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- Kathmandu
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Kathmandu Slideshow
Kathmandu
Travel Blogs from Kathmandu, Nepal
Travels with a Bull emigrates
This is a top pick! ... we trekked the Annaupurna Circuit 1, took some much needed rest in Pokhara and some sightseeing and purchase of much needed extra kit, in Kathmandu. We have now left for our Everest expedition where we are due to climb to North Col at 7010m around 11/12th ...
Buffalo Steak...mmmmmmmm
This is a top pick! ... full at half six this morning, ten blokes two women and a trainer. So now have been to a gym in India and a gym in Nepal! Claire got talking with a girl from new Zealand they went off to the German bakery, I used internet and bits then met back up with ...
4x4 down the side of a mountain ay!!
This is a top pick! ... really bad. The rest of the day was spent walking to and around, Swayambhu a hilltop Buddhist temple with panoramic views of Kathmandu valley and the surrounding mountain ranges, then back to Durbar square, with two English lads from the temple, to try ...
Hello i'm off to thailand tomorrow lovely
This is a top pick! hello, i'm off to thailand tomorrow. lovely. ...
Pinch and a Punch!!
This is a top pick! Day 83 ; After again very little, painful, broken sleep, rolled into Kathmandu at five am..ish, looking like zombies, us two pom's, the yank, and a vladimir shared a tiny little taxi from the outskirts to the central area of Thamel, got ...
Only scanned in a few pictures of my ...
This is a top pick! Only scanned in a few pictures of my trekking expedition to the Annapurna Base Camp. The American girls I met in India showed me the photographs of their trek and I had to do it too. I showed my photos to a girl in Bangkok (and the ones of the trek...) ...
Born to Be Wild
... as I rode with her to see the building site that she'll call home one day. We set off from the Nepal Leprosy Trust office and followed the road south, climbing above the city to Sunakoti, dodging lorries, tempos, buses, dogs, people ...
Debuche - Day ? (who's countin' anyway)
Namche Bazaar to Debuche (Day 4), 3800m. We left Namche after a rest day (and our last shower for a while) for Tengboche. The hike took almost 6 hours and I was exhausted by the time we got into our lodge in Debuche. The trail started out fairly ...
Everest Base Camp Trek
... heard the weather had been much better the last days and the backlog of travelers has cleared. We may be leaving for Kathmandu a day earlier. Conclusion It was a fantastic adventure from the views, the group of people I shared it with, the stories ...
Kathmandu
We cant get a pin for Meghauli, the village where we volunteered so we'll leave at katmandu. The photos though are of the village, the clinic, the family we stayed with during festival time, our daytrip to the crocodile farm and the elephant polo match. ...
Fevers and motorcycles
... it took 5 hours to get to hetauda on motorbikes, very sore by the end but amazing views on the way. When we got back to Kathmandu we we're very tired and covered in dust, so they decided to take us to a posh shopping centre!!! After this came the fever ...
Visiting with Bhimsen
... . The only person at home is Bhimsen's brother - in -law Bhita Kancho. They live in just the one room as housing in Kathmandu is very expensive for the guides and sherpas who work mostly in the hills. While we are there Bhimsen recieves a phone call from ...
difficult checkin kathmandu
... is so little area but so much there. today: This is an email I wrote to WG travels in Herndon: so here I am at Kathmandu airport checked in by the skin of my teeth.. I had called WG travels last night and said I was worried ...
Life in Kathmandu
The district of Kathmandu where I'm staying is called rather prosaically Pepsi Cola Town Planning. Yes, there is a factory belonging to that soft drink company nearby; it was apparently built when this area was open fields and the name stuck when the city ...
Jaja, mir gehts eh gut....
... von unserem Kathmanduer Hotel eingeladen und haben das letzte Wochenende in einem winzigen Dorf, drei bis zehn Stunden von Kathmandu entfernt (je nach Stau), verbracht. Was wir erlebt haben erzaehlen die Bilder schneller. Die letzten zwei Tage habe ...
Leaving Nepal
... and, in some cases, is growing. Something like 1/2 or 3/4 of Nepal's budget comes from outside aid... When out of the city of Kathmandu, I really enjoyed Nepal. The beauty is unparalleled, the life simple, and the people ...
Kathmando's and Kathmandon'ts
... Kong, eaten at the airport and then again on the plane. Sarah spent part of her gap year at a school in Nepal and we were staying in Kathmandu with the family of the former head teacher, Mahash. Mahesh has recently moved to the U.K to study, ...
The first sane decision I took in days
... to check passports... We arrived in Zhangmu in late afternoon. I could have passed the border straight away and reach Kathmandu the same day (Nepal is 2 hours 1/4 behind China time), but I was tired (we had lost more than 2.500m between the Tibetan ...
Day 88 - back to Kathmandu
... by the army stopping the bus every 5 seconds to carry out there token checks for any threats. We must of got back to Kathmandu at about 3 but couldn't get right into the city due to road blocks. Thinking that something was going down like riots, terrorist ...
Through the mountains, over the hills....
It's been awhile and we've finished 3 weeks of trekking through valleys, hills and over the highest pass in the world-it was all incredible. then we headed to a jungle national park where we canoed past crocodiles, drove past dozens of playful monkeys ...
Holi, Patan, Canyoning, Bungee, Swing
(Bilder + Video (s.u.) folgen, wenn ich schnelleres Inet gefunden habe) Tag. Nach langer Zeit mal wieder ein Bericht. Vor einiger Zeit war hier das Holi-Fest. Bei diesem Fest bewerfen sich alle Leute mit Wasserbomben, die entweder mit Wasser ...
What to do in Kathmandu, Orientation Week
... 's simply a case of filling out the form and paying $ 40; visa granted and not a single question asked. Kathmandu airport is the only international airport in Nepal. In spite of that it is small and very run down. I was being picked up and ...
Trekking Annapurna
... www.manakamanaexpedition.com Trek in Annapurna Itinerary Day 01 : Arrival at airport and transfer to hotel Day 02 : Final preparation day at Kathmandu. Day 03 : Early morning scenic drive to Besi Shagar. Day 04 : Trek to Nagdi. Day 05 : Trek to ...
Coming to you from Kathmandu!
... was one of overwhelm at the crowds, the noise, the dirt, the bedlam. An aspect of Kathmandu's crudity is referred to in A Winter in Nepal, where John Morris quotes a surgeon in 1877, "From a sanitary point of view Kathmandu may be said to be ...
Happy Thanksgiving
... think what he said was more of a satisfied grunt after the huge steak, potatoes, beer and dessert we just packed away. Being in Kathmandu though there were veg options as well. The place had this 1950's steakhouse swank only with a Nepali twist. It was ...
Festivals, Marriages, Hep A & Other Random Things
... the funniest words. His mannerisms are priceless. On another note, Surya and his buddy discussed the concept of marriage here in Nepal. The different castes have different rules. Some can have one wife but can marry others. It's not technically legal but ...