Hotel Manaslu Kathmandu

... la comida nunca falta. Puede no ser muy deliciosa, pero siempre abunda. La base es arroz, siempre con cosas picantes. A veces hay fideítos, en una sopa que tiene unos vegetales muy amargos, mucho no comemos. A Viole le encanto el tsampa (mezcla de harina, azúcar y te tibetano). Yo soy fanático del te mantecado tibetano, me van a enseñar a prepararlo asique cuando vuelva lo van a probar! Pero a pesar de todo, el tema de la comida nos tiene sin cuidado, porque cuando ya no ...

We met the others on the tour last night who consistent of English, Ozzies and an American. This morning we went to Swayambhunath, better known as the 'Monkey Temple' which is a Unesco World Heritag site on a hill which looks down over the polluted city.

The complex has an interesting mix of Buddhist and Hindu icons and in the centre is a gleaming while tower (stupa) which has a pair of eyes on it (the Buddhas eyes ...

... and cleared away the forest to farm. Uncontrolled poaching also erupted. Within ten years, more than half of the forest had disappeared to make room for agricultural fields. Between 1950 and 1960, the human population had risen from 36,000 to 100,000 in the region, and the rhino population had fallen from at least 800 (maybe even as much as 2000) to a mere 100.

In 1973, the Chitwan National Park was created to reverse ...

... 1508;רי 01; שקראת 97; בסין, פיתח אצלי רעב לגמוע דפים. יוצא לי בעיקר לקרוא ספרים על הודו, מהם מצט ...

... bottle service of raksi. We spent a good amount of time sing Irish songs that Laura taught us (she does happen to be Irish). The Nepali then wanted us to come dance with them but they tried to be kind and perform a song we would know. I kid you not, but they started performing the macarena live with only a small drum and a harmonuim. As we tried to dance, we were bumping into each other either because we were drunk ...

... Et soudain l'envie meprend d'aller boire un coup. Vais au Sam's bar, avec l'ephigie de Bob Marley, commande un punch planteur, assez fort. Comme il y a une coupure de courant et qu'il fait presque nuit a 17h30, on est eclaires juste par des bougies trop bon. M'allume un bedo, mais la me rends compte que ca sent trop fort, tout le monde me regarde. Je vois le serveur chercher d'ou ca vient, donc je lui dis que c'est moi et il me dit que c'est pas ...

... me nor am I overly fussed about it - although I am very tired... my $2 bed in Kathmandu will be welcomed!



The flight has been fine, however, it's already a bit of a wake up call. As soon as I got to the check in at the London Airport, it was abundantly clear that I'm heading into a foreign world that is going to test my senses and wits in a big way. I am going to be totally politically incorrect- - there were so many weird, scary, deformed, "off" people on the ...

... roads (roads aren't good here for the most part), the dust but i wasn't seeing an end to the city. I ventured a wee bit through the outskirts with large, nice homes and then decided to change my course of action. I took the ring road that goes in a circle around Kathmandu (and looks a lot shorter on the map) to head to Bodhnath. Better known as Boudha, it's the religious centre for the vast population of Tibetan exiles, and is home to one of the ...

... was red and we could see clouds on the western horizon. The guides had been telling us about previous groups that were never able to see anything and we did not want to be one of them. The race was on! By the time I reached Concordia I was only able to get a couple quick pictures before the opportunity was lost.
Over the next two days through periods of rain, sleet, and snow, K2 would offer only tantalizing ...

October 8th - Kathmandu, Nepal

We lodged on our third night at the village of Ghorapani, situated at 2874 metres. The main attraction of Ghorapani, apart from its many excellent lodges, is its proximity to Poon Hill. From the top of nearby Poon Hill one is afforded a fantastic panorama of the Himalaya massif. That is, if one gets out of bed early enough in the morning before the cloud obscures everything. This is fully what I intended to do.

I can't remember whether I had ...