Friday it poured of rain and the roof leaked making the clothes we were going to wear soaking wet. After a couple of hours the rain cleared and we went on our planned walking trip arounnd the local village. The people here lead a very simple life farming, living in bamboo houses with just enough animals to be self sufficient,goats , chickens and a couple of oxen to help plough. We stopped for tea at a local house, then on to the Tharu Community Centre ( local t...

Still playing catch up on blog, due to lack of wi fi. We had a good nights sleep in our bamboo hut, it was much warmer than l though it would be! We had an early start with a boat trip down the river to see crocodiles but it was very misty so no show as they like the sun. It was so calm and peaceful as the boat is pushed along by a long bamboo pole, rather like a punt. There are many sorts of birds on the river and we were given binoculars. We get off the boat ...

For the last few days we have not had access to wi fi, so have not been able to keep up with my blog. In Lumbini, the morings were very misty until midday. The first morning we planned an early start to walk around the temples, but the mist delayed this. We walked down theroad and discovered a Tibetan Monastery with the young monks playing cricket with an old bat and a chair for stumps. We were welcomed in to look around. The decoration on these monasteries is...

Went to breakfast, l ordered toast and jam, Ray ordered omelette and toast only for the waiter to return to say that they only had enough bread for my toast but not any fo Ray, he was not a happy bunny lol. We could of had 16 nights at our other accomadation for the price we paid for two here! The service has been appalling. Our jeep arrives early, much to Rays delight, he is surprised that the driver is on his own as he had expected other people to be jumping ...

After yet another uncomfortable night on a hard bed, the norm here seems to be a wooden bed with just a thin wadding mattress! We awoke early to watch the sunrise over the mountains. We went up on the roof of the hotel, it was very cold, but the view was worth it, although the colour changes were not as spectacular as the sunrise at Sarankot. At breakfast we had our usual pot of nepali tea, which seemed to have been made with watered down milk and not creamy ...