Today was planned for a long time and this blog might have some things in it you dont want to hear. Dakshinkali is a Hindu temple just outside the Kathmandu valley near the town of Pharping. The temple is dedicated to Kali the bloodthursty consort of Shiva and on Sat and Tues they come for the live animal sacrifice. Wellllllllll where do I start. When you get there there is a long road down to the temple where you can buy your goat or chook to sacrifice. They onl...

We booked a package tour to Chitwan cos it was easier and cheap as. For $80Aus we got picked up at hotel and taken to bus stop, bus ride there and back, (7 hours each way) 6 meals, transfers at Chitwan, 2 nights accomodation, elephant safari, village tour, cultural show, dug out canoe ride, swim with the elephants and visit the elephant breeding ctr. The bus ride there was different to say the least.  Chitwan is about 50Km from Kathmendu as the crow flies bu...

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...

Hi All I'm on my way. The flight to Honkers was OK. Cathay fed us twice. Dinner just after take off and breakie just before we land. I usually try to be one of the last to get on the plane so I can look for empty seats down the back  so I can stretch out and sleep. Unfortunately most seemed to be taken so I had to go to My seat. You wouldnt believe it no one else in the row of 4 so I had 4 seats to stretch out on after dinner. Bonus. Hong kong airport is pre...

28 days to go and I am setting up this site to make sure I can work it. Im off to Nepal (about 10 days), Bhutan (7 days) then India for the remainder of the 6 weeks. I have booked airfares to and from Kathmandu via Hong Kong, and Bhutan is all booked and paid for everything else I have to do as I go. The flight is approx 24 hours with a 12 hour layover in Honkers and same coming home. Bhutan has to be booked and paid for in advance so that is done and I wont have...