Fort Nagarkot

... left and I saw the light spreading over the other half of the mountains......<br><br>For the next hour or so it wasquite clear so after brekkie I sat yet again and looked (and marvelled) at the mountains.<br>Around 9am it started clouding over. 10.30 it was time to go. Back to Kathmandu. No more clean mountain air for a few days....Back in Kathmandu we had rain, that explains the clouds earlier!

... through terraced fields of potatoes when we came upon a family busy harvesting their corn and planting a new crop of potatoes. Krishna stopped for a chat whilst I tried to take a few photos, but somehow it felt too intrusive. But when we happened upon a house in the middle of nowhere and two guys ambled over for a chat I asked Krishna to check and see if they would mind if I took a photo. I have to say I think it is the best one so far! It just seems to capture the ...

... freefall followed sometime later by a bungee. All this was to happen on the following day.<br><br>Our accommodation was a damp tent, with a great bed, a tent frog and geckos and a Metal roof to keep the worst of the monsoon rain off. It was weird, damp but comfortable. <br><br>After dinner and a lot of celebratory beers we collapsed to await the morning and the arrival of a huge bunch of pre-twenty something's to carry out their own form of personal test ...

... to describe this experience to anyone. Nothing I have ever done has compared to this. <br><br>I met several people from London on my flight actually and when we arrived back on land we felt like we had actually "bonded"... we were giddy with the high of the experience and literally could not stop smiling for hours afterwards. <br><br>I called my family as quickly afterwards as I could to describe the experience and ...

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... to relax in the simply natural but simply wonderful thermal hot springs next to a snow-fed cold river after a full day (7 hrs) of hiking<br> ~Requesting the help of the Jenhu guest house owners in removing from Clive's and my room a spider bigger than the palm of my hand<br> ~Feeling like we had arrived at a 5-star resort in Gandruk (9th night) when our hotel rooms had flushing toilets in the room, cold beers and cokes served in an ...

... really good here! Nepali food is way more tasty than what they have in Bhutan and the city itself has an excellent range of other international fare. Anne and I had Italian food the other night that was really good! It was funny to have a Nepali guy try and imitate and Italian accent. ;) The chocolate cake for dessert was excellent! Goes to show you what you miss. In India, they don't have ovens so the whole Western cake thing doesn't work there (and ...

... off a dish very quickly and then the chef comes out with more rice and toppings. My guide says it just does not taste the same eating with a fork which they do in the appropriate setting. Nepal is not a place to encourage people to be ambidextrous. After lunch we headed further down through remote farming communities which were fascinating and people always friendly and finally we headed up a road to Nagarkot. Walking ...

... brown,gold,etc.And it is a sight not to be missed,though you can never be sure taht the mountains will be visible even in the usually clear winter months.Fog and low clouds can often obscure the views. This is a popular hillside spot famous for it's Himalayan mountain views especially at sunrise, with Everest visible on a clear day. We found a lovely hotel and bargained down to US$20 including breakfast for their best room (usually US$50) as we were ...

... I'll really have to post the pictures for you to get a sense of these areas, but they resemble something that looks so traditionaly asian in style, but the attention to the detail of the carvings of Hindu gods and practices all over these building seems so un-asian. Its and interesting juxtoposition anyway. We spent a day exploring each of the darbur square areas of Kathmandu, Baktapur and Patan. They are strikingly similar, but worth the ...