http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Nepal en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 01:21:54 BST Wed, 14 May 2008 01:21:54 BST Saa er vi her igenVi er nu tilbage i Kathmandu efter vores afstikker til Pokhara. I Pokhara er man aktiv hvilket er en nyere ting for os men vi hoppede alligevel med paa boelgen.Vi besluttede os for at goere noget vildt hvilket blev til at vi med paragliding kastede os ud fra et bjerg. Det var superfedt at svaeve oppe i luften mellem oernene der var ca. 5 meter fra os og se den smukke udsig http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-275387.html Hello from NepalWow what a journey. I set off from varanassi assuming a 6 hour train journey followed by 3 hours bus to the border and then a 5 hour bus the other side to Kathmandu. Funnily enough it didn't quite work out like that The train from Varanassi was supposed to leave at 12.30 am but didn't turn up til 2.30 in the morning and then took about 89 hours. I met a load of Koreans http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-275311.html My last full day in Kathmandu was probably one of my hardest emotionally. Sushila and I started the day off by doing the final 2 interviews with sex workers. Our first one was a 20 year old woman with a 7th grade education. She is working in a massage parlor where customers pay Rs 600 per hour for the massage of which she got Rs 150 and then Rs 300 for sex of which she got Rs 150. She said s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Hadigaon/blog-275065.html Da jeg har vaeret vaek i hen ved en 2 maaneders tid nu forestiller mit sentimentale hjerte sig at man er begyndt at savne mine overordentligt hippe dansetrin. Det findes raad vennerDen naest sidste opdatering af Good Karma Drive fra Indien ligger paa hjemmesiden nu med billeder og en fantastisk video fra en improviseret fest med dertilhoerende dans.Teksten denne gang er ikke af undertegnede http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-275054.html Here are some snaps from an overnight stay that Orla and I did in Nagarkot. We got a minibus from a local hotel to a hotel in Nagarkot and we were hoping for views of the Himalaya's the following morning. They did not appear but we got a good view of the sunrise. The next day we set out on a 15km 5hr stroll to a temple called Chang Naran and then had a 3 hr bus ride home I think we would have b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-275000.html Well I thought I would write a quick note. We are kinda stuck here in Kathmandu. Becky and I have changed our flights to Thailand but could only leave 2 days early so we fly on may 13 to Singapore and have an 18 hr lay over then onto Thailand. Patrick and Tyler got flights directly to THailand on the 11th so they get there 3 days earlier than usbut are going to get us a place to stay in Koh Tao http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-274483.html Davs i stuenKathmandu var en glimrende by men nepaleserne maa nu godt lige laere at rydde op efter sig selv. Der ligger rimeligt meget affald og der er ingen skraldespande. Til gengaeld er her vanvittig flot natur. I Kathmandu saa vi en plads der hedder Durbar Square hvor der ligger en masse templer. Det samme saa vi i Patan der er en naboby til Kathmandu som vi tog en udflugt til for ca. 50 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Pokhara/blog-274385.html Hello everyone I just realised that the blog I wrote after meditation never got published I am publishing it now so sorry for the delayAnyway after meditation I went trekking on a trail called Langtang It was sooo beautiful but really tiring. I started out at a little village called Syabru Besi and basically followed the trail up to the Himalayas from there. It took three days for me to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Himalayas/blog-274354.html We are back from our trek to Poon Hill we'd like you to remember it's 3210 m 10500 feet and here in Nepal you call it mountain only from 7000 m and peak from 4000 m and are absolutely proud of it Being real beginners it has been quite hard especially for me Alice. We have trekked for 4 days mainly up and down quite high steps. The third day especially was very strenuous. We woke up at 4am http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-274131.html Hi y'allSorry It's been all quiet on the Eastern Front but I 've been holed up in a remote village in the middle of the middle of nowhere for the last few days. Now I've managed to find an internet cafe in the nearest town 2hr local bus ride which is 200 people on and in a bus designed for about 50 people and 30 min walk that has machines powered by hamsters So that now I have picture http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Chitwan/blog-274062.html Well I made it back to Kathmandu in one piece well minus the pieces that the 40 odd mosquitos have had out of me. The journey back across the mountains was again fun this time with the added bonus of a heavy downpour of rain when we reached the top and were just about descend over the other side. The rain may seem insignificant normally but when you are in the hands of a manic Nepali coa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-273766.html Efter en perleraekke af nepalesiske blundere dumfaeldigheder der paa det sandeste maa have placeret mig oeverst paa piedestalen for forstadsfatalismens mest opvakte vaekkelsespraedikanter soeger jeg nu snart ly i et andet subkontinent. Vietnam venter.Disse idiotens eposer fyldigt illustreret nedenfor kan og boer baade naevnes og nedfaeldes om saa blot for fremtidig reference for andre i moerk http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Tanzen/blog-273748.html Here some picture of my last days in Nepal Just the time to catch a visa for India and one for Pakistan and then...celo India http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-273735.html Namaste everyone Namaste is widely used here as a greeting and it means ldquoI bow to the god in you.rdquoIrsquove been here in Kathmandu for two and a half days now. Irsquoll be here until Thursday when Irsquom leaving the capital city to head out to the village of Chapagaun. Anyway Irsquom currently staying a nice little hotel on the outskirts of Thamel. Irsquom so glad wer http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-273448.html 18 days of walking 200 kms up to an apex of 5416m passing through medievallike villages meeting friendly locals capped off with elements of danger by walking along razorsharp ridges with 100m drops bomb blasts and even the minor threat of running into Maoist terrorists. No this isn't an idea for a Hollywood blockbuster but just some of the interesting parts of our Annapurna trek. KATHMAN http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/blog-273420.html Yes and here I sit top of HK with another screaming kid . . . got the entire day to find our way around around town. this is travel jouranalism on the go . . . seven minutes befreo my freebie session up here is timed out. Sweating ready to head down the hill. Amazing ride up in teh cable car. SF has nothing when it comes to steep. okay next stop Nepal. