Hey guys, We arrived safely in Kathmandu after another 8 hr bus journey through mountainous terrains. The ride was quite scary as there were several bus wreckage's, where they had come off the road and down the mountain, which didn't' fill me with much confidence. Anyway we got to Kathmandu about 4pm, and finally gave into a guy persuading us to go to his reccomended hotel. We arrived accepted that the room was fine and luckily it all worked out ok, about 4 pounds a night, though the water was brown and as with Pokhara the electric only works after 6:30pm. We later found out that the reason for the lack of electricity is due to the low water levels as Nepal's electricty is provided by hydro-electricity and in the monsoon season everything is fine, but
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