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We arrived in Lumbini - what i think is Nepal's third largest town. It was a village and we were pleased to see that we were only accompanied by a few other foreigners. Lumbini is apparently the birthplace of Buddha and although it had great religious signifacance and many people come to visit the town is not very touristy at all. We had a kip and then braved street food the next morning with the locals - yum! before hiring bikes to explore buddha's birthplace - Maya Devi Temple - and some of the surrounding monasteries. The cycling was lovely they had leaf towpaths and i felt like i was in Amsterdam or in France in Amelie 😊
There is some comic value in this - Roof riding is rather unmerciless to the bum and Tom's saddle was constantly pointing upwards and this, added to the fact that he had a headache and the only paracetamol i had left were supposotories....well...let's just say poor thing. We christened this, "the adventures of Tom's arse in India."
We set off the next day for Pokhara not knowing what adventures and pitfalls awaited us....dum dum dum
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Aunt Karen
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Congratulations!
Well done you! The MacKinnons of LK have just adored your updates. We have felt that we have been there with you some of the time although you may dispute that! Can't wait to hear the rhino story and see zillions of photos and actually ... just to give you a big hug! Welcome home!