Day 10 – 11/29/09 – Kathmandu, Nepal; Delhi, India

Our last day in Nepal, and last day together on this trip, saw us finally fully adjust to the time zone and sleep until the comparatively late hour of 7:00 am.  After packing and wondering around Thamel for the last time in search of a bakery we had seen at some point, we went to the [...]

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Day 9 – 11/27/09 – Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (part 3)

During the day’s travels, the Lady unfortunately came down with her own bad stomach.  Fortunately it wasn’t debilitating (or she’s a lot tougher than me – a distinct possibility), but by the time we got back to the hotel she wasn’t feeling too hot, my food poisoning had morphed into a head cold, and my abs [...]

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Day 9 – 11/27/09 – Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (part 2)

From Buddhism, we turned back to Hinduism with a trip to Pashupatinath, a really large temple complex on both sides of Kathmandu’s river, home to lots of monkeys, Sadhus and Hindu cremations.  As we nearted the entrance, a troop of monkeys was frolicking around generally making pests of themselves but looking extremely cute and photogenic.  [...]

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Day 9 – 11/27/09 – Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (part 1)

Friday the 27th turned out to be one of the most full and interesting days since leaving Delhi.  For the first time all trip, we actually arranged for a wake-up call at 5:00 so we could leave at 5:30 for a “Mountain Flight” courtesy of Buddha Airlines.  Of course, we woke up well before the [...]

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Day 8 – 11/26/09 – Pokhara / Kathmandu, Nepal

Today was something of a blur for your Blogger, though it was quite a bit more of a blur for your Blogger’s intestines.  We had an 11:50 flight on the mighty Yeti Airlines from Pokhara to Kathmandu, and your Blogger spent most of the morning either sitting on, or with his head over, one of the [...]

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Day 7 – 11/25/09 – Sarangkot / Pokhara, Nepal (part 2)

Once we got our shit together we headed into town for the day’s next adventure – riding Royal Enfield motorcycles around Pokhara to a couple of sights. Now, Royal Enfields are old post-WWII British motorcycles still manufactured at one of the original plants (and using the original manufacturing equipment!) in India without significant changes until the [...]

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Day 7 – 11/25/09 – Sarangkot / Pokhara, Nepal (part 1)

Well, today certainly proved eventful.  It all began with our normal 5 am wakeup and then breakfast outside our guesthouse in Sarangkot.  We decided to keep it light and stick to toast and Nepali bread, but the imp of the perverse must have been on your Blogger’s shoulder as I buttered up my toast with [...]

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Day 6 – 11/24/09 – Pokhara / Sarangkot, Nepal

Today dawned dark and early, as some confused rooster started crowing a couple of hours before dawn.  No problem for your jetlagged Blogger, but it was still annoying.  Fortunately (or not), the Lady had arranged for us to do a yoga session at 7 am, so we didn’t have too many hours to kill before [...]

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Day 5 – 11/23/09 – Kathmandu / Pokhara, Nepal

Wow – this one turned out to be a hell of a day.  We got an early start, hitting the road at 7:00 with Anup and Tanji.  Final Destination:  Pokhara.  Interim Step:  Boating a river called the Trisuli, a big water Class III / III+ run that Anup believes is the perfect intro to Nepali [...]

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Day 4 – 11/22/09 – Delhi, India; Kathmandu, Nepal

It’s 8:20 am, the Blogger has been up for 4 hours, and he’s just heard his seventh rendition of some sort of awful hammered dulcimer / pan flute / glockenspiel remake of “Right Here Waiting for You”.  Why, you may ask yourself, would the Blogger find himself in this situation?  Sadly, it’s just one of the [...]

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