Hola / Namaste / Tashi Delek,

Get yourself a drink and a snack , this is a long one.

We left India via Delhi’s very un-Indian, ultra-modern airport that included such modern conveniences as bathrooms with automatic flushing toilets (some of which worked) and hot air hand dryers! Very futuristic.

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Well, I’m about a month and a half behind on these updates, and I should probably write something, so here we go:

Being in Kathmandu was like a slightly calmer version of an Indian city. It’s extremely polluted, and filthy. Horns are blaring non-stop. Three are lots of street kids and beggars. [...]

Before our trek we rented some last bits of gear, had a final meal in our now regular single table restaurand and got a good night’s sleep.  The next day we caught the bus to Naya Pul, checked in with the park officials and started off.  The first day was cloudy and a bit cool.  [...]

Before we made it to Nepal, we had one last night in Ghorakpur, India.  We stayed the night in a fairly dodgy hotel where the manager, fishing for commission, told us that the bus to Nepal only left at 4:00 am, and was going to take 6 or 7 hours due to a broken bridge.  [...]