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The descent into Hell
Last night we touched down safely in Dhaka and then, finally Kathmandu. Hooray! So now I can say I've been to Bangladesh. We didn't actually leave the plane which I was disappointed about for about 30 seconds. I glanced briefly out the window at the Bangladeshi Airlines planes and thanked God we weren't on one of those. Then I entered the zone. The …
Kathman-DO IT!
I am starting to think that my blog writing in Nepal is never going to happen! The constant power cuts are making it an impossible task! That torch that I bought from poundland is proving to be the best purchase EVER!!
I have never been one for blogging or keeping diaries and I am finding doing it a bit weird! But for the purpose of my …
Even a bad experience is a good experience..right?
Ok, so yesterday the inevitable happened and I got sick! Everybody told me that I probably get an upset stomach during my first few days in Nepal, but I though i'd be ok as i'd never had any problems anywhere else. Yesterday morning I was woke up at 5am by a noisy cockrel and then again at 6 by the local Buddhist monastry during morning prayers. At …
Initial arrival
After a long journey I arrived in Kathmandu completely petrified. There was a taxi there to meet me amongst lots of others with my name on a card. I had a couple of porters demanding money off me as I waited in the taxi and then I was safely taken to my hotel and settled in for a nights sleep before the early bus ride the following day. I'll see …
Final Entry
We are back now in civilization!
Today our journey was supposed to take four hours - from Chitwan in the southern part of the country to Kathmandu in the central, but for various reasons it took closer to nine hours. But, the good news is that we are off the roads -- which many of you can attest to being challenging. While the country has …