Today I went for a lunchtime walk around the edge of royal palace, it gets so dark inside the office during these power cuts that getting out into the sunshine (and traffic, pollution and horn honking chaos) is the only way to stave off depression...
The palace (perhaps soon to be known as the People's Palace if the Maoists have their way) is mostly fenced by a brick wall, but round the front there are some huge iron railings so you can catch a glimpse of the gardens (lovely) and buildings (rather crematorium-esque if you ask me). Today as I walked past there was this amazing smell - the smell of freshly mowed grass. mmmmm so green and fresh smelling now that is NOT a smell you ever smell here... it reminded me of summer in England... lovely!
Also at the weekend some friends and I went up onto the valley rim to Nagarkot where you get an amazing view of the Himalayas and can laze in peace and quiet in the sun, and most excitingly can see many many trees and other nature type things. It's perfect. Nepal really is beautiful outside of smogville. On the way back down we passed a French camper van going up. Which I can only conclude means they drove to Nepal from France. Put my mind in overdrive thinking of all the epic routes they could have possibly come... I'm guessing they did Russia, Mongolia, China, Tibet and down into Nepal... but perhaps the camper van had superdooper bullet proof lining and they came through Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India and then into Nepal... that would make them true legends, given the conflicts going on... either way those people have to have some epic stories!!
The palace (perhaps soon to be known as the People's Palace if the Maoists have their way) is mostly fenced by a brick wall, but round the front there are some huge iron railings so you can catch a glimpse of the gardens (lovely) and buildings (rather crematorium-esque if you ask me). Today as I walked past there was this amazing smell - the smell of freshly mowed grass. mmmmm so green and fresh smelling now that is NOT a smell you ever smell here... it reminded me of summer in England... lovely!
Also at the weekend some friends and I went up onto the valley rim to Nagarkot where you get an amazing view of the Himalayas and can laze in peace and quiet in the sun, and most excitingly can see many many trees and other nature type things. It's perfect. Nepal really is beautiful outside of smogville. On the way back down we passed a French camper van going up. Which I can only conclude means they drove to Nepal from France. Put my mind in overdrive thinking of all the epic routes they could have possibly come... I'm guessing they did Russia, Mongolia, China, Tibet and down into Nepal... but perhaps the camper van had superdooper bullet proof lining and they came through Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India and then into Nepal... that would make them true legends, given the conflicts going on... either way those people have to have some epic stories!!
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