Blogs from Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia - page 15

Isaac and I spent an afternoon wandering round the streets and getting lost - here are some of the photos.... read more

Photos of flat.... read more

So after hours and hours of travelling we have arrived!! Within two minutes of being here we saw a wild monkey, tons of poverty, 2 wild asian cows, and were begged at for money by a little girl. It is for sure safe to say we are not in Canada anymore! On that note, the traffic is insane. I mean absolutely insane. There are no lines so it's basically every car, motorcycle and man for themselves. We understand that this is normal for them though which is reassuring (kind of). However when you find yourself playing chicken with all shapes and sizes of vehicle, you lose a little faith. During our flight we maybe got 4 hours of sleep between the two of us, so we were exhausted when we arrived! We had to stay up ... read more

As soon as you step out of the Kathmandu airport you are bombarded with people trying to carry your bags, get you a hotel and offer you a taxi. I was approached by a man asking me, “SIT?” I figured I would give this a shot even though he didn’t have an SIT sign. He brought me to another American, named Victoria. We were soon united with a Sherpa who was to take us to our tea house. Victoria and I sat in the back of a car barely bigger than a Car to Go, and held on! The driver was taking us through spaces that were JUST big enough for the car to pass through-We maybe had a centimeter on either side going in between alley ways, buses, motorcycles and even pedestrians. They don't expect ... read more

Kathmandu is one of the finest places that I have ever visited and coming from a guy that's been traveling for over 40 years, that's saying a lot. Flew to New Delhi from Bangkok on Jet Airways which is an Indian discount carrier. Very good airline. Changed planes in New Delhi. Be advised that there is a heavy, Indian military security presence in the airport. After deplaning you will have to go through another security check-point. X-ray luggage, pat down, the whole nine yards. I was happily surprised to see that my U.S. passport got me fast-tracked through the entire ordeal. The soldiers were quite friendly to me and seem genuinely interested in where I came from. When I told them that I had grown up in Chicago they immediately started rattling off the names of ... read more