Hi all
I have arrived safely in Kathmandu. My mobile phone does not seem to have a carrier here so cannot communicate via phone. Hopefully I will be able to in India.
\the flight here was good and when we got near we were able to see the himalayas and everest from the plane windows as we flew along. Absolutely amazing. \we also had someone collapse during our flight but there were three doctors on board so it was all ok. Nepal is a very easy country to enter as they just wave you through immigration and customs in a very pleasant manner.
Vietnam was good training for here - though Vietnam is in much better shape. Kathmandu has lots of crumbling buildings and the roads are narrow and not in great shape. Also as the streets are narrow and there are not really any footpaths you just have to walk casually along so the cars and bikes drive around you. Ellie they love to toot their horns all the time just like in Hanoi.
You will be proud of the way I managed to say 'no' when many people wanted to give me tours around the temples in Durbar square, and sell me stuff and have me go in their cyclos.
The incredible thing is all the things you see that are just like the photos in books and brochures, the holy men walking around with robes and beards etc. \the range of people and clothes etc is fascinating and you can't help but feel like you really have landed in some documentary. the carvings on buildings are amazing but the buildings themselves haven't been very well looked after. I have some good photos of all kinds of things. There are all kinds of wierd and wonderful things to buy, like pashminas and statues, and paintings and scimitars of differing sizes and carvings etc etc.
The hotel is quite nice and in a very convenient spot. I have met one of the other tour group people so far, my roomie, and will be meeting the rest in the next half hour.
I shall try to post some more tomorrow.
I am writing this in the hotel bar and they haven't turned the lights on so it is not possible to read the keyboard.
I tried some nepalese tea earlier - it is milky and tastes quite sweet but not bad, only problem is that it gets a skin on top if you leave it to sit.
must go, take care.
love to all especially my Ellie.
Cathy
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hey mama. you'll definitely get mobile service in india as india is a mobile hub. they've gotta have some service with all those telecommunication people! nah, with all the out sourced phone companies you'll be good.
ReplyDeletethat's great that everything is so amazing! try to put some pics up if you can although i know the computers there do not always support our cables (vietnam comps didn't grrrr).
is your roomie nice? lol that sounds so weird... roomie is a funny word, like fork. fork is a funny word. it is the ultimate funny word. it just sounds so weird...
anywhoooo... have fun, love you lots!
ps. my blog is justlikejune-and-john.blogspot.com and i can't remember the freedie and angelica url but it is on the main blog so don't worry, you'll find it. we leave tomorrow (aaargh! so exciting!) and so then i'll start posting (and with pics because we have dad's laptop!).
love ellie
pps i know i didn't do capitals. for this i apologise but... welcome to the internet and blogging. haha... i'm sorry anyway, it's just faster. at least for the most part i used RWAL words and punctuation unlike others.
*correction- in the last paragraph of my first comment i had the word RWAL in all capitals- this was meant to be REAL... oops.
ReplyDeleteHi my ellie
ReplyDeletei won't worry about capitals if you aren't. much easier. especially as i have to type in the dark. we are on generator here for some hours each day as the electricity is turned of in Nepal for about 8 or so hours a day. love you dearly, mum