One last time we entered the New Delhi International Airport, processed through all their security points and boarded our airplane. It was a short ride. When we arrived in Nepal we agin went through all the security stations as well as the Immigration point. Again, I had completed most of the work on line before we left home so we didn’t run into many problems. Then out the door to find our driver that the hotel had sent. First, I would like to share a photo of the motorcycle parking lot at New Delhi airport.
So we flew to Kathmandu in Nepal. We were met by our driver and had an interesting drive to our interesting hotel.
We checked in, walked around a bit, Nancy discussed tours with the manager, had dinner, a good night sleep, a tasty breakfast, and we were ready to go.
Again Nancy had hired just a car. We were going to a chairlift in the hills, a couple temples, and an old part of town. The driver was a young man, very polite and knowledgeable, who provided all kinds of information as we toured around. Off we go.
Kathmandu is someplace I always thought would be a cool place to visit. It is. Most people come to Kathmandu to either trek in the hills around the city or as a staging point to go to a Base Camp and some eventually to Mt Everest. You cannot see Mt Everest from Kathmandu. It’s about 150 Kilometers to Base camp from Kathmandu and another 80 Kilometers to Everest. You can drive only part way. It was not our intention to see Everest, and we didn’t. We did take the lift to the top of a large foothill and enjoyed the view of the mountain range surround Kathmandu, which sets in a very large valley. Here’s our ride.
From here we went to a couple of temples. Many, many monkeys at one, the other had some artwork that caught Nancy’s eye. So, the drive there, the temples and square. ***Hang in there, we are almost finished!!**
Ok … Those were the temples. Now the downtown old square. This was a historical part of town with some temples and a museum. Our Guide encouraged us to go through the museum so we did. That was also the end of our day.
Interesting drive back to the hotel. We spent the night and had a late checkoout because our flight to Bali was in the early evening. We just kinda vegged out till we went to the airport. Our Driver had called in sick and some other guy showed up who spoke very little english so we decided we didn’t need to see any more temples. Here’s the drive back, the departure and Singapore Airport.
At last, we get to Bali … we got in early so we had to wait for a while to check in. We took the opportunity to take a stroll downtown for old times sake … little has changed but the little shops come and go. We had dinner at Gracie Kelly’s which is an Irish pub affiliated with the hotel we stayed at. The dinner marginal but the beer was good. The next day we were there it rained in the morning so we had a slow start. For the afternoon we reported to the pool and hung out enjoying the sun and warmth and good service.
Well, we didn’t surf and the flight was good. On time and no hassles. Got back to Brisbane, bailed out our SUV, drove home. The trip was over, we declared it a big success and now I have the website updated. Life is good.
