I'm sitting in the airport in Kathmandu and it's about 730 am here. I arrived yesterday and met some amercians who finished a semester with NOLS at the airport in Dehli, and hung out with them last night here in Kathmandu. I'm waiting for my flight to Pokhara where I'm backpacking for a few days before heading back to Kathmandu for another night and then off to Chennai for Unite for Sight.
Let's do a recap though-
From Boston I flew to London, which was a ton of fun. I did all the typical tourist things; rode the double decker tour bus, saw big ben, westminister abbey, camden, buckingham palace, hyde park, pubs with Kiwi from French Woods, took the tube, went on a boat on the thames, went to borough market, and more.
Then I flew to Amsterdam for a brief stay to wait for my flight on to Dehli- breakfast at Barney's was amazing.
I landed in Dehli and was not allowed through security until 3 hours before my flight to Kathmandu, so I waited and met some American students who were also going to Kathmandu on a later flight. We met up (stayed at the same hotel) and went to dinner last night at a traditional Nepali restaraunt where they sing, dance, and you sit on the floor to eat. We ate with our fingers-the other tourists there did not. One of our waiters came with us after dinner to show us around- we went and watched football (soccer) and listened to a nepali band playing everything from marley to pink floyd- they were very good actually.
So, why did I go to Kathmandu instead of Darjeeling? There is a general strike there, meaning no tourists can come- it's actually dangerous for them to, so I switched to Nepal, which is awesome. I've only seen a bit of the Himalyas- it's very cloudy and humid here, but hopefully I'll get some nice views hiking over the next few days.
Anyway, I have to catch my flight, but love to everyone back home and I'll try to update this again once I'm in Chennai on the 20.
Let's do a recap though-
From Boston I flew to London, which was a ton of fun. I did all the typical tourist things; rode the double decker tour bus, saw big ben, westminister abbey, camden, buckingham palace, hyde park, pubs with Kiwi from French Woods, took the tube, went on a boat on the thames, went to borough market, and more.
Then I flew to Amsterdam for a brief stay to wait for my flight on to Dehli- breakfast at Barney's was amazing.
I landed in Dehli and was not allowed through security until 3 hours before my flight to Kathmandu, so I waited and met some American students who were also going to Kathmandu on a later flight. We met up (stayed at the same hotel) and went to dinner last night at a traditional Nepali restaraunt where they sing, dance, and you sit on the floor to eat. We ate with our fingers-the other tourists there did not. One of our waiters came with us after dinner to show us around- we went and watched football (soccer) and listened to a nepali band playing everything from marley to pink floyd- they were very good actually.
So, why did I go to Kathmandu instead of Darjeeling? There is a general strike there, meaning no tourists can come- it's actually dangerous for them to, so I switched to Nepal, which is awesome. I've only seen a bit of the Himalyas- it's very cloudy and humid here, but hopefully I'll get some nice views hiking over the next few days.
Anyway, I have to catch my flight, but love to everyone back home and I'll try to update this again once I'm in Chennai on the 20.
2 comments:
Awesome!
Keep up the blogging- I'm living vicariously through you!
E-mail me if you have any crazy stories!
Enjoy every second. There are no bad experiences, only good stories!
Love
Jesse
p.s. Keep a journal. Even just a page a day. You'll be glad that you did!
Wonderful blog entries! Thanks for taking the time to writ them and share this incredible adventure. Your words pint a vivid picture - great writing.
Hey - celts won. Go Boston!
Miss you,
K
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