Tushita Rest House Kathmandu

... my way &#8211; for the long trek back to Kathmandu...<br><br>The road back to the city was agony. My two teeth had broken above the nerve line in the front and up to the gum in the back of the tooth &#8211; leaving the nerves fully exposed. I was in a world of pain. Every pothole on the 6 hour bus ride (which were many) fired a bullet of pain straight into my brain. A small child was getting sick behind me, we were packed in shoulder to shoulder, two men argued in Nepalese gibberish in my ear ...

... out into the electric, lively night life of Kathmandu and generally let our hair down, which did the group a power of good with everyone genuinely enjoying themselves and getting a better feel for Kathmandu.<br>We then spent the next day topping up on essentials at the supermarket and having a good mose round the shops with all their different things on offer, everyone trying to sell us something at a better price than the next!!!!! Great fun!!!<br>We ...

Slept in did some laundry in my bath tub.... and went xmas shopping!! so be nice and stay in touch and ill give u some of the sick stuff that i got in nepal!!!!! so cheap and really cool stuff! we went to diner and our waiter was 24 and really cool. he told us to meet him after he gets off work. we did he said he was taking us someplace cool. either 30 of his friends were gunna rob us or sell us as slaves but we hoped for the best ...

... so religious *nd colourful *fter coming from e*stern Chin*. The people *re d*rker *nd more we*thered, *nd they we*r tr*dition*l clothes everyd*y. The contr*st between the little old l*dies *nd men spinning pr*yer wheels *nd w*lking the kor* (i.e. * clockwise p*th *round * temple or stup*), *nd the pl*toons of soldiers in the squ*res *nd snipers on the roofs w*s j*rring. We h*d to be very c*reful when we were t*king pictures, since they don't t*ke very kindly to the outside world ...

... been at least 30oC , a couple of short showers but they have been welcoming as no where has heard of AC around here. Emma has worn a different pair of sandals everyday and has blisters everywhere which is not the best, might have to purchase her 6th pair of footwear soon on the plus she has not used her straightners so far and is only wearing mascara (one step at a time!).<br><br>Kathamandu has been great, initially we thought it was too much hard work ...

... try and sort out the problem. So bags had to be x-rayed again and this time stamped&#8230;&#8230;but this was not the end of it!! As we went down the tunnel to board the aircraft there was yet another security check where they hand searched our bags and body searched us. By this time I was tired, hot and somewhat irritable! Fortunately the Air India service on both flights was excellent and made up for the lack of communication in the airport.<br><br>Transit ...

... was also a fan of the book and had never been over there. It turned out to be a pretty tough hike and that was just a taste of things to come.<br> The first few days of the trek weren't too bad. We started at an elevation of about 10500 ft and gradually followed the Braldu river up into the mountains. On the fourth day we actually started trekking on the glacier. Instead of the nice, icy mass one might normally ...

... br><br>Aug. 3<br>I woke up totally sick today but had to go pick up my teacher ID card from the school. Sudeep (the Vice Principal) got it for me. I walked up the hill with lead feet and was invited to the kitchen where Sudeep's mother, the Principal, seeing I could not really talk, made me a strange throat tea with spices and pepper! Surprisingly it was good.<br> <br>On my way out, I had to go pick up some medicine and pick up some stuff for my ...

Ok so my experiences in India were not entirely rotten but not entirely great either. Actually to be quite honest you could not have gotten me out of India fast enough.... you know a country is not your place when you are so happy to be at the airport leaving you could shed a few tears. <br><br>I've been to poor countries, Bolivia, the Philippines, etc. but India just blew me away. The depth of desperation and need in the country is more than any human ...

After traveling India for two weeks with my family and their friends, we parted ways at the airport in Jaipur - they began their journey back to the States and I made my way to Kathmandu, Nepal. <br><br><br> <br> Being female and small- statured, I'm usually quite paranoid when I<br>travel, to the point that I feel almost anti-social. While in queue for<br>a shuttle to the International terminal in Delhi, India ...