I looked out of the airplane window excitedly. This was my dream destination and I was actually almost there. We were flying high above the clouds with nothing but the odd Himalayan peak breaking through their fluffy looking mass. It was one of the most inexplicably beautiful sights I had ever seen in my life. I spent the first couple of days trying to get my head around the craziness that is Kathmandu. I don't think road rules exist but if they do, they're certainly not followed or enforced. Every taxi and bus trip is a white knuckled ride and I was not always confident that we would arrive alive. The one thing all drivers do without fail is honk, when they're passing another car, when there are people on the road, when another car isn't
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