Hotel Shanker Kathmandu

... . The only person at home is Bhimsen's brother - in -law Bhita Kancho. They live in just the one room as housing in Kathmandu is very expensive for the guides and sherpas who work mostly in the hills. While we are there Bhimsen recieves a phone call from ...

Well here i am Kathmandu ... finally!  After 3 stops - Melbourne - Phuket, Phuket - Bangkok & Bangkok - Kathmandu i arrived for my trekking adventure....  My flight was great as I has 3 seats to myself - the advantages of being short ...

... to pick up my trekking pole (as shops are closed tomorrow due to Holi) and met the others at a restaurant called Kathmandu Kitchen.. they serve authentic Nepalese food here (mushroom soup is apparently a Nepalese cuisine!)... also they showed off some ...

... was made quickly, as the airlines were set to join the strike on the 20th thus eliminating this option and confining me to Kathmandu. I definitely had my doubts about whether I was fit enough to trek for so many days, but it seemed like a better and safer ...

... . Jenny had changed some money but we were really annoyed. The guy from the tour office had given him the sign. Into Kathmandu and Thamel. I recognised the streets, from my last visit 6 years ago, as we entered and even knew where some restaurants would ...