Hotel Florid Kathmandu

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We woke up on Tuesday morning to some idiot hammering on our door at 5.15am. They came again at 5.30am, 6am and 6.30am. We didn't ask for a wake up call and we are quite old enough to get ourselves out of bed. They just wanted us to buy breakfast from them. Instead they got an earful for being annoying. The day was not destined to get any better either. The bus ride to Kathmandu was awful. This time we had a local bus full of local people who thought it was a great idea to stand up in the ais...

Hi, after spending a while in Nepal i have decided to write a blog, showing the best and worst of Nepal. This country must have a strange magical attraction because i came here two years ago, enjoyed it so much and decided to stay. My profile photo was after eight days with no washing and alot of trekking across the Himalayan mountains but the base camp was worth it. After two years i am now running an education business in Kathmandu spending time in Chitwan and the mountains, following my dr...

Y despues de los rascacielos, llegamos al pais mas pobre de Asia... ya, en el aeropuerto, nos empezamos a dar cuenta de la historia. Afortunadamente Tej, de la ONG que contacto Sandra, nos fue a buscar al aeropuerto y nos acogio amabilisimamente en su casa esa noche. Al dia siguiente nos enseño el lugar: la escuela, el orfanato y nos presento a Gelu, un amigo y colaborador que nos propuso algunos tours para hacer en el pais. Bajamos al centro de Kathmandu y nos instalamos en un hotel. De nuev...

Volvi a Kathmandu, al hotel Florid donde estaba tan agusto, al bullicio de Thamel... un pequeño pero ruidoso refugio para los turistas donde todavia pensamos que es posible relajarse... aqui nos volvemos a encontrar todos, despues de los trekkings y de las aventuras por Nepal. Todos hemos pasado por aqui antes pero cuando volvemos nos sorprende todo el ruido y el gentio de las calles. Y, al final, nos encontramos agusto en este barrio donde nos vemos todos los dias, vamos a tomar algo o a cen...