Im at the airport waiting for flight to Bhutan. There are couple of days missing in my blog cos I got sick. Had to go to doctor yesterday and had extensive check and he says only Dehli belly.....but Im in Nepal??? Musta been dodgy dahl baht. Im dissapointed to miss out on some of the sites I wanted to see but thems the breaks. I missed Pashupatinath, Kopan and 2 of the Durbar Sq but hey I can see them next time. Not likely. Kathmandu is a **** hole and does not d...

Thanks everyone for the comments on here it is great to here from home. Since I have been here for a week now and Im an old hand let me tell you a little about Kathmandu. Everywhere you go you see sherpas carrying stuff. They will carry anything. Ive seen them carrying a big metal filing cabinet, a 3 piece lounge, a single bed and matteress and a basket full of about 20 bricks. If they can get a rope around it, and they always can, they lift it up and put th...

Today I decided to do a walk that is in the Lonely Planet. From Thamel to Durbar Square and Basantapur. The walk is about 2.5 hours and takes in some interesting places and the book gives a short history. Some of the places we went to were 1700 years old and many were mearly a century old. Every where you go here there is a statue or shrine or something like that that most museums would love to have and here they are just ho hum. They use most of the shrines ever...

First day in Kathmandu. I had planned to just check the place out and find a travel agent to book a tour and a flight. Julie and I headed down towards Thamel and found a reasonable little place to eat and had breakie. Toast, omlet and coffee for $1.40 Aus sweeeeet. We then went into Thamel proper to find the travel agent. Thamel is an area about 1km X 2km and has a few 'toles' in the middle. A tole is like the old town square in this case there is a temple or shr...