Niva Niwa Lodge Nagarkot

... So the day was tea, mountains, music - good job I bought the i-pod! By 4pm the sun was going down and I was wearing (almost) all of the clothes I took. Didnt resort to the hat and gloves at this point!<br>Sunset over the Himalaya was pretty fab (as you can see by the photos!)<br><br>Nighttime it got cold - they made a fire in the restaurant and had some yummy Nepalese curry ...

... in the day but I did it, especially as Krishna managed to secure me a room with hot water!! <br><br>Later that evening, just before sunset, we were sitting on the terrace drinking our &#8220;Kaalo Chiyaa&#8221; and I thought I was looking at cloud in the distance, but then as I looked more closely I became aware of a white peak poking through. The closer I looked the more peaks I could see. I cannot tell you how ecstatic that made me feel. I actually became a bit ...

... from the side. <br><br>I felt like an expectant father, all nerves, while Mrs Me calmly stood on the edge and dropped from view. Then nothing. No screams from the bridge, just laughter as Fiona performed for her audience. Forty five minutes later she arrived swearing and cursing that they had not told her about the steep climb back up through a distant village. Apparently two bungee jumping girls had passed her on the way up. <br><br>Take a bow. There was ...

... day.... for 5 days. In the entire time I was at the hotel I did not see one woman. I had male porters, male desk attendants, male cleaners, and males bringing me tea and coffee in the morning. When I went to the travel agency I experienced the same situation... the men sit around in the common areas and chat or sleep. Kathmandu is very much the same culture. The shops are owned by men, the hotels are run by men and have at least 6 of them sitting around in the lobbies ...

... nicht mehr.... ) . Rübergehurtelt zum anderen Terminal - fast Atemstillstand ;-) und dann - warten, warten, warten...... naja, aber man ist ja nicht in Wien - dort funktioniert der Informationsfluss vielleicht etwas besser. <br><br>Aber was danach kam hat für alles entschädigt. So einen Flug hab ich noch nie erlebt. Du startest auf 3600m , steigst ein bisschen und fliegst zwischen den Riesen des Himalaya.... Links ...

... of missing the flight, however, I was able to spend an extra three days in Kathmandu with many from our tour group<br> ~Sleeping like a rock (on a rock-like bed) our first night back in Kathmandu after nights of limited sleep and a full day or taxing travel<br> ~Escaping the noise, dust and hassle of being back in Thamel (central "tourist" Kathmandu) via a chicken fajita lunch at a restaurant/garden off a small alleyway<br ...

... just say, "No." I don't even let him finish. So it goes something like this... "Madam, would you like a..." "No." "But what about..." "No." "But have you considered..." "No." And so on, until the go away. Its quite funny actually! ;) Kathmandu was a cross roads for trade between India and China for the last several thousand plus years. As such, there are all these weird little shrines and things all over the place, quite randomly fit. And the city has ...

Nous sommes alles a Nagarkot le samedi, nous sommes ballades dans cet endroit magnifique, entoure de valles et montagnes, avons ete heberges dans un petit village et recus commes des roi et reine! le dimanche, lever du soleil dans les montagnes enneigees! We went to Nagarkot on the saturday, had some lovely walks in that beautiful place ...

... ride into Bhakatpur which is World Heritage Listed city that is supposed to be fabulous. (and it should be as there is a tourist charge of $10US each to enter the city!) - huge money in Nepal. It was pretty impressive with street after street of wonderful old buildings. Sadly most of which are falling apart or at precarious angles but still standing after an earthquake some years ago. Thankfully Germany is spending a small fortune renovating the ...

... the distance. We are high enough at about 8000ft so that the view is really a huge panorama. Its too bad that our cameras do not do a good job of capturing the sight, I suppose you'll just have to try to immagine. Better yet, come to Nepal!! So we hang here until the 1st of December. We fly to Bangkok then to send some things home and hopefuly see Borat. Two days later, we fly to Hanoi to begin traveling in south east easia. We'll post pictures soon