This last weekend some friends and I walked down from Nagarkot. Nagarkot is a resort on the valley rim with amazing views of the Himalaya's - if one is there in December. During the monsoon all views are obscured by low cloud. However the PEACE, GREEN, and LACK OF POLLUTION make it a lovely place to escape to! It was even cold at night! amazing.
The next day we walked back down the hill to the Changu Narayn temple, it is nearly in smogville and is a world heritage site and oldest temple in KTM or something like that. It was a fair old walk. I am not good with distances, but probably plus 12KM. It was very hot and humid, and as I am pasty face and hoping not to have unusual sunburn marks when I am a bridesmaid in 3 weeks I decided to opt for the 'sexy trekker' look - basically this involved wearing my towel and practically all the clothes I had in my backpack. This had the combined effect of total skin coverage and a sauna. Please see photo.
I have/am attempting to put other photos of the trek on flickR... hopefully you can click on the link on the right to have a look. It really was a lovely walk... green, fun munchkins to chat too, fresh air... However aside from the greenness of it all a highlight was the pet bug on string. An old man and small girl were having great fun dragging it around and then watching the bug become a helicopter on string as it tried (unsuccessfully) to fly away... again photos below!
Thought I would also add some other random information:
(1) This HUGE monkey freaked me out the other week by running along my balcony, I thought some sort of intruder was trying to get in... but no it was a monkey. Question is, was it wild, or had it escaped from the zoo?
2) McDonald's has arrived in Nepal... well OK not the real McDonald's... but 'mini McDonald's'. They appear to have borrowed everything from the global chain... including the 'golden arches' and 'I'm lovin' it' slogan. However as you can see from the photo the premises probably dont live up to McDonald's franchise standards... I wonder how long it will take before the US embassy people close them down or force them to change their name?!
The next day we walked back down the hill to the Changu Narayn temple, it is nearly in smogville and is a world heritage site and oldest temple in KTM or something like that. It was a fair old walk. I am not good with distances, but probably plus 12KM. It was very hot and humid, and as I am pasty face and hoping not to have unusual sunburn marks when I am a bridesmaid in 3 weeks I decided to opt for the 'sexy trekker' look - basically this involved wearing my towel and practically all the clothes I had in my backpack. This had the combined effect of total skin coverage and a sauna. Please see photo.
I have/am attempting to put other photos of the trek on flickR... hopefully you can click on the link on the right to have a look. It really was a lovely walk... green, fun munchkins to chat too, fresh air... However aside from the greenness of it all a highlight was the pet bug on string. An old man and small girl were having great fun dragging it around and then watching the bug become a helicopter on string as it tried (unsuccessfully) to fly away... again photos below!
Thought I would also add some other random information:
(1) This HUGE monkey freaked me out the other week by running along my balcony, I thought some sort of intruder was trying to get in... but no it was a monkey. Question is, was it wild, or had it escaped from the zoo?
2) McDonald's has arrived in Nepal... well OK not the real McDonald's... but 'mini McDonald's'. They appear to have borrowed everything from the global chain... including the 'golden arches' and 'I'm lovin' it' slogan. However as you can see from the photo the premises probably dont live up to McDonald's franchise standards... I wonder how long it will take before the US embassy people close them down or force them to change their name?!
1 comment:
Hi Telfy,
Like the monkeys, we drove through an area with wild monkeys a few weeks ago. Spent a very weird afternoon trying to catch one as my friend said they taste great and asked me to help trap one !!!
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