAAAGk/r1RaIz6fFR4/s1600/IMG_3857.jpg)

 

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