Man barely 8p and it’s bedtime! Today was insane, probably the most adventure I’ve ever crammed into one day! We started with a wake-up from our guide at 6a. We went and had breakfast like the kind we used to have at Happy World: eggs, toast, potatoes and tea, then took a crazy-dodgy canoe ride [...]

[ngfilename filename='P1040544.JPG' float=center] The next morning we left Kathmandu for Chitwan National Park at 7a, which was a dusty 7-hour trip or so. Driving is said to be fairly treacherous in Nepal; we found it to be interesting for sure. [ngfilename filename='P1040508.JPG' float=center] [ngfilename filename='P1040587.JPG' float=center] We arrived just in time for a downpour, but [...]

Check out the photos of Bodhnath Stupa! [ngfilename filename='P1040349.JPG' float=center]

Up down, and all around Thamel you can find shops loaded with “brand name” gear. You could find anything from a pocket knife to a Thermarest to an iPod nano (though, what is “Appel” brand?) – all for under five dollars! It is a place where Mountain Hardwear, North Face, and Marmot were no strangers [...]

Today I took us on “G’s Walking Tour of Kathmandu”, courtesy of Lonely Planet’s suggested routing. It was a pretty long haul, as the projected timeframe for the walk is 2-3 hours anyway, but that’s for normal people and not people like us who like to take 2000 pictures a day when we’re surrounded by [...]