Hi Nana and Grandad! (Since, lets face it, no one else will
be reading this). I made it to Nepal! It was a little strange saying bye to the
Whangarei but the nerves didn’t kick in until I got to the airport and promptly
threw up. Singapore was good- not as hot
as it was in July, that was a bonus as I had to wear 50 layers in an attempt to
lighten my luggage, I failed on that front, my checked baggage was 3kg over and
my hand luggage was over by 6. (Oops!). I just looked really confused and
smiled and they overrode the extra charge. I doubt I’ll be that lucky going
though India though!
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| Taken on my evening walk to get veges last night |
Woken up by a rooster crowing, I know it’s Tuesday morning
but I’m not too sure what time exactly. (5am
I think. The electricity is on so it must be before 6am as there’s a black out
scheduled then). Kathmandu is
incredible. Set in a valley, with different architecture and colourful homes.
Getting through customs is a breeze, I struggled to lift my pack on to the belt
to go through the conveyer belt for the x-ray so the nice man just told me not
to bother with the x-ray and just go through.
A friend of Abby’s, Adam met me, and we piled on to a motorbike. When
dad and I were backpacking through South-east Asia we often saw people on
motorbike carrying crazy loads. I 100% felt like a local. Huge pack on my back
and trying to balance another 10kg of ‘hand luggage’ on my front, no way of
really holding on and no helmet haha. It was only ten kms to the village I’m
staying in and Adam’s a great driver- so it was actually sweet as.
The Children’s Home (similar to our concept of an orphanage)
is incredible, about 30 people are living in a four storey house (I know it
four stories ‘cause two dogs just chased me up them! Everyone here is so
friendly and welcoming, Abby stayed here last year and gave me some photographs
of her and the children, I brought along blue-tak & the excitement the kids
had over takking the pictures to their walls was awesome! Kathmandu is
beautiful but definitely a culture shock! I’ll tell you more about it later;
I’m off to watch the sunrise over the city from the rooftop. xx
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| View of Kathmandu from the road |
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