Country Villa Nagarkot

Overnight in Nagarkot, this is a small village round 30kms from Kathmandu and you go there for the views. <br><br>As I sent in sms it went something like this.....<br><br>I see trees of green, skies of blue, mountains of white too<br>And I think to myself what a wonderful world.<br><br>This was the point where I realised that this holiday was one of the best decisions I have ...

... of what these people are all about. They are so open and friendly and yet their life seems to be very hard. At least judging it by western standards it is extremely tough. The old man in the photo is in fact only 65 but I assumed he was much older because of his weathered features.<br><br>Our destination on day three was Dhulikhel and also a rude awakening! It seemed so noisy and full of dust and blaring car horns. We were back in &#8220;civilization&#8221;. I later ...

... br><br>The second highest bungee in the world. My not so twenty something wife was to be the first one. Apparently quite a few of the girls said, "You remind me of my mother, I miss my mother", when Fiona was waiting for the jump. Ha! Would their mother jump off a huge bridge into nothing? I doubt it. Fiona is a fearless person and I am in awe of her courage and kookiness. <br><br>I was not allowed to bungee because I was in danger of re breaking my leg ...

... teared up trying to explain the feeling of seeing Mount Everest. <br><br>There is something about this indescribably beautiful and majestic mountain that is absolutely and completely addictive. I cannot get enough of it. When I see the pictures I am awed, and inspired to get closer, and Im completely driven to see more and more of it. I cannot stop at the mountain flight. I must see this mountain from the ground ...

... wär´ ewig schade: Heute im YingYang Restaurant in Thamel ein nepalesisches Gericht - Riesenteller mit Reis in der Mitte - drum herum verschiedene Schalen mit - Lammragout, Gemüse, Dal Bhat ( nepalesische Linsensuppe ) , irgendein kaltes Gemüse ( scharf ) und Joghurt ( nehm mal an als Nachspeise ;-) ) - siehe Foto ! ( hab´ alles brav zsammgessen :-) )<br><br>2, Gitta: Shoppingliste erledigt :-)<br><br>Gut´Nacht !<br>

... dining area and a menu that included meat<br> ~Finding it interesting to see most male Nepali friends holding hands as they walked down the street<br> ~Eating (and loving) first a pizza (dinner) and then a big steak (lunch) upon arriving back in Pokhara (10th night) after no real meat on our hike for ten days<br> ~Having a great time dancing/goofing off with our group-including guides and porters, some of who loved dancing more ...

... you that the Indian restaurant 'Indian Oven' in SF in the Lower Haight doesn't make any sense!) The rickshaw drivers here all have bike horns that sounds like ducks quacking. Many have attached the plastic body of a dish soap bottle to the end for extra air when they squeeze = extra loud noise! As compared to India, the women here - to be honest - simply aren't as attractive. They're not as elegant. I'm not sure what it is (maybe simple evolutionary ...

... roads was way easier then the steps of the first day. The whole day we walked with the Himalayas in full view on our left. Nagarkot is a tourist town with lots of resorts/hotels each with views of the Himalayas. Nagarkot is easy accessed by Kathmandu and gets a lot of people wanting to see the snow capped mountains with the possibility of seeing Mt Everest on a clear day, but Mt Everest despite its size is only a small ...

... only people staying there. We woke at about 6am for pretty good views and sunrise but we've been spoilt on the trek so it didn't wow us. Most people come here who are in Nepal for a short time and just do the normal tourist route of Kathmandu, Pokhara (Chitwan if they have time) and a night here in Nagarkot, but do not trek. Next morning on leaving the hotel we walked down to the local bus stop. We were tempted to pay 600rps (about $10) for a taxi to ...

... To get away from the clogged dirtiness of the Kathmandu area, we have come up to the hill village of Nagarkot about 30km from the center of kathmandu. This place is great. It is a little town known best for its views of the entire Nepali side of the Himalaya range from Everest in the east to the Annapurnas in the west. Clear days reveal the Himalaya in the distance. From here, you look across half of the country mostly a wide valley of ...