We are, for reasons unknown to us, at the moment packing a few clothes into a little bag to take with us tmorrow when we leave Kathmandu for Pokhara. We are so completely at home here. We eat well, sleep well, there are loads of exotic and interesting places to explore, the people are friendly, the accommodation great, the prices are cheap. All in all a great place to be.
For the last four days, we have been literally wandering around some of the sights of Kathmandu but it is one of those cities that you just soak up. There are not a lot of major attractions but just being here is a complete hoot. It is busy, it is crowded, traffic is constant, honking and chaotic, but it is so interesting walking around the streets and exploring little dark alleyways. We have visited an area to the south called Patan, gone to Durbar Square, been overwhelmed by the colours and enjoyed the food.
Tomorrow we are going white water rafting for three hours on our way to Pokhara, a smaller town to the west of Kathmandu which is situated on a lake with views of the Anapurna ranges. We were going to trek but our host here assures us you would need five days and we haven't got that much time. So we are thinking we will come back one day and do some trekking here. As long as it's not at altitude, we would love it. We are both thriving here and really enjoying relaxing and being in one place.
Cheers everyone. In case people don't know, if you want to email us please do so on debranoeline@hotmail.com.au as our email account corrupted as soon as we left Australia and I haven't been able to fix it.
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