Stupa Pokhara

... 1510;ר 92; לה בשלוש רבעי השעה. ישבתי עם הישרא 00;ים שמצאת 97; עוד שעתיי 01; ואז פרשתי לישון. מחר בבו ...

... our trek a day late because Rose required a trip to the hospital. She had tried to put it off as long as possible but we figured we better get it checked out before we leave for the trekking. So we rented some mountain bikes and went on a hospital mission. Nepali hospitals sure are a riot. You walk in the double doors straight into a hospital ward with people on drips and many, many motorbike accidents. You pretty much get your consultation at the end of their bed...after getting you ...

As promised I just had to say something about these amazing animals!! It is probably fair to say I became somewhat obsessed with getting a decent photo or two, but it seems no matter how many I took nothing could really capture their qualities. However, you will have to just look through them and decide for yourself.

I have added some captions to most of them to point out some of their features. I should also say that the ...

... away - the wind wasn't that strong at this point.
After 45 minutes we reached the High Camp, there we stopped for a minute to put some sunscreen, and kept on walking - it wasn't hard at all. Soon the trail became covered with the snow, but with the pressed one - nothing like we had near Tilicho lake. Probably this lack of trouble made me too relaxed, and when I did one of the turns the wind that was coming from behind came from the front, it took my sombrero and ...

... m) a "no stop- tourist bus" in which we were the only tourists and it stopped every 10-15 minutes to shove more people in an already full bus - after 1.5 hours we were jam-packed which was probably a good thing as the driver was a 1st class maniac and at least if we'd had an accident ...

... vue plein de gens refusent... Donc on afait des virages de la mort, a l'horizontale, des deux cotes, puis des piques, la feuille morte, ... Un pied total!!!! Aussi bien que ma premiere fois en Argentine. Aterrissage en beaute, contrairement a ma premiere fois, ou avec l'instructeur argentin on avait failli se prendre des barbeles en pleine face et qu'il avait fallu se coucher. Avons atterri au bord du lac, puis avons laisse les gamins plier le parachute, ils savent tous le faire et ...

... so the Nepali Royal Family can make the pilgrimage in style!


Ben ringing in the sunset at the Muktinath temple complex


Prayers are strewn across the hillside behind the temple complex



Ben and Greg making friends


On the west side of the pass, the ...

... cirque à Thorung Phedi. Tout est plein à craquer. Quel business ! Les prix sont exorbitants. Un plat est autour des 300 à 400Rs, un porridge à 190Rs. C’est vrai que la plupart de la nourriture doit être amené à dos de mules...

Cette fois, je pense aux couvertures et avec beaucoup de charme et plein de sourires je les obtiens. Il fait une température glaciale dans la chambre, mais avec les couverture en plus, on dort très bien.

Petit d ...

... up hanging out with the other paddlers when we got back to Pokhara and spent the next days dancing, eating, golfing and paragliding with a few of them...more later.

Except that the night we got back from rafting I ended up out with a few 'younger' ones and didn't get back to the hotel til three. Mike was sleeping and didn't hear me knocking on the door...the Nepalese hotel worker had to try our windows til ...

... dust & the sun which was slowly rising was bright red due to the dust.



We passed a fire and burnt out bike tyres on the road and found out the next day that 4 people had been killed in a demonstration about the strike!



It took over an hour going through forest & then past paddy fields & villages that had bamboo sticks to hold the electricity wires up.
It was really ...