Pal Rabten Khansar Guest House Kathmandu

... really sit down for a while enjoying the beauty all in a glance with a cup of coffee. Many boats docked by the lakeside. The boatmen were painting the boats for the spring and summer holidays. We took the boat across to the island. Pigeons fluttering around when we passed by them, alerting others the dangers of new strangers arrived.

We shop and shop for Thangkas, and we did not make it to the Tibetan Settlement. Therefore, we settle for a good dinner that evening, with ...

Well the last time I really wrote anything on my blog was about 2 months ago and I've just been filling in map pins and sending promises of future posts. Maybe one day I'll go and fill in all the blanks but I guess it's not very likely! Anywho rather than dwell on the past and try and catch up I thought I might as well just go from now.

Currently I'm in Kathmandu, Nepal. We've been in Nepal now for about a week after coming across the border from Tibet. The border crossing ...

... 2/3 hours Elephant Back Safari Animal Hunting with Camara back to lodge for lunch. After lunch Dugout canoeing and Jungle walk than museum visit and tharu culture dance and over night Lodge.

Day 06: Chitwan – Pokhara
200km Scenic 5 hours drive to Pokhara from Chitwan via Mugling, Reach Pokhara and check in Hotel. Evening tour around Phewa Lake site center of all attraction it is the largest and most enchanting ...

... bananas que nos ofreció Martine.

A eso de las 19 llegamos a la frontera. Ya era de noche, y tuvimos que caminar hasta la oficina de inmigración India para registrar la salida y después proseguir hasta la nepalesa para registrar la entrada y pagar la visa (como están lucrando con esto los nepaleses, la aumentan cada 2 semanas). Cuando nos bajamos del colectivo, el chofer nos indico en un inglés extremadamente primitivo para qué lado teníamos que caminar ...

... worthy of scholars!!!! So moral runs high to night!!!
The weather now is getting Very cold in the evening and boiling in the day so we have a bit of an issue with the rapid change but its all good!!!
We now get regular bus rides to the local town of Lubhoo, Nepali style, riding on the ROOF!!!! this is how public transport should be!!!!!
Thats all from me this week,
keep you posted next Tuesday.
Nepal continues to fascinate!!!!!!

... he took us to a local Nepalese bar. it had traditional Nepalese dancing not a strip club but cool old school culture type show it was awesome and since we were with him drinks were cheap and they kept bringing us appetizers!!! they explained alot about the culture to us and we talked about usa and showed them pics of california and adventures from home, they think all my blonde friends are very hott but where lots of make up ...

... with a friendly “Namaste”. As we trekked through the forests Krishna pointed out various birds and types of plants. At one point as we rounded a corner there was a young deer just standing on the track watching us. It was a totally magical experience and around every corner there was some new surprise.

The photos give some idea of what we encountered but even they cannot do justice to the beautiful countryside and incredibly resilient people that we saw ...

... P Lol), I replied, "you mean like if someone was chasing me?" knowing my joke would be lost in translation. Then I explained that if he had said that to some women where I come from, the reaction would have been different and they might be incredibly angry and offended.

Another volunteer I met here, Katharina, was telling me that out of the blue one of the interns at her hospital asked her why she looked like a horse. He was referring to her ponytail which she wears ...

... 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."

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 ...