http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Nepal , Kathmandu , Thamal en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:46:46 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:46:46 +0000 Hey GuysI am in Kathmandu I managed to give myself food posioning the day I got here so this blog is slightly delayed. Silly me I thought if my stomach could handle anything in China I could eat salad in Nepal. How wrong I was Anyway all better now So a recap of what has happened between Lhasa and here. After nearly two weeks in the car 4 days in Lhasa was a welcome relief. The firs http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-453808.html Himalayan Travel and Treks started services in own area. It provides services on following grounds.1 Himalayan Trekking and Expeditions2 High altitude expeditions3 High Peaks Climbing4 Cultural Heritage Travel and Tours5 Wild life Jungle Safari etc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-435660.html Good DayWe arrived in Delhi from Haridhwar at 12pm. After visiting Karol Bagh we retired to our hotel for the next leg of our travel. We had to get up early at 2.30am on Monday morning to get ready to be at the airport by 4.35am to catch our plane to Nepal which is an hour away from Delhi. We arrived at Kathmandu at 9.55am on a rainy morning and after clearing customs visa and health check we wer http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-434863.html EDELWEISS ADVENTURETREKS EXPEDITIONS p LTDYour leading trip organizer in the base of HimalayaDear friends and guests NEPALStanding on a hilltop catch the first light of the rising sun as it touches the pinnacles of the abode of the gods. pashupatinath always above the twelve jyotrilingam. SPECIAL OFFER FOR THAILAND'S CLINTS ANS AGENCYWe Would Like to announce you all agency and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-429630.html In the evening I was invited to join them on the camping site. She had two travel companions and we had a pleasant time with the four of us. It was getting late and she uncorked a bottle of wine and poured three glasses two for her travel companions and one for herself. It was obviously that I was ignored and I observed this spectacle with some humor.The next morning she stood next to my car wi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-421108.html I was fortunate to find an affordable volunteer program in Nepal which I participated in for one month as an English teacher. I say affordable because in today's 'Brave New World' it's all business and most programs' weekly prices are equivalent to an allinclusive week vacation in the Caribbean. So much for volunteering in the traditional sense of the word. Even though they had medical assi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-412487.html Kathmandu Nepal It's shockingly underdeveloped i.e. unpaved roads mandatory sporadic daily blackouts extreme poverty mostly children on the streets road kill being cooked on the side of the road aggressive monkeys wild dogs civil unrest it seems to follow me wherever I go hygienic uncertainty plumes of dust cows grazing in the streets a lacking infrastructure... all this within the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-409703.html After a really great send off in England and Sweden I set off on my long journey for Nepal. I had to fly via Hong Kong so had to go way past Nepal to then fly 5 hours back in the opposite direction. Due to a change in the flights it was a really tight connection and although I made it my bags didn't I am now reunited with my backpack but it took a few days and meant that I had to hang out here http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-403528.html Just to let you all know that a new blog will be coming soon and that my Indian sim card does not work here. So if you have sent me a text and I didn't answer now you know why Just use my Aussie number that still works.ByeB. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-401930.html Yep you read that correctly although its not actually as dramatic as it sounds. Packing up to leave the hotel I threw back the bedspread to check I had packed everything sensible Rachel you have learnt well to find the hotel cat lying there in the process of having 5 kittens.Much hullaballoo the maids came in and most of the group. The maids said this was a very auspicious sign that the cat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-390787.html NamasteHave arrived in Kathmandu feeling quite jet lagged and spacey. It's same vibrant colourful dusty bustling place as ever and managed to find Brian and the group that I am walking with. There are about 15 of us and they're mostly Scottish and very nice. We'll see what happens at altitude And now I'm sheltering in an internet cafe in Thamel kathmandu region someone is smoking http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-386102.html Loads to talk about but owing to a slight hiccup basically the electricity is restricted to 4 hours a day and a change of plan in having to fly to Kathmandu rather than bus it we haven't at the moment got the facility to write much now. However here are some photographs to go on with and if we cannot write tomorrow 13th March it will be a week or so before we can do anymore as we shall be wal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-381102.html The boss from the trekking company was there to meet us from the flight which was really nice and took us to the hotel where we could try to make our backpacks as light as possible to start trekking The next day we had a whirlwind tour of the major sights of the city which was ace. We saw the main buddhist temple with all its prayer flags and the cool eyes. We got to visit a painting school w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-351487.html HelloYou'll have noticed that I haven't blogged in a while. Not since Lhasa...where according to some enthusiastic and prolific messages and comments on my blog my American ass it didn't know it was American and is now in counselling shouldn't have been. If anyone would like to discuss the Tibetan situation and my thoughts on the Chinese occupation feel free to send me an email And mayb http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-350175.html Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is bordered by the China to the north and by India to the south east and west. The Himalaya mountain range runs across Nepal's northern and western parts and eight of the world's ten highest mountains including the highest Mt. Everest are within its territory.On December 28 2007 the Interim Parliament passed a bill and declared Nepal to be a F http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-348740.html I am safe and sound in Kathmandu We had a great but cold trip through Tibet to Mt. Everest Base Camp. The mountain is beautiful and we had perfectly clear weather the entire time I have some great photos that are on a CD locked inside a camera shop at the moment. I was supposed to pick up the disk ay 7pm but there was a power cut around 615pm and it looks like the shop closed up for the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-343633.html High walls create some peace in the surrounding commotion http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-341890.html A Street in Thamel http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-337368.html Sunrise http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-337358.html Well here we are folks At the end of another tour...today is our last day in Nepal and again we will have to politely request that you park it and get a snack..and maybe something to drink cuz this is gunna be another long one...perhaps even longer then last timeI should first start by properly concluding our final days in India. We had 4 days free in Delhi and this was less then a week http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-331043.html