Nepal: Setting off
It’s embarrassing to post this almost two months after my Nepal trip. Usually I would just forget about it but it really was a special trip. I’m having a quiet weekend so I thought it would be appropriate to sit down and write it out. I put up my pictures on Facebook so I was a little lazy to rehash the whole experience but I think those who can’t access my Facebook pictures would enjoy this pictorial story.
Our friendly bike rental shop sat in the heart of buzzing tourist belt Thamal, Kathmandu. They kitted us well and the kangaroo concluded that this was the cheapest long holiday we’ve ever taken (plus point of travelling across a developing country).
The kangaroo took me through balancing drills on my mountain bike. Since we were going through rough terrain, it was important to ride standing up. Not pictured, the staff from our hostel, Tibetan Peace Lodge, giggled as I stumbled about. Later, the kangaroo teased me, “They were looking at your pink underwear peeking out from your jeans.”
The streets of Kathmandu were filthy and polluted. We were glad to race into the country the next day. The smog was the thickest I’ve seen and visibility was barely 10m.
We had Christmas dinner at a Western restaurant (they usually hawk a myriad of tourist faves like steak, pizza and pasta) the night before we set off. Although the kangaroo was nonchalant about missing Christmas with his folks, he still insisted on having a second turkey dinner (he and Ben had a European Christmas dinner the night before — the Europeans celebrate on Christmas Eve, while the Aussies have it on the actualy day). It was pretty special to be near the Himalayas and tuck into turkey with brown rice.
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