Namaste from Katmandu – d12

Don’t panic, I am here - we really. I have not yet mentioned that for the first leg, India/Nepal, I am not travelling alone. I am travelling with Kia for 5 weeks, we both have been attending the wedding in Kathmandu. In the photos, if you cannot spot her, she is the one with the hair antenas. She blends in well!

I can see from the comments that we went off the radar. Effectively we managed 10 minutes in an internet café in India. Well I am hopping to remedy this over the next few days. At the moment we are both in Kathmandu. its Friday afternoon and I am typing this in the hotel room - the room is 3€/night - whilst Kia is having her siesta. I am hoping to catch up with the post back log. It has been hectic ever since we left London.

A quick recap. Got to Delhi and what a culture shock. We spent 2 days in Delhi. We did have WiFi in the Hostel, which worked but the Internet to the hostel did not. Then caught a train for half a day to Lucknow, then a night train to Varanasi, 2 days and a night in Varanasi then, a night train to Gorakhpur - the jump off point to get to the Nepalese border – 3 hrs Jeep ride to the border, 30 min to cross on foot the border, then 9 hrs bus ride to Kathmandu – arriving day 8 at 02h30 - met up with the wedding party and since then we have been hanging out together -except the danish contigency. This morning half of them left and we are returning to Travel Mode. Tomorrow heading off to Pokhara for a few days relaxing by the lake. We have met and travelled with French, Hungarians, Columbian, Polish, Israelis – a lot – Germans, Dutch, Australian, Finish, Canadians, British, Danish – less said about that – and off course the Italians and honoury Italians.

A quick summary – names you may or may not know – but watch this space, details to come.

Namaste from myself and Kia

If there no photos – or video clips - in the coming posts, it is because of the slow internet connection. And I mean really slow. these will be added later when I can.