Kathmandu Motels - Reviews and Rates

Final stop on our around the world trip is the Himalayas, with a cultural tour with Peregrine of Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan. Our tour group of nine consists of 5 Aussies, 2 South Africans, 1 American and 1 Canadian, and is a fun and interesting group to travel with. The order of our trip here has been reorganised at the last minute in order to succ...

August 29, 2001 Zhangmu to Kathmandu Checking out of China emigration went smoothly and we hired a taxi (20Y) for the winding trip from Zhangmu down the mountainside to Kodari in Nepal. The distance between the two towns is probably only a kilometer away as the crow flies, but it takes 8 kilometer by road. Across the river from Kodari our taxi l...

Rajesh drives through the backstreets of Kathmandu, a labyrinth of rocky paths with barely enough room for one car to squeeze through. He is avoiding the main roads because of a massive gathering downtown. The leader of the Maoist Party is making his first legitimate public speech today. After years of underground 'activism' in the jungles, the ...

Back in Kathmandu after the trek. Very nice to have a shower with limitless hot water, but missing the crisp, beautiful mountain air. Had a group post-trek dinner at the Rum Doodle where the signatures of Hillary and Tenzing are on the wall. You get a free dinner if you climb Everest. Since we only climed Gokyo we just got to put our names on th...

The earth goddess Durga was the emcee for the Dasain festival, a harvest festival between the new and full Asoj moon. During this fortnight, good conquered evil, kites were flown, alcohol was imbibed, families congregated, fields were harvested, gods were appeased, and there was blood on the streets in the city of Kathmandu. In the beginning, a...

After our short planning of the trip to Nepal we were ready to go. Nepal hasn't been in the news for years, but right before our trip started, it sure enough made the news again. The Maoist group opposing the king was revolting and riots and civil commotions started. It seemed there was fighting in Nepal and in Kathmandu curfews were imposed fre...

The journey from Pokhara was another uncomfortable one and seemed to drag on for ages. It should have taken 7 hours but eventually took eight. The rainy season is just starting here and it has rained each day I have been here, there is often a power cut at the same time. In between the rain I have been walking round Kathmandu, most of the things...

Hello Friends and Supporters, Greetings from Nepal. It is a nice quiet sunny day today. The birds are chirping and there are no sounds of motorcycles or buses running outside. However this peace and quiet is not necessarily a good thing and actually has nothing to do with 'peace' in the valley. This is a very precarious time for this country ri...