Kathmandu Guest House

... Nepali traffic and getting good deals on bus tickets...unthinkable 5 weeks ago!!!<br>This week was our Global Discussion Program start and our visit to the Department for International Developement (DFID) whcih gave the whole group a much better picture of International aid. The program will continue till the end of our stay covering a variety of developement topics and generally increase our knowledge...So were getting alot of good inffo.<br>The Teaching moves forward ...

... the choice available, all fake of course but of varying quality which we became good at spotting! <br><br>We enjoyed a meal out with our trekking guide Pemba and Mr Bhim from the trekking company prior to the trek and we tried our first Thongba - Tibetan hot beer. Pemba is our guide for 26 days and he seems cool so we're looking forward to it.<br><br>Thamel the tourist area is full of stuff!! Anything you can think of ...

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... benefique pour marquer une pause apres pres de 2 mois de voyage (pour moi). Biere froide, pizza de luxe, steak frites, douche chaude, draps propres...et une soiree a ecouter Seinfeld et Friends ! Que de bonheurs ! Elle offre aussi ca, Katmandu. Le chez-soi depaysant !<br><br>Le reset etant termine, Antoine m&lt;a fait visiter Katmandu la magique, avec ses stupas, ses sadhus, ses voiles multicolores, son bordel pieton et routier, ses musiques enchanteresses, ses ...

... 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 ...

... and peaks, I can accommodate this challenging and <br>rewarding adventure. My experience includes mera peak, island peak, <br>kalapathar, gokyo peak, tseryo ri and I have led expeditions across <br>many high passes in Nepal, Larkye pass, Ampulapcha Pass, Chola pass, <br>Renjula pass, Tashilapcha pass, Ganjala pass, thorong pass, Tilicho <br>pass,(Mesokantola pass) <br>There are many types of treks in ...

... the $400 for the week long tour of Tibet &#8211; culminating in the capital, Lhasa, where I'll jump on a train to Beijing. Upon arrival I will apply for a Mongolia visa, spend a few days drinking a noxious spirit called baijiu with an old friend Daniel McCrohan, who's been living in Beijing for the last four years and then jump on another train up to Ulan Batoor, Mongolia. <br><br>Then after a month in Mongolia (during which time I will ...

... not work here so please do not text or call me. I got a card for Nepal but that does not work either. Fido/Rogers just told me that they don't allow foreign sim cards but they can offer me great overseas rates and roaming fees. Wow, how great. I wrote them a sarcastic email thanking them for their wonderful rates which they can shove up their corporate....... (insert dial tone sound here) :D<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>< br><br><br><br><br>

... at 6:30am, lunch at 11am then nothing but one cup of hot water with lemon at 5pm. Being the food lovers we are, we were both starvin marvins by the time 5pm came around and i ended ujp skipping the lemon tea because i couldn't face watching other people eat mangoes and bananas. On the 9th day Nadine had a fruit freak out when she asked for a piece of apple in the afternoon and was told that it was up to the meditation teacher. Last time Nadine ...