Well I’m writing this from our friend Bryan’s house in Ireland! We met him while traveling around New Zealand. I’ve been out of commission for the last few days…I think I managed to get pretty severely dehydrated and it kind of knocked me out. Starting to feel like I’m recovering today.
We spent one short week in Nepal! Nepal is definitely on my list of places that I could visit again and spend more time in. The people were nice, the scenery was beautiful, and there was plenty to do and see. We spent the first two days in Nagarkot, just east of Kathmandu, in the mountains. Then we went on a 3 day trek through the Kathmandu Valley, from Nagarkot to Chisapani and then back down to Kathmandu. Fortunately, our guide, Bik, was really cool. After the trek we spent two days in Thamel, an area in Kathmandu. I was surprised at how modern and nice most of the places were, especially compared to India. Lots of good restaurants and bars and shopping. I usually like getting away from the cities while traveling, but I definitely liked Thamel.
Sadly, this is the only view we ever got of the Himalayas, from the plane. It was too foggy the whole time we were there :(
Our hotel in the mountains.
Bik.
At the Monkey Temple. The monkeys were scary here.
Kathmandu
So, maybe we’ll get to stop back by in September or October when visibility is better…we keep stretching the trip out at this point, I don’t want to go home! I miss my family and friends a lot, but I can’t picture myself being back in one place anymore…
Tonight we’ll be headed to the south of Ireland with Bryan for his friend’s wedding, and in two days my family gets here, so excited!
Oh, and we slept at the airport in India the other night, between two potted plants.
It’s been a blur of a few days.