What with the current situation up in Tibet, I was forced onto an overpriced flight to get to Kathmandu instead of going overland as planned. This gave me a few hours to think over the past 8 months in China/recover from drinking too much the night before. At least I had a window seat. Actually, everyone had a window seat - the plane was only ab...

Well I've been in Nepal nearly two weeks now.... It was good to catch up with Jonny and modern civilization in Thamel (the touristy part of Kathmandu). Managed to get sunburnt when we went to Swam baya (or the monkey temple) so again was looking a little like my dad in the big red nose stakes! I think it might have been one of the last clear sun...

It's 1.30 p.m. on the Pokhara -Kathmandu highway. I'm four hours into my bus journey. I'm sitting beside an old man with a bad cough, the product of which he frequently hacks up and projects through the window with impressive oral dexterity. My health issues are simpler: rattling bones and rumbling belly. Oh, and I need the loo, of course. My pr...

Happy Birthday Sue (my lovely sister). We have a few days in Kathmandu, maybe visit NGN again and the Royal Chitwan National Park for white water rafting and a few wild animals.

Today morning I did the coolest mountain bike tour I've ever done! Yesterday I ordered the trip from a recommended MTB company (Lonely Planet). The cost was 25$. The trip includes: Personal guide (The team was only me, so it was personal), Good mountain bike (Trek 4300), helmet, Sandwich lunch, and all the spare parts you need in case something ...

Wo ig de ir Kakarvitta ueber d'Graenze bi, bini no es letschts mau vom Inder bschisse worde. Da ig no kei Plan ha gha, was dr Waechsukurs zu de Indische Rupies isch, het mir dr Rikschafahrer (wo ig fuer ueber d Graenze ha brucht) viu zwenig use gaeh. Uf der Nepali-Sitte vor Graenze bini vom Zoubeamte haerzlech wiukomme gheisse worde. Nachhaer ha...

We have a week here in Nepal, which leaves just a few days for each of the 3 regions that we will post on the blog. By all of our travel standards, Nepal is very primitive. Our "4" star hotel had marginally working toilets, and no hot water... and that is in the city of Kathmandu. It gets much more basic everywhere else! And yet, we LOVED Nepal....

Het heeft eventjes geduurd vooraleer ik de kans had om Kathmandu en de omliggende vallei te verkennen maar afgelopen week is het dan toch gelukt. Het is een erg gevarieerde week geweest met veel leuke, verrassende momenten. Kathmandu is een fascinerende stad die balanceert tussen verleden en heden, religie en het leven van alle dag. Deze vreemde...

One thing I failed to mention was that I found bird feathers in my hotel room in kathmandu when I arrived. That was a first. I wanted to relate something that struck me in hanging out with brother M. in Kalyan. In the morning on sunday we were in front of his house and he hand a paved area for a car and a small area about 18 inches deep and 15 f...

Stayed at the Nirvana Garden Hotel, and then moved to the more affordable Hotel Yanki. Once again, I'm discovering how perception is highly dependant on expectations and recent points of reference. Coming from Delhi, we found the Kathmandu air to be refreshingly clean (perhaps we lucked out with some freak weather phenomenon), traffic to be sane...