Countries Visited : 3 Flights Taken : 4
Different hotel Beds Slept in : 8 (+ train, tent and mud hut)
No of times drugs offered to us in street in Kathmandu :4
We had a total nightmare journey to get from Chitwan up the hills to Kathmandu. The scenery around us was staggering as we were following the course of a river up a sharp valley. At some points the road was so close to the edge of the ravine it was quite scary. At one point there was a land slide and this caused a terrible traffic jam. From this point onwards (about 3 hours) we inched up the mountains. It also became really dusty due to all the traffic and all our clothes and the inside of the minibus became drenched in dust (we had to have the windows open as it was so hot). When we got to Kathmandu it was the most grid locked city on earth. Its in the middle of a bowl with the mountains on either side and there was so much traffic that we inched forward. However finally reached our hotel and managed to rid ourselves of the dust.
The next morning we visited some Buddist temples in the city (a major undertaking due to the traffic!). The temples were very different to the Indian ones.
So we have made it on the epic trip from Dehli to Kathmandu. We can't pretend it has been easy - it certainly has not. However it was been such an eye opening journey during which we have done and seen so much in 2 weeks. We have been travelling with an excellent guide, Narji. He was always so patient and always made us feel safe and was happy to answer any questions we have. The group we have been travelling have been a great bunch of people and everyone has got on and been open minded. Our bags have not proved to be a problem at all (this was our major worry!!). So all in all an amazing 2 weeks that we are really pleased to have experienced. Just this 2 weeks alone would have been one of the journies of a life time and to put it together with everything else we are doing is still sort of mind blowing!!
Next stop a couple of weeks of rest and total relaxation in beautiful Krabi in Thailand. Bring it on!!!
Different hotel Beds Slept in : 8 (+ train, tent and mud hut)
No of times drugs offered to us in street in Kathmandu :4
We had a total nightmare journey to get from Chitwan up the hills to Kathmandu. The scenery around us was staggering as we were following the course of a river up a sharp valley. At some points the road was so close to the edge of the ravine it was quite scary. At one point there was a land slide and this caused a terrible traffic jam. From this point onwards (about 3 hours) we inched up the mountains. It also became really dusty due to all the traffic and all our clothes and the inside of the minibus became drenched in dust (we had to have the windows open as it was so hot). When we got to Kathmandu it was the most grid locked city on earth. Its in the middle of a bowl with the mountains on either side and there was so much traffic that we inched forward. However finally reached our hotel and managed to rid ourselves of the dust.
The next morning we visited some Buddist temples in the city (a major undertaking due to the traffic!). The temples were very different to the Indian ones.
So we have made it on the epic trip from Dehli to Kathmandu. We can't pretend it has been easy - it certainly has not. However it was been such an eye opening journey during which we have done and seen so much in 2 weeks. We have been travelling with an excellent guide, Narji. He was always so patient and always made us feel safe and was happy to answer any questions we have. The group we have been travelling have been a great bunch of people and everyone has got on and been open minded. Our bags have not proved to be a problem at all (this was our major worry!!). So all in all an amazing 2 weeks that we are really pleased to have experienced. Just this 2 weeks alone would have been one of the journies of a life time and to put it together with everything else we are doing is still sort of mind blowing!!
Next stop a couple of weeks of rest and total relaxation in beautiful Krabi in Thailand. Bring it on!!!
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