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Kathmandu – it’s fun to say!

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Sukothai Buddhas

Originally we planned to spend five weeks in Thailand, but after two weeks, the rest of Southeast Asia got in the way. We decided to come back again to see an ancient city, and shop. The $3 1 hour foot massages were not planned.

Now that we’re in Nepal, we only wish we had bought more supplies in the shopping Mecca of Bangkok. Though for knock-off North Face and Gore-Tex, Kathmandu is the place to be. For everything else, including internet speeds exceeding 14.4bps, it is not. It’s India-Lite: A lot of the good without as much of the bad. Right now though, we can’t wait to get out of the city and into the Himalayas, where we’ll be scrambling around mountains for the next 20 days or so. Can we survive that long without the internet? (That’s a rhetorical question.)

Back to BKK

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Our visa expires tomorrow and with it comes our flight back to Bangkok. Five days later we’ll be in Nepal. Hurray for extreme weather changes.

1000 Words

Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Mountain Pass near Sapa More Sapa Hills Sapa Waterfall [Continue reading this entry]

Bia Hoi

Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Bia Hoi For 3000 dong (about 19 cents), you can get a cold mug of beer. It's better than the beer you can get for 2000 dong. We did the math - ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cat Ba

Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Halong Bay Cat Ba Snake Cat Ba National Park Historically, Adam ... [Continue reading this entry]

“I think it’s a dog”

Friday, April 13th, 2007
Stick Insect Cuc Phuong National Park Relayed to us from a night-spotting trip in Cuc Phuong National Park, Guide: "I think it's ... [Continue reading this entry]

Made To Measure

Sunday, April 8th, 2007
Adam in Suit Seemingly every town in Asia has a specialty handicraft from silk painting to embroidery to inlaid marble tables. We haven't seen a shotglass in months (unfortunately for Cara's ... [Continue reading this entry]

Same Same But Different

Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Rice and Lake Green Butterflies Picnic [Continue reading this entry]