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By asitis
October 17th 2008

best of the valley

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

Bodhnath by full moon
Kathmandu

On our return from the Everest trek, we spent a few days eating, recovering, sight-seeing and having lots of hot showers back in Kathmandu. The city has a well-established backpacker quarter, Thamel, packed with restaurants and shops with everything a foreign tourist could desire, from clothing to paintings, brand name outdoor equipment to Mexican food. It's so much that you begin to wonder how so many stores selling almost the exact same stock can all co-exist so close together. And so we indulged in everything we couldn't get or wouldn't afford on the Everest trek: falafel, steak, beer [View Full Entry]

By Hiphopopotamus vs Rhymenoceros
October 17th 2008

Chitwan National Park

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan

Chitwan National Park
Our trusty steed

We got a bus from Pokhara to the national park (very hot and very long). We then got a Jeep and boat to the Island Jungle Resort. The resort was brilliant, lots of wooden lodges nestled in the jungle and on the banks of a river. After settling in, we went on a Jungle walk. We were given a safety briefing first, which was really scary. It went: Rhino - Hide behind a BIG tree (if possible)/Climb that tree/if no tree run as fast as you can in a zig zag Tiger - don't run/get in a group and stare it [View Full Entry]

By Jan and Megan
October 16th 2008

Fourth day in Pokhara

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

Carrying bricks by hand
No choice but to carry the bricks from the trailer through the kitchen as Didi was cooking. Arrgghhh!

Today again we were at CWH at eight in the morning. The mason man wasn't there yet this time as the cement, sand and bricks weren't available. But they did arrive today. The mason man started to cement up the wall and we witnessed a very unusual way of doing that (he more or less threw it up in the air and hoped that it would stick to the ceiling..), would have tried to do it differently but I'm not a masonman. Couldn't do much about the electrics today. We first had to get a load of new stuff from a [View Full Entry]

By Jan and Megan
October 15th 2008

Third day in Pokhara

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

Jan's first go at making a hole in the wall

At CWH just after eight in the morning. The hired mason man for knocking down the wall and building new ones in the garden had already begun to tear down the wall. All the boys had to help of course! And they even started to knock harder when we just sticked our noses in the door opening ;-). I started to work on the electrics that had to be done. First had to check a lot of wiring and fuse boxes. The wiring is not really well coded from start to end so that is going to take some time especially [View Full Entry]

The hired worker watching the boys doing his job!

By Thorny Fox
October 14th 2008

Lots of Travelling

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

Hi Guys, I have been travelling alot since my last post. It has been very exciting, but i am now very tired. After seeing the Taj Mahal in Agra. I took an overnight train to a city called Varanasi. The train took over 14 hours and broke down a couple of times but I was lucky enough to have a bed. Varanasi was beautiful and is known as the holiest city in India. The river Ganges runs along side the city and is a very holy river. People do everything there: bathe, laundry, Drink, Pray and when someone dies, they are [View Full Entry]

By Tony and Amy
October 14th 2008

Nepal

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

Thank you all for your lovely messages. It takes a long time for the internet to load because the boy pedaling for power tends to get tired after an hour so, so you'll have to be happy with our blog entries. Photos can't be uploaded unless there is an SD slot. Of which there appears to be none...so far. Nepal is beautiful which is a good job considering what we had to go through to get here! Took a bus journey from Varanasi to Sonauli which took around 14 hours. That seems to be the average travl time for us so [View Full Entry]

By afkeopreis
October 14th 2008

Annapurna circuit: 220 km wandelparadijs

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

annapurna 001

Namaste! Na een zoektocht van een dag vond ik Lisa uit Zweden om samen een trekking te doen in het Annapurna-gebied. Vanaf de start zou ook nog ene Jennifer aanschuiven, maar over haar wist de organisatie verder niets te melden. Samen zouden we een gids hebben en elk een drager. De organisatie maakt het mogelijk voor vrouwen om als gids en/of drager te werken, dus dat leek ons wel een aardig idee. Aangekomen in Besishahar, het startpunt van de trekking ontmoetten we Jennifer, een Australische dame van 57 met haast. :-) (Martine, dan dacht ik dat wij soms belachelijk snel over [View Full Entry]

By Jan and Megan
October 14th 2008

Second day in Pokhara

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

Pre-work sport

After a lovely breakfast (omelet on toast) we went to the Children Welfare Home (CWH) to start at ten o'clock sharp. But that was a bit too positive of us because their was a normal Nepalese delay. The children first had their Dahlbat for breakfast and then they had to practise their dancing again. But OK after a few small games with the children at eleven we started to do some work. everyone helped and the rooms were empty in no time! We did have to take a metal bunkbed apart and fit it through the door (tipped them about how [View Full Entry]

By Jan and Megan
October 13th 2008

First day in Pokhara

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

Kitchen - Himalayan Encounters, Pokhara

Our first day in Pokhara (sadly just discovered that also I am not invincible and have a bit of a stomach problem). After breakfast we went into town and had a quick look at the lake that is a landmark for Pokhara.We stopped in a Kangaroobar (yep, in Nepal) with a beautiful view of the lake for a cup of Nepalese Masala tea. On our way we ' met' some lazy beggars, they now just hold their hand out and say: 'money'. Back to Himalayan Encounters HQ where we were spectators in an instruction lesson by Doctor Rose (her name is [View Full Entry]

By asitis
October 13th 2008

The Big E: Everest

Asia » Nepal » Gorak Shep

Upper Lobuche Khola Valley

Somewhere along the way, we realized that ideal trekking season was just beginning in Nepal, so we decided to stretch our legs and wander up to Everest. From the Nepal side, Everest is quite far away from the nearest road. We opted to fly-in to Lukla from Kathmandu which cuts out a 10-hour+ bus ride and several day hike up and down valleys through the forests. The Kathmandu airport experience is quite something in itself. Unfortunately, all flights had been cancelled the day before due to weather (it is often quite cloudy in Lukla), so two days worth of trekkers turned [View Full Entry]

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