Hotel Harati Kathmandu

... but it's hard work walking on the busy medieval appearing streets without getting touted in some way, the air quality is terrible due to constant heavy smog and the risk of being run over higher than most would like due to there being lack of pavements. On the flip-side what you get in return is the is some of the most amazing ...

... pas beaucoup plus propre que l'Inde. Mais je sens quand meme que ca va me plaire car les gens ont l'air cools.<br>Ai pris une chambre au souvenir guest house pour 550 roupies au lieu de 650, je dois avoir mes origines arabes qui ressortent car je negocie tous les prix maintenant.... Puis vais me ballader pour reserver un bus pour Pokhara demain matin avec Green Line, une compagnie un peu mieux que les autres point de vue confort. Pas de ...

... teens wearing Avril Lavigne shirts. I know &#8211; what?!<br> Which leads us to ask ourselves &#8211; how does this work? Obviously<br>there was a surplus of Avril Lavigne shirts did her agency decide to<br>give them away &#8211; and if they are given away does someone decide<br>hmmm-yes, Avril Lavigne shirts are going to Nepal; Omarion shirts<br>are going to Pakistan. It's just a bit wild to see her face on<br>dark-brown skinned men and boys who probably ...

... clap and dance when we come over. Angel joins in.<br>They sing for us again as we talk around the table when we come back for dinner later that night. We had the best pork that I've ever had. A lot of the food here tastes so real, so fresh, it's incredible.<br><br>Today I'm functioning on about 4 hours sleep since we all went to bed very late and stayed over at the orphanage, where they had no mosquito lights or sprays so all I heard all ...

... s tunes :D <br><br>Later<br>I really should mention that there is also a perpetual water shortage in Nepal. The water has already run out here once and the whole house was instructed not to shower the next day. In this kind of heat, that's tough. I was just happy that after a sweaty day I took a quick rinse that night. Phew! The others were not so lucky. This is also a concern in the children's centers which is why we have a bucket and a face cloth to wipe them down ...

... sadhus that they appeared as though they had turned up in costume to a fancy dress party with a sadhu theme. Over the top. Some were asleep, some followed us around, one waved his serpent staff at us and they were all up for a chat and offering us puffs on their chillums. One very lazy guy with very long dreadlocks was lounging around in a shrine and only stuck his head out of the door so we could take a photo and leave him 5 rupees. He returned it and asked for Euros! Cheeky ...

... gold statue of a Buddha on the hill. The temples were pretty neat, but unfortunately I don't know a lot about the Hindu religion. The Buddha was pretty cool and was reached via paths running through some traditional houses in Godavari. And on Saturday morning, some singing guys came to the house. Traditionally, these men are in the Gandharwa caste, and they traveled from village to village singing the news. After singing a bit (and ...

... surround the place and watch the ceremony, exchanging jokes and pleasantries amidst big bursts of laughter. The jokes some times lead to misunderstandings and in a few instances in the rural areas they may even cause an open fight."<br><br>Pleasant though Pokhara was, we began to feel restless, and no more so than one morning when the mist cleared for the first time since we arrived and we realised that the whole place was loomed over by snowy Himalayan peaks. We ...