Location: Kathmandu, in the Everest Kitchen.
So the flight over was great, had a chance to sleep. The next flight was a little more interesting. I was anxious to see the Himalayas for the first time and the photos I took will never do them justice.
On arrival I was friendly with these two Aussie Nepalese and they helped me through immigration a little. It was pretty quick and was expecting worse considering it was peak tourist season. Got through, picked up my bag walked out the door with the customs officials waving us through. Made my way to the Holy Lodge hotel with the help of the Aussie guys and bid them farewell. On getting in the taxi (random car) there were two Nepalis Bibek and Visnu. Bibek as the drive began became a sort of guide for hire and guessed that there was some travel agencies that send them out to source customers. The culture shock hit me and faded once we got talking about the similarities between Nepali and Indonesian. Through this travel agency I decided to book the 'Tourist' bus to Pokhara for Thursday morning and decided to make my own way around Kathmandu without a guide.
Can't wait to get on the rivers now, such nice hot days and it feels like Auckland on a hot summer day. Oh yeah glad I got the rabies injection now, stray dogs are everywhere! I would upload some photo's but I don't trust my usb stick as it has just wiped all the data on it.
I will add some photo after I get it sorted.
Dinner was steamed vege momos and honey curd for dessert.
Then after I paid I was given cloves and some nuts I couldn't figure out how to eat. Asked the waiter what it was and told me it was Supari. The nuts were as hard as rock so I gave up in the end. So far everyone is nice and within the space of about 10 minutes I was offered hash about 3 or 4 times...guess I look the type!
While shopping I also managed to find some neat shoes I think Katrina might be interested.
So the flight over was great, had a chance to sleep. The next flight was a little more interesting. I was anxious to see the Himalayas for the first time and the photos I took will never do them justice.
On arrival I was friendly with these two Aussie Nepalese and they helped me through immigration a little. It was pretty quick and was expecting worse considering it was peak tourist season. Got through, picked up my bag walked out the door with the customs officials waving us through. Made my way to the Holy Lodge hotel with the help of the Aussie guys and bid them farewell. On getting in the taxi (random car) there were two Nepalis Bibek and Visnu. Bibek as the drive began became a sort of guide for hire and guessed that there was some travel agencies that send them out to source customers. The culture shock hit me and faded once we got talking about the similarities between Nepali and Indonesian. Through this travel agency I decided to book the 'Tourist' bus to Pokhara for Thursday morning and decided to make my own way around Kathmandu without a guide.
Can't wait to get on the rivers now, such nice hot days and it feels like Auckland on a hot summer day. Oh yeah glad I got the rabies injection now, stray dogs are everywhere! I would upload some photo's but I don't trust my usb stick as it has just wiped all the data on it.
I will add some photo after I get it sorted.
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| Steamed vege momos |
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| Honey curd for dessert |
Then after I paid I was given cloves and some nuts I couldn't figure out how to eat. Asked the waiter what it was and told me it was Supari. The nuts were as hard as rock so I gave up in the end. So far everyone is nice and within the space of about 10 minutes I was offered hash about 3 or 4 times...guess I look the type!
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| Neat shoes |
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