Bluestar Kathmandu

... so you learn to appreciate the good with the bad. Yeah, I see him once or twice a day, but he is super-busy preparing for a centenial celebration of the birth of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche who was one of the greatest of the Tibetan masters from the last century. There are pics and info in the book on Bhutan I left in the house. Anyway, it should be quite an event. Rinpoche is also the main ...

... in Kathmandu bringing handicrafts back to China to sell there. They ordered the most amazing dishes: fish hot and sour soup, spare rib meat with potatoes, thin fried potato slices with green chilies, green beans, bok choy, tofu. This was the best meal we had... It seems that every meal in Nepal is better than the last. Yesterday we visited Patan with Su a really cool American. We had ...

... when he speaks or i dont stand a chance. He played cricket and tried to explain alot about the game to me baseball is better.Dan was 29<br>Sophie: known as princess sophie was 37 but looked like she was 27. she is a typical flower child and has been traveling all over the world and wants to come to the us so bad and sublime is her favorite band hahhaha<br>Other french girl: Couldnt speak a word of english ...hopeless.<br><br>Tyler franklin is a real ******.<br>

... see a familiar face and have a chance to talk logistics about our upcoming trekking adventures. <br><br>So after that first day I'm really enjoying my time here in Kathmandu, but feeling ready to start my trek. Hopefully I'll be well on my way by Friday. I've been hunting around for a partner, but am not finding anyone who wants to do the Annapurna Circuit...it is one of the longer ones and since many people have just a few weeks here, they want something a bit ...

For traveling in a Particular direction we should start it during auspicious constellations. 1. For traveling in the east direction the auspicious constellations are Rohani, Adra, Aslesha, Kritika, Mrigshira and Punarvasu, 2. For traveling in the West direction the auspicious constellation are Jestha, Mul, Sharvana, Anuradha ...

... and watched the activity of the square then wandered around admiring the other temples which looked diffirent from every angle before finding a rooftop vantage point. Amongst much terror and screaming from the children themselves, pilgrims pushed their children onto us so we could shake their little trembling hands and give them a 'namaste'. Getting your children blessed by a foreigner is all the rage and this happened time after time. Taking sly mobile phone **** shots of us was ...

... head to Sam's Bar afterwards for a couple of drinks and giggled at the drunken travelers ramblings scrawled all over the walls.<br> <br> I woke up late (again) and walked down to Durbar Square after breakfast with Terry, Chris and Annette. I got my "I made it to Kathmandu!" photo on one of the pagodas in Durbar Square and we enjoyed a coke in a rooftop restaurant overlooking the square. Back at the hotel, everyone was getting ready for another big night out. Annette and I ...

... stupa, some Hindu stuff, and monkeys all over. <br><br>Next Kelley and I took a taxi to the Budhnath temple (the one I wrote about in the last blog). It was the same. We were going to go to Pashupati next (where they cremate people) next, but it started to storm so we headed back. That night we attended the slideshow for the Annapurna Region, the first place where I am planning to trek. <br><br>The next day was quite cool: a travel day where all ...

... with my air ticket to Bangkok. My body has seriously never rejected anything inside it like that in my life (insert funny yet inappropriate gay joke here). <br><br>To top off things, I have done something to my right arm/shoulder/back. I think I just slept on it wrong or something - the mattress was quite hard at my hotel in Pokhara. Still, I can't really move my arm without shooting hot pain coming from under my shoulder blade. That little addition made the whole experience on the ...

... sorted out such as writing e-mails, shipping cargo to Denmark (Michelle has purchased half of Kashmir's annual carpet output), sorting out finances and getting this diary up to scratch. We spent the first two nights in a gloomy room at the Hotel Star (where they allegedly filmed 'Escape from Kathmandu') but we eventually managed to secure a far nicer room (albeit a bit more expensive) at the Hotel Pyramid. The room comes with air conditioning and cable television, although the only ...