Blogs from Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia - page 35

hey guys well im back in thamel this weekend booking my flight to phokara, its costing us $108.16 US. which isnt too bad, its 20 dollars cheaper than anything else we could get so im happy. other than that we are staying at Bouda, a buddist stupa. its really amazing.its really calm and peacfull there. we have found a little cafe where the westerners hang out. its good to find these places because thats where you can eat meat. last night i had grilled chicked with mango salsa, potatos, beans, carrots and salad. it was soo good. i ate everything. As you can tell i get really excited about what i eat when it doesnt involve rice and soup. but this stupa is huge. it about 20m in diameter and its like 3 storeys tall. its ... read more

Ahojte vsetci, Po safari v Chitwane sa nechavame odviest jeepom a potom miestnym minibusom na krizovatku ciest v dedinke Naranghat kde zhaname vecer nieco co by nas odviezlo do Kathmandu....nakoniec sa vezieme v malej dodavke znacky KIA....je to zaujimave kolko ludi sa vojde do jednej 9-miestnej dodavky ked je potreba....nas tam bolo asi 20 + dvaja na streche... Aj ked je do Kathmandu len asi 150 km cesta trva neuveritelne 4 hodiny...takze okolo 23:00 sme v Kathmandu kde sa nas vrha asi 30 taxikarov...chvilu s nimi licitujeme cenu (v tom sme uz hodne pokrocili, cenu sme stiahli z 250 na 100 rupiek:)...a konecne sme v normalnom hoteli(myslim bez potkanov:) Dnes sme si zohnali 7-dnovy trek do Himalajskej oblasti oblasti Langthan v okoli Gonsaidskych jazier...najvyssi pass ma okolo 4600 m.n.m.......zbytok dna sme stravili zhananim busu do Kakarbithi ... read more

Wednesday 15th November 2006 Yeh! NEPAL Hey guys Well it’s my second day and Nepal and things are going well. Everything is totally different over hear. The place is very, very dirty, probably because it is so poor. But I’ll start at the beginning. The flight from Brissy to Bangkok was long, but a good chance to catch up with everyone. We arrived in Bangkok at 10pm but didn’t get a room in the hotel until much later. Then up early for the flight to Kathmandu. This was very exciting and the best part was seeing the Himalayan Mountain ranges, especially everest peaking above all the clouds. The view was spectacular. I’m hoping to get a little closer, but we’ll see what happens. Arriving in the Kathmandu airport was quite eventful, lining up to get our ... read more

Hey everyone! Just back from Fishling, some days out of Kathmandu … feels good, and much healthier! I needed it, was a bit sick last week, and KTM is so so dirty! Ashley and Cody arrived last week, our friends from Salida (USA), and it is so nice to have some friends from out of Nepal around! Of course we make lots of friends, but it feels great to see them here! I put some pictures with this from in the orphanage last week, and some of the friends here! Having a great time … Leen and Kalu! ... read more

namaste fellow goat herders!! well finally i've made it into nepal! more force of sircumstances than anything else! before leaveing udiaphur matt me and an ozzie girl, went on a day trip out into the country side around udiapur! this was a far cry from the usual speed tourism that me and matt had become used to! for example going round the city palace in udiaphur like a whirl wind trying to keep ahead of the groups of tourist! nb indian tourist happen to be the noiseist tourist in the world, avoid like the plauge at all cost's!!!!!!!!!!! anyway a whole day of being a tourist, but it was well worth it just for the car journey alone! Driving through the countryside seeing how they worked the land! looking at the hills lite up by all ... read more