Kathmandu, described as Asia's quirkiest city, also demonstrates one of the most unique driving strategies I ever experienced. I rented a motorbike for a day and was able to partake in this chaos first hand. What I found was that the people here tend to drive like... bats. I don't think they have their eyes open half the time and good vision is certainly not a prerequisite for good driving. Instead, everyone relies on a bat-like echo-location system where you ho...

Bhaktapur is a UNESCO World Heritage city and makes an easy day trip from Kathmandu. It only takes one hour in a bus to cover the 8 miles (13km) to get there! In the name of extreme laziness, I am going to post this as a photo entry only since I don't feel like writing anything about the place. It was cool though and the photos are better than my words at the moment.

Day 1: Tuesday, November 22 Kathmandu to Syaphru Besi: 100km on another horrible 8 ½ hour bus ride Altitude: 1460m I'm off again to do my second trek in Nepal. I kinda have to go trekking again. Not that I am complaining but India won’t let me back in to their country yet due to the rules of my tourist visa and it is too expensive to fly anywhere else. So in a way, I am stuck in Nepal until December 15. The Langtang trek is the third most popular in Ne...

The Annapurna Circuit is one of Nepal's most famous and popular treks through the mighty Himalayas offering a number of side treks and a strong dose of real Nepal culture and a head-first introduction to the high altitude mountain lifestyle of its people. Imagine the daily routine of a yak herder as opposed to being a computer programmer and maybe you get the idea. The common route chosen starts in the lower elevation of Besi Sahar village and continues "tea hou...