Blogs from Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia - page 34

13 Mars: Vi vaknade upp till ljudet av smattrande regn och ett stort malntacke over hela Kathmandu. Sofie kande av smartor i magtrakten och Johan fixade sjalvkart medicin fran det lokala Apoteket. Efter forsta dosen kande sig Sofie redan battre! Denna dagen anvande vi till att lara kanna omradet runt Guesthouse. Som gjort for turister med mycket shopping i form av klader (Pashmina och Cashmir), fotobutiker, affarer som salde The North Face-kopior, restauranger, fik och massor av manniskor som ville att vi skulle aka taxi med dem, rickshaw (cykeltaxi) eller kopa resor. Trots dubbla fleecetrojor och Goretexjackor borjade vi frysa framat eftermiddagen. Vi lyxade oss da med massage for Johan och fotmassage och harklippning for Sofie, hela kalaset gick pa ca 130 SEK! Nar strommen helt plotsligt gick i hela Kathmandu sent pa kvallen(vilket den tydligen ... read more

How? How can two so geographically close countries be so far apart in virtually every way? Nepal is so relentlessly beautiful and, on the whole, a hell of a lot cleaner than the country we've just left. After crossing the border we spent a bottom numbing ten hours on a public bus en-route to Kathmandu which we reached during one of their many power cuts (the 'lecky is out for six hours daily). A very welcome sleep later (we had been traveling virtually non-stop for three days) and we were out amongst the jewelry and hiking shops of the Thamel region of Kathmandu. We were exceptionally cheered by the nearest restaurant to our hotel which sold normal western food (that didn't lead to an extended stay on the toilet). The staff at the restaurant were all ... read more

A day in Fishling! Great! The opposite of our days in Kathmandu! 6 o’clock in the morning, Kalu’s family wakes up, with a lot of noise, and we hear the whole village is starting the day! Kalu and I try to sleep a bit longer, but you never know suddenly they come in the room to wake us up, to get some rice, or just to have a look! People are very curious here, and there is no feeling of hiding that! We are lucky, today we can sleep till 8 o’clock, even there is a lot of noise, nobody cares people are still sleeping. But that doesn’t matter a lot; we go sleep early, so we are not complaining about not enough sleep! The day begins for us with tea, and watching how all the ... read more

MARRIED!!!! It is so great, to be husband and wife, to get so many good wishes from all of you, to start 2007 with such a great week!!! It all went perfect, very cozy, with the 2 families! We all enjoyed so much! December 31st, our wedding in the village, and than a lot of celebrating in Pokhara, Kathmandu, with all friends and family!!! Some pictures, I know a lot of people are waiting for this, but some more explanation will come later! Big hug for all of you Mr. and Mrs. Gurung ... read more

Namaste! Back in Fishling, enjoying the nepalie village life, away from noisy, dirty Kathmandu. I needed to be out, sometimes it is too much! Even Kathmandu is a very inspiring place, with great people, but there is a lot going on that can be give you a ‘too emotional day’!! And yesterday was one of those days … even it was just a day like the other ones, sometimes you think you got used to everything, and the next moment you don’t know how to handle everything anymore! Our friends from the US (Ashley and Cody) left on Monday morning, too soon to have seen everything, but what to do … it is always too soon! Nepal is a very magical country, with a nature and people who inspire you so much! When you think you ... read more