Kathmandu, Nepal Travel Blogs

Day 21: Bir Hospital
Jun 12, 2008 (4 photos)

... , but the situation didn't help what was already becoming one of the greatest bouts of trepidation I've had since arriving in Nepal. This hospital, if the infamy was to be believed, could render me sleepless for the next week. The bus dropped us off at ...

Kings and Goddesses
Sep 27, 2004 (7 photos)

... She was pulled in on a third chariot, and stopped to greet the king before being towed away for a madcap whirl round Kathmandu. Apparently the Kumari never gets married when she returns to human form. This is possibly sensible- imagine being married to ...

Day 5: Fermented Matzo Balls
May 26, 2008

So I took my first dump today.   Yeah, Asian squat toilets... not a fan. It was a sort of backfired, uneventful day otherwise. Ranu & I were set to visit the Boudhanath Stupa after she was done with the day's language training class, one of ...

the only religion with roundabouts?
Sep 29, 2004 (10 photos)

... also travelling on his own talk to me. We ended up sharing a taxi to Patan, which is another town in the Kathmandu Valley. It's a bit more peaceful than Kathmandu, with some stunning old temples and beautiful little streets. And less people trying to sell ...

*Days 47-48: "All good things..." (Leaving Nepal)
Jul 8, 2008 (7 photos)

... me to the airport. And thus, in almost the same manner it began, the ~2 months of my life spent in some random Kathmandu suburb named after a soda company came to an end. I'm flying over the South China Sea right now, bound for Singapore, and still ...

*Day 46: Quest of the Goat Meat
Jul 6, 2008

... if they even had one. I sucked it up, got the meat (local butcher shop btw = I'm officially vegetarian until I leave Nepal), and hired a taxi. The taxi got halfway there before being stopped by road construction. The only direct road between Pepsikola and ...

*Days 34-35: "He just needs love."
Jun 25, 2008 (17 photos)

... poured out. It makes a pretty good lullaby. He slept well I think. I did not. I've changed my flight to leave Nepal a weekish early... the nerves are buckling. ---Vital Signs--- Yetis Hunted = 12 Tibetans Freed = I have now single handedly freed all ...

Day 1, Pt.2: Landing in Nepal
May 22, 2008 (6 photos)

So yeah, I land, the organization guy, Suganda, is relieving there to meet me, and off we go to meet the Nepali family who'll be giving me a home for the next two months. It's on the outskirts of the city, in their equivalent of a suburb I guess, which ...

A goat's life
Oct 3, 2004 (8 photos)

... to let me know if he fancied a beer on arrival! I had a bit of a lazy day on Thursday and went to a cafe outside the Kathmandu guest house for a coke early evening. And this random guy asks me if my name's Andrea! 'Twas Ben- turns out he'd e-mailed me ...

Check-In Post
Jun 24, 2008

There shall be no entries between now and sometime early next week, due to increasing busy-ness and time at the internet-less orphanage. The next post will be long and epic, however. I promises. Quick Bullet Points of News: - Spent last night at the ...

Day 3: Thamel
May 24, 2008 (3 photos)

Stan, Norman, Guy Who Owns The Hut, and Girl Whose Name I Forgot all left the hotel early for a four day trek through the southern jungle, won't be seeing them again until at least Monday.  We "slept in" till about 8ish, though I woke up early to ...

Relaxing Kathmandu
Feb 24, 2007 (16 photos)

... . I was feeling pretty flat so we walked around it slowly then went up on a roof top restaurnat (yep everybuilding in Nepal has put in a rooftop restaurant..bloody steps...) hee... for some tea and veggie momos - delicious before making our way back ...

Day 6: The Hill
May 27, 2008 (7 photos)

... all going en masse to the local school for some construction and painting duty instead, since the road infrastructure around and especially in Kathmandu is paralyzed. Today (day 7) is a historical moment for Nepal, it's the day the King is ( ...

Day 7: The King Deposed
May 28, 2008 (7 photos)

... .  I tried and failed to call him back about an hour later. The political madness expected in central Kathmandu wasn't taking place, so following the school work eight of the volunteers including myself hitched taxis into Thamel to run ...

Days 35-39: The Tikka
Jun 29, 2008 (3 photos)

... at another point. Great fun all around. This particular orphanage shift ended with Christina & I meeting with the nearby Kathmandu Medical College's principal in an attempt to talk them into sending their students to do regular health check-ups on the ...

