Kathmandu Rubbish Tip

At first sight it looks like the local tip, but as you walk further out onto the bridge, a small river of slow-moving murky water becomes visible. Rubbish and scraps completely cover the banks and ground near the river and continues into the river itself. Pigs of various sizes and colours wade through the sea of putrid smelling muck, [...]

Images from Kathmandu

Images from Kathmandu…

Sounds, Sights and Smells of Kathmandu

So many different things to hear, see and smell, just walking out the front door of the hotel. Rickshaws whistling and rattling along; cars blasting horns; the smell of popcorn; orange flowers on the steps of a temple; monks; hundreds of motorbikes; bicycles swerving to get around cars and people; Justin Bieber’s CD in a [...]

Annoying Hotel Touts

Arrived in Kathmandu yesterday and got through customs easily, but then it came to the real challenge: we had to find a hotel. As soon as we got out of customs and before we were out of the airport, we were being harrassed by hotel touts, looking to take us to different hotels. Airport security [...]

Back In Nepal

Barely made it to Nepal today, bad weather caused our flight to be delayed, and then once we finally departed from Singapore, we were warned that if the weather in Kathmandu didn’t clear up a bit, we may have to turn the plane around and flight back to Calcutta, India, to wait for the weather [...]