I still can't believe it

liverpoolchampions06
Originally uploaded by Savage Pink.

Sitting/standing/yelling/crying in a bar in Kathmandu until 4 am this morning.

Unbelieveable.

Arts, Crafts and Yak Cheese

Arts, Crafts and Yak Cheese
Originally uploaded by Pete The Swede.

Still haven't seen a Yak though.

Baby elephant gets the wrong idea

Baby elephant
Originally uploaded by Pete The Swede.

Came back yesterday from a couple of days away from Kathmandu. Have been down in the lowlands at the Chitwan National Park, which was scorching hot and full of elephants and rhinos. This picture was taken at the Elephant Breeding Centre (read - lots of cute baby elephants).

Am now back in Kathmandu, and the overland trip to Beijing starts tomorrow. Before that, we have the minor issue of the Champions League final which starts here at about 12.30am I think...

Me and My swami

Me and My swami
Originally uploaded by Pete The Swede.

A message from above.

Durbar square temple, Kathmandu
Originally uploaded by Pete The Swede.

Spent most of the afternoon wandering around the main tourist spot in Kathmandu., Durbar Square. Photo is of one of the (59) temples there.

Got hassled a lot, there's a lack of tourists around and they tend to jump on anything they see. First guy spent 10 minutes trying to sell me hash (then showed me the injection marks in his arms, must remember that as an effective selling technique...) and then offered to show me around. For some reason, decided not to and ended up paying another guy to show me around, which turned out quite well. That was until I went into one temple, that of the "living god", a seven year old girl who came out and waved at me. At that point a bird shat on my head. I'm not sure if this has an important religious meaning which I have missed. Post suggestions in the comments.

yak

yak
Originally uploaded by theblankslate.

In case you didn't know. Although this one doesn't appear to have any horns.

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First post

Off again, leaving behind the actually quite decent British weather off to pre-monsoon Kathmandu, which feels very "currently monsoon" given the thunderstorms and lightening going on outside the door here

Qatar Airways pretty decent, on time, and changed planes in Doha (Qatar), where they were kind enough to sell me a litre of Absolute Vanilia for 6 quid. Landing in Kathmandu not as intimidating as had been lead to believe.

Have landed sweet hotel room for 6 quid a night, including 60 cable channels, including the footie... Fears of missing Champions League final diminishing.

Outline itinerary for those of you who care, a week here in Kathmandu, probably with a couple of days off chasing Asian tigers. Leave Kathmandu for tibet on 27th May, travel through Tibet and China for four weeks until I hit Beijing on/around 23rd June. Beijing for a week or so, then hopefully taking the Trans-Siberian via Ulaan Baator in Mongolia, Irkutsk in Russia, and then Moscow. Probably then hopping on a train to Riga to fly home curtusy of RyanAir...

Kathmandu appears to be well up with the times, so should be able to post some photos quite easily.

Emails to me on pucbaldwin(at)yahoo.co.uk, or leave a comment on here.

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