Kathmandu Hotels - Reviews and Rates

At times over the past 6 days I have tried to compose parts of this account in my head. However, I am finding it increasingly difficult to locate the appropriate vocabulary to convey what it was really like!

I have given it the title of "Payback Time" because as I slogged up yet another “hill” I kept sayin...

Circumnavigating the globe over land and sea is always going to have it's challenges. Oceans, mountain ranges, war zones, dictatorships and other unsympathetic regimes are just some of the stumbling blocks that can threaten such an undertaking. Having had to break the 'no fly' rule once already, with our unavoidable flight to Sri Lanka, I am det...

On the Wednesday following St Patrick's Day in Kathmandu, I went up to Papa's House, a home run by Nepal Orphans Home - http://www.nepalorphanshome.org/ This organisation has connections with the Koteshwor Squatters' School in Kathmandu, which I'd heard about on Facebook. As I was planning to go to Kathmandu anyway, I decided to take some toys/g...

Kathmandu You know I think I'm starting to figure out the rules of the road a bit better here in Kathmandu. If it's bigger than your vehicle then you let it go. So buses and trucks are the kings of the road here. Having said that though I've seen many a motorcycle dodge its way through traffic because if they weren't aggresive then they literall...

Ja, saa sidder jeg her paa en internet cafe i kongedoemmet Bahrain - en lille stat ud for Saudi Arabien, saa vidt jeg har forstaaet. Jeg forsoeger at slaa tiden ihjel indtil jeg skal ud i lufthavnen igen og forsoege at naa mit maal endnu engang. Tak til flyselskabet Gulf Air fordi de ligger deres connection flights saa taet at der kun var en tim...

It is actually my second time in Kathmandu, however I did not have the chance to see the two high lights last year. Now I was able to see the Hindu Temple and the Buddha Stupa. Well, the first part was pretty rough since Hindus burn their deceased ones in front of the temple and everyone can watch it. The second part was a retreat compared to th...

A good day, spent nearly all of it at OCRC (the orphanage) with Melissa and Ladina. Due to the Bhaktapur-bound bus's extreme crowdedness and the likelihood that the next bus would be no different, we did something I've wanted to do since arriving here: we rode on the roof! It was a most excellent adventure, only twice was I nearly decapitated by...

to get a better idea of what the heck we are talking about scurry on over and check out some pics at: http://picasaweb.google.com/laurie.b.yo ung/KathmanduValley About 10 days after finishing up our final exams and some prolonged baby-sitting which involved familiarizing our students with American animated films, we gleefully shuffled out of the...

Decided to trek to Swayambhu (Monkey Temple), after a long walk we were treated to 300 very steep steps to access the Temple. Although a very dramatic entrance we were knackered at the top! Lots of Monkey's and dogs that Helen was convinced had rabies (Helen glad she'd had her injections). The views across the valley were spectacular. The Temple...

I was so happy to get to Kathmandu because it meant that I wasn't in India anymore. I don't care what you say, India is overrated. Kathmandu is more relaxed than India, and I only saw one person defecating in public, so that's a step up. Have you ever seen people get cremated? It's weird. I went to a temple where they basically cremate people al...