Back to Nepal

We are back for another attempt to walk from Simikot in Nepal to the Tibetan border, then walk around the holy Mt Kailash before travelling east by road to Lhasa. So far it is looking good.

Simikot is in the Humla district