Blogs from Thamal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia - page 10

The flight to Kathmandu was really good only about an hour and a half. We got ourselves a taxi and headed off to our hotel. It seems common place that when you get a taxi you also seem to get a guide trying to sell you the tours but much to the guys annoyance Tim had pre-arranged everything!!! The drive was easy and apart from the driver neally taking out a whole line of motorbikes trying to get us up a tight alley way to our hotel all was good. We were greeted by the owner and treated to some Neaplese tea which was made with ginger, cinnamon and alot of sugar. Very nice. Our room over looked the gardens and had hot water and a large double bed with pristine white sheets. We both felt ... read more

Ahoj vsichni doma!!!!!!!! nejdrive chci vsechny srdecne pozdravit a ujistit, ze jsme v pohode.Vsak nejsme na cestach poprve..:-))) nejdrive par slov k ceste.Byla silena....zacala ve stredu v brzkych ranich hodinach a v Kathmandu jsme se vynorili v sobotu.Leteli jsme z Prahy do Frankfurtu, dale do Mnichova...odtud dale pres noc do Dili.Chteli jsem vzit vlak do Goradpuru, ale z duvodu svatku vsechny vlaky a tridy vlaku byly nekolik dnu dopredu vyprodane.Takze jsme jeli ..."luxusnim autobusem pro turisty" primo z Dili do Kathmandu.Cesta trvala se zpozdenim asi 38hodin a krome dalsich 3 turistu, tak byli a sami Nepalci.Misto na nohy na nase parametry zadne nebylo, takze jsme cvicili jogu...:-)))Trochu mi napuchli nohy, jinak cesta bez ujmy na zdravi. Rano jsme vzali hotel, par hodin spanku a setkani se Surenem, nasim pritelem z Nepalu.Bydli na okraji Kathmandu, v dome ... read more

Argh, all that rushing out the door first thing in the morning to get to the airport, only to sit around and wait. And wait. And wait. Waiting for the flight to board took longer then the flight itself! I was bummed that, for the first time on my journey, I didn't have the window seat. Because, as we cruised at 35,000 feet, I glanced out the window and saw a mountain, my first Himalaya, which looked like it was at the same level as our plane! I had to strain around the dumb people sitting next to me, who barely glanced out the window right next to them, even though they had, like me, traveled all the way from the U.S. on their first trip to Nepal. Once in Kathmandu, getting through the airport was ... read more

NEW TRIP 07 We got here in the evening - the first thing that hits you is the music - it seems to be blasting from every bar and and roof-top restaurant and all of it competing for attention - somehow the effect is brilliant, it's just a really lively, jumping place! I love all of it - the people, food, even the hotel - thanks Nadja! - and it's a great place to spend a few days before hopping over to the mad hassle of India in a few days' time...Even with all the music - and the sound of a melancholy trad / fusion Nepali song is filling up the street - it's the most laid-back place imaginable...spent a few calm hours in the hotel garden this morning (6th) just reading and watching the ... read more

Hi guys, apologies for the serious delay, its been a long time! I am writing on a pretty sad day, not only did chelsea win last night, we watched it in a bar at 2 in the morning, but the group has split up. Severeal have gone home, some are going to the south and i along with a few otheres are staying here and travelling to tibvet on saturday! Well we have done alot since we arrrived in nepal around a month ago. Chitwan national park was awesome, we rode and bathed elepehants and saw a rhino and generally chilled out in some awesome scenery. Had a bang lassi, containing marujuana, that messed everyone in the group right up and the day was a write off but seriously funny. We thendid our three day royal ... read more