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/blog-273294.html Sita put on her best red sari today because I wanted to take a photo of us together. I caught her by surprise and she said she wanted to change her clothes which took forever. So I was wondering what was going on. Shersquos so cute Tomorrow Irsquom going to go to the photo shop to have it printed and Irsquom sure before the end of the week it will be hanging on the wall in their little r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Hadigaon/blog-273135.html Sorry the photos take so long I've been waiting and waiting for them to upload but its just not making the connection. I will try in another country when I can. We're heading to Thailand in about a week so maybe I will have more luck there. If not then it will have to wait until I am home. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/blog-273091.html So here goes Part 3Some of the other amazing things we have seen see facebook for more pictures included walking through a memorial graveyard of types for those who have died attempting to summit mount Everest. It was an eerie place to be especially to see names that are so famous for their attempts yet didn't return. I think the statistic is that 1 in 4 people die on Mount Everest because e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Himalayas/blog-273083.html So here is Part 2...So here is the itinerary of our trek for reference.Day 1 Lukla alt 2800m to Phakding alt. 2650m...note we LOST altitude the first dayDay 2. Phakding to Namche Bazar alt. 3480mDay3 Aclimitization day in Namche...climbed up to Khumjung 3790m and back downDay 4 Namche to Tengboche alt 3870...this is where the Monestary was where we met the monksDay 5 Tengboche to Di http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Himalayas/blog-273066.html Haha Ok so we didn't run up to base camp but we sure made it there The round trip took 15 days and now we are back in Kathmandu enjoying some more flavourful foods and not having to get up early to start the day off. This might be a long post so please be patientDay 1 Kathmandu to Lukla then Lukla to Phakding.We took a local flight on Yeti Airlines to Lukla from Kathmandu which was an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Gorak-Shep/blog-273042.html Hello all So I survived and am alive and well. We ended our trekking early because we finished a bit earlier than expected and also we were tired and ready to come back. So after 15 days of trekking in the Himalayas we are all in better shape a little tired but ready to be back and for the next phase of our adventure. We may even try to change our flights to get to Thailand sooner than the 15th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Lukla/blog-273029.html Not even on the plane yet and already lost for words anyway. Oh well I'll find them or they'll find memeanwhile as Robert Frost might have said bags to pack before I go and bags to pack before I go . . . I'm here in San Francisco on a typical day that won't give in to either the sun or the clouds and the wind just blows it all around. It also looks like my gear has met a few gusts of wind http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-272899.html Arrived at Chitwan National Park on Saturday a lovely place and a whole world away from the chaos of Kathmandu.Didn't feel too good on Saturday evening I think it was a case of severe manflu or common cold and as a consequence didn't feel too bright having to get up at 5.30 on Sunday to go canoeing.The canoeing was great apart from the torrential downpour that seemed to start as soon as http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Chitwan/blog-272729.html I stopped to watch a woman dancing in front of a small temple this afternoon right in the middle of town near Bhat Bhateni. It was beautiful and my love for Nepal came rushing back again. This afternoon Sita came to collect money for the electric and phone. She asked how many days before I leave and said that she wants to take a photo with me before then so that she can frame it and hang it on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Hadigaon/blog-272446.html Nu har vi forladt gutterne i Khajuraho selvom det var svaert eftersom vi var blevet rigtig gode venner med dem. Vi tog bus og tog til Varanasi og hvor er toget bare en behagelig transportmaade hernede i hvert fald hvis man rejser paa en lidt bedre klasse. Toget gik om natten og vi fik begge en god nats soevn. Det er efterhaanden noget der sker forholdsvist sjaeldent hernede da der enten er http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-272435.html Well I finally made it to Kathmandu after 20 wonderful hours in BahrainMade a good start on leaving the airport I noticed that my camera had been 'removed' from my rucksack. And then I found that my mobile phone won't work here either told you a good start.Was picked up by the voluntary agency and taken back to their place ironically call 'Happy Home'. That journey was an eye opener into http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-272421.html It has been ages since I wrote something the last time... and a lot that happened inbetweenI arrived back from the mobile camp last weekend and had a culture shock...I didn't really know what to talk with all the tourists and volunteers couldn't make them understand what I experienced during the two weeks...It started already quite adventurous as I was supposed to be picked up in Kathmandu by http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/blog-272360.html At least this is my sincere hope as tomorrow morning I leave for a 12 day trek to the Annapurna Sanctuary also known as the Annapurna Base Camp trek. I've hired a female guide cum porter which means she will be toting my bag and keeping me company on the right path for the next couple weeks. Excited and nervous as I speculate about what it will be like to walk in the mountains for 12 days and b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Pokhara/blog-272236.html My lungs are burning my lips are frozen my legs are begging me to stop. Four more steps. I stop to gasp for air. At last there is no where else to go. I'm standing on the summit of Kala Pattar at 5600m. Prayer flags are flapping furiously in the wind. Finally I muster the energy to lift my head and look around me. There it is... Everest piercing the bright blue sky surrounded by its Himalayan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Namche/blog-272074.html