Tag: Asia
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Namaste, Nepal: Remain the Same (Bhaktapur day 2)
Morning in Bhaktapur. I’ve had a great sleep, and now I’m hungry so I head up to the rooftop to eat breakfast. It’s still hazy out there, and I’ve learnt by now that the mountains I can just about make out through the haze are definitely not the Himalayas in any capacity. Om, the receptionist…
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Namaste, Nepal: Running Up That Hill
For all my talk of liking to do things alone and wandering around getting lost in new cities, there are times when I feel like I would like the company of others. My friends Marc and Yvonne visited Nepal a couple of years before I did, and Yvonne puts me in touch with a chap…
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Namaste, Nepal: A Day in Patan
To the south of Kathmandu, across the river, lies Patan. It is another city, and it can be reached in around 30 minutes by car. I don’t really know what to expect to pay for a taxi, so I google it and I read that one should haggle with the taxi driver and pay no…
Postcards From Dan 