Week 15 (Nepal)

9/28

Rose at 7.45 or so. No breakfast (cookies), taxi to truck. Unpacked and... waiting for the rest to go on the road to Pokhara.

It was a long, long drive with several hold ups, since there is a big holiday here now and everybody wants to be with their family. Scenery is great again.

Arrived here in a very nice hotel in Pokhara at 7.30. Unpacked, email check. Thunderstorm now. Love it. Going to the Amsterdam bar for a beer and a burger. Then shower and a star trek episode. Laterz.

The burger/beer were good, but (too) expensive. Went back to the hotel, Tried to watch a star trek episode, but fell asleep.


9/29

Slept like a log. Woke up at 7 or so, chatted long with Lenie (who?), showered. Off to do breakfast somewhere in town (remember a nice place from 12 years ago). let's see if it's still there.

12.00 It was there. Had breakfast as if i had never left (cheap, with a Katmandu Post (newspaper), the paragliders coming down and the splendid view over the lake) for the price of 155 NR (yes, that's 1,20 euro). Walked back and that  sudden feeling of happiness struck me again. Could live in Nepal i guess.

Napped in the afternoon. Did a 6K run (after 3 months of not running), showered, internetcafe (hotels wifi is too slow), grabbed a lasagna, then ,,, 3 live bands in the old blues bar. Loved it. Took me 3 big beers to see it all. Very nice place. Will be there again i guess.


9/30

Rose at 8 or so. Hungover(ish). Last transactions in internetcafe, same breakfast as yesterday, long walk back, tried to chat (nobody home), nap now. Laterz.

relaxed all afternoon (napping internetting, chatting, sitting in the garden). Went for dinner. Found a small cheap Indian restaurant, saw a few songs of the local music heros in The old blues bar. Went home early. 2 episodes of star trek and a good night sleep.


10/1

Rose at 7.30. Email check. Gonna move to another hotel, just for 1 night.

Other hotel is OK. Splendid view of the mountains.

Rented a bicycle, drove around Pokhare (12 K mountain up). Did a swim and then 12 K down. Great. Pizza and a beer now.
It also was James birthday, so ... met him in the Busy Bee, where (almost) everybody was zipping beers. I had only one. Too tired to celebrate. An episode of startrek and a good night sleep followed.


10/2

Rose at 7. 15 or so. Showered, 2 biscuits as breakfast, packed and... to the truck. On the way to Chitwan national park.

Arrived there early. Like 14.00h. Napped in the afternoon. Internetted, Had diner and a beer and a long conversation with Dennis. Star trek episode and a long, solid sleep. Don't feel like doing the elephant rides and so. Too expensive and i have done it before, so...


10/3

Long sleep. Woke up at 6.30 (!), chatted, FBooked, showered, Updating blog now. Gonna search for breakfast.

Found it all: cheap breakfast place and cheap restaurant for beer and food. At the riverside. The place where u would expect it to be expensive. Nepal is a strange country. Nice walk too. F*cking hot though.

Had siesta (u really need to) and did a stroll once more in the afternoon. A coke at the river side, saw elephants being bathed, ice cream, blog update. Wifi is incredibly slow, so.. no FB updates.

Diner and a beer at the river side. (Forgot about the sunset, so ... tonight.) Played guitar on our little balcony. Got incredibly stung by mosquito's (and i don't take malaria tablet...oops), early night, with a good sleep.


10/4

Woke up at 8 or so. No electricity, no wifi, nothing. Pisses me off, but ok.
Breakfast at nice little rooftop restaurant, did laundry, napped once omore, now coffee at the river side. laterz.

1 coffee, 1 walk, and one nap later... 15.00 cleaned the truck with all of us. Now.. off to the river for a sunset and a beer.

The sunset and diner were fantastic. Long chat with Lenie (quit annoying actually), slept all right (since we had no power failure, so the fan stayed on).