Bhaktapur to Trisuli Centre

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Up in the morning at six for a morning tour through Bhaktapur to see all the offerings and praying of the elderly Nepali people that happens in the early morning, must say that was also very impressive and we got our first Tikkas! (Photos to follow!!). After returning to the home we exchanged email addresses and some information about ourselves. It’s possible we will see our host and his family again in Pokhara as they are going on a holiday there in a few days (his brother studied in Holland for two years, it’s a small world). Both our host families have invited us to stay with them if we return to Nepal - very nice people!

We then had a cup of tea with our host family before heading off to Trisuli centre per private bus and stopped at the Hamlet restaurant for breakfast. Then lunch in the Trisuli centre and packed our bags for a two night stay in the tent camp located on the other side of the river by way of a narrow suspension bridge and amazing views of the hills. The camp had showers and a toilet. Water was warmed up by solar panels. In the afternoon we played volleyball with the children there (score 2-2, so another game tomorrow!) and we tried to repair a barrel raft. In the evening dinner and a short briefing about the rafting tomorrow. We walked over the bridge to the tented camp in the dark but guided by the bright moonlight. Then slept on rock-hard beds (and we mean rock-hard!) after a cold shower, brrrrrrr - oh yeah!

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Photos

Megan's tikka
Early morning in Bhakatpur and had to get ourselves a tikka before the end of the Dhasain festival!

Jan's tikka
Not to be outdone - Jan got himself a tikka too! We paid 5 euro cents for 2!

Peacock window
Considered to be the oldest window in Bhaktapur and it's impressive carvings - can't remember if it's also the oldest in Nepal.

Helmet-less passengers
Everywhere in Nepal you see people riding motorbikes. No matter whether there is 1 passenger or several (often 2-3 kids and the other parent), there are no helmets for the passengers but always a helmet for the driver!

Trisuli Centre - tented camp
View of the tented camp from the 'Big Fig' across the river

Trisuli Centre - tented camp
View of the tented camp and bridge across the river from the Trisuli Centre

Trisuli Centre
View of the road approaching the Trisuli Centre