Blogs from Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

It's been a great trip so far, and it absolutely ended with a bang! You know that we have to make the most of our last day, so by 9 AM we had our hotel breakfast and were on our way to the Asan Bazar on newly-rented bikes. The Bazar was full of colorful crafts, textiles, and most importantly souvenirs that we bought to commemorate our trip. After exploring for around 2.5 hours, we got back on our bikes and treated ourselves to lunch at the nearby Nepalya Rooftop Restaurant; and yes, the view was just as incredible as the food! Now, I could wax poetic about the meals we've eaten on this trip for ages, but we don't have time to fall into a food coma today because we have some more exploring to do! ... read more

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It was a long summer of lots of hiking, stair climbing and general hill practice in preparation for a 10 day trek to Annapurna Base Camp (also known as Annapurna Sanctuary) in the Himalaya - something that has been on my bucket list for years. It was originally planned as a 60th birthday destination for Vera but unfortunately a hip injury derailed her. So the gang of four became myself, 2bob, Angie and Jeff. For me, just getting to Kathmandu was an exhausting adventure in itself which was somewhat due to my decisions. On October 21st I chose I work for the Canadian Federal Elections as a poll clerk which was a long 16 hour day followed by 4 hours sleep then flying to Montreal for 5 days for some volunteer activity with CSCT. Sunday October ... read more

Alles thuis opgeruimd, ingepakt, dus klaar om te vertrekken! We vertrokken goed op tijd (uiteraard, we gingen met de Beyensen ?) en kwamen dus goed op tijd aan. Nog genoeg tijd voor een drankje en uit te zoeken waar we moesten opstappen. Uiteidelijk gevonden, namen we afscheid van mijn schoonouders (nu kan ik het ECHT zeggen) en gingen we wachten. We waren als eerste aan de incheckbalie en ik speelde er wat op mijn Nintendo Switch en Karen las op haar splinternieuwe e-reader. Verder ging alles hier vlot en was het vooral wachten. Aan de gate speelden we nog enkele spelletjes Clever. We vlogen met Etihad Airways en niet met KLM zoals gedacht. Gelukkig hadden ze even goede films en kon ik detective Pikachu nog zien en nog een comedy. Weliswaar een gecensureerde versie want 'duck' ... read more

We all met for breakfast at 07:00 and Rusha met us. I thought she was going to sort out finances for our trip. We owed money for the bungee jumps but she owed us for the cheaper day tour and for the lunches and dinner at Pokhara. I aked her about it but she said she was going to just leave it. I also figured that it would work out about even so we were happy to leave it as well. Nick’s pick-up was due at 07:00 but was a little late so we had a chance to say goodbye. After breakfast we finished packing and were ready on time fore our 08:30 pick-up. It was also a little late but traffic was fine and we got to the airport with plenty of time to spare. ... read more