Nepal

Nagarkot is an amazing place

Nagarkot 32 Km east of Kathmandu, Nagarkot is situated on top of a Ridge at an altitude of over 2000 meters above sea level. It is renowned for Sunrise and sunset views along with majestic peaks of the Himalayas including Mount Everest. It also offers a panoramic view of Bhaktapur. THINGS...

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anilblon on June 12, 2009 from Nagarkot, Nepal

from the travel blog: Nagarkot

Descent

In the morning we checked out. Like everyone else in the valley, our hotel owner told is she was uneducated and it was left to us to total up the bill. We felt a bit guilty about the 40% discount on the menu she had offered us because, although the prices are high on the menus there, she had...

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The Happy Couple on June 7, 2009 from Syabru Bensi, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Our Langtang trek was amazing!

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The Happy Couple on June 7, 2009 from Langtang, Nepal

from the travel blog: Joanne's Round the World Honeymoon

Long walk to Langtang Shisha and back

The next morning Joanne's feet were still not any better and I had noticed that we had made a mistake in thinking that our other planned “side walk” from Kyanjin Gompa went to a glacier; in fact it was just a long walk further up the valley to a view point. Realising this, and feeling a bit...

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The Happy Couple on June 5, 2009 from Kyanjin Gompa, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Kyanjin Ri

In the morning it had completely cleared up and, in anticipation of this possibility the first thing I did when I woke up was to pull the curtain to the side and peek out. Joanne later reported I acted as if there was a fresh fall of snow outside, excitedly telling her to look, then rushing...

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The Happy Couple on June 4, 2009 from Kyanjin Gompa, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Road to Kyanjin Gompa

The next day we did not have very far to go and the views started to become incredible. This is what I had come to Nepal for: jaggy black and snowy peaks. Incredibly our weather still held and we got some fantastic views up the valley towards where we were headed. We passed rows of carved...

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The Happy Couple on June 3, 2009 from Kyanjin Gompa, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Prayer sheet party

The next day started off with the descent to Lama Hotel which didn't look anything nice as Rimche. Joanne was pacing herself much better and, although Al was going ahead at points, we weren't really in any hurry and at least we weren't stopping as much for rests. We still stopped off for a...

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The Happy Couple on June 2, 2009 from Langtang, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Heavenly Path

We started off quite early on our trek. Al had brought quite a sensible sized bag with him but, although we had managed to leave loads of our usual load behind, we were still both carrying quite heavy bags. Our hotel owner in Kathmandu had told us that there would be mosquitos on the trek,...

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The Happy Couple on June 1, 2009 from Rimche, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Nightmare bus journey of hell

We got up on time and took a taxi to the bus station, just to make sure we were on time. Even the taxi driver was very friendly. We continued to be amazed by the difference in friendliness after India. In fact, after only a few hours in Kathmandu, Joanne had asked me if I knew what this...

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The Happy Couple on May 31, 2009 from Syabru Bensi, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Kathmandu - like India, but nice.

Kathmandu was not exactly how I had imagined it. I had imagined it to look very quaint with wooden houses, the whole town surrounded by mountain. I'm not sure where I developed such an idea but it wasn't like that, it was just modern concrete buildings like anywhere else, and there were no...

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The Happy Couple on May 30, 2009 from Kathmandu, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

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