One big black Aeroplane and Nepal
Mar 17, 2009 (30 photos)

... doctor for a tummy bug :) We flew Bangkok to Hong Kong, three hours later Hong Kong to Kathmandu.  A very interesting flight mainly spent in the toilet (still ill), but an even more interesting experience ...

Kathman-DO and Kathman-DONT
Nov 30, 2006 (4 photos)

.Ladies and Gentlemen, Crocs have officially made it huge in the world. We saw a shop in Thamel Kathmandu that has a massive selection of Crocs. All you fellow Coloradoans will remember a day just 2 years ago or so when Crocs were that rediculous looking ...

Day 2: The Mutant Rat
May 23, 2008 (4 photos)

The sound of cows & roosters & farm stuff woke me up around 5am and I lied in bed dozing until 7ish. Then there was a knock on the door and the grandfather barged on in chuckling and shouting gibberish, giving the official wakeup call. He saw Dan ...

Days 25-26: The Wedding
Jun 17, 2008 (10 photos)

... !PS: Saw some graffiti on the taxi ride back and realized "wow, it's been a really long time since I've seen graffiti." Kathmandu, run down and crowded as it is, seems utterly devoid of crime. ----Vital Signs---- Hand Sanitizer Depleted = 90% Time ...

Day 27: Resam Phiriri
Jun 18, 2008 (3 photos)

This entry is gonna be a bit rushed, I'm due for dal bhat soon and want to catch up on blogness:Melissa left for good today, shedding many bittersweet tears with us and Druba, who she'd become quite close with.  This marked the third time so far that ...

Day 33: The Weight-Loss Blues
Jun 23, 2008 (5 photos)

We joined the Brits on their daily shift at Landless Clinic today, if only to see and experience the riverside shantytown it serves. Landless (the neighborhood) itself wasn't quite as bad as I expected... many of the homes had brick or concrete walls, and ...

first impressions of Nepal
Jul 4, 2005 (3 photos)

... takes only 5 minutes. Before we know it, we are in a taxi riding towards the Ambassador hotel. This is my first trip to Nepal. Kathmandu is a strange fifteen minutes ahead in time of Delhi and perhaps it is true to say that this is true not just in the ...

Back to Kathmandu
Mar 23, 2007 (17 photos)

... spend at Pokhara which wouldn't have been possible which is how we'd felt with our extra days in Chitwan and then around the Kathmandu Valley. It's also made Kimberly keen to come back to complete the circuit in the future and as she's a fitness freak ( ...

Day 22: Construction Work
Jun 13, 2008 (8 photos)

... a goofy English balloon-man who gave us all little balloons bent into this or that shape.  He spends his time in Kathmandu darting from one orphanage or school to the next, amusing the kids with his balloon skills.  We got his contact ...

Day 23: Taxi Strike
Jun 14, 2008 (2 photos)

... Durbar," a major tourist landmark on the other side of the city. Whoops. I hopped on the next bus back to central Kathmandu, got completely lost again, gave up and hired a taxi.  While I was disoriented, I still had a general sense of the ...

Again and again and again and...
Apr 20, 2005 (19 photos)

... to the Pesach seder (that's the passover dinner for all you uneducated heathens...um, I mean non-Jews...) in Kathmandu. For those who care, Nepal and India are the places almost every single Israeli seems to come after they finish their army service. This ...

Bodhnath
Oct 30, 2004 (4 photos)

... orders for embroidered t-shirts and decided to escape for the afternoon. Hopping in a taxi, we headed to the centre of Buddhism in Nepal; Bodhnath. This is one of the largest stupas in the world, and is home to a thriving Tibetan community. The stupa was ...

Day 20: VSN Orphanage Pizza Party
Jun 11, 2008 (2 photos)

... during his youth. He came to Nepal to accompany her on an Everest trek before she joined VSN, and was so culture shocked by Kathmandu that he changed his flight to return to the US a week early. lulz Emily seems to be liking "KTM" well enough; after ...

Interview with a Nepali Waiter-cum-philosopher
Oct 3, 2006 (1 photos)

The following is the transcript of an interview with a Kathmandu waiter-cum-philosopher about the future of Nepal, which has been entrenched in a civil war in which over 15,000 people have died. Currently, the Maoists and Coalition Government are ...

Kathmandu
Oct 12, 2004 (11 photos)

... a deal to reach Kathmandu. A bus from Varanasi to the border, overnight in Nepal, and then a connecting bus to Kathmandu. The roads in Nepal were rough. Landslides and flooding along the river washed out the roads, so the going was slow. 9 hours to Nepal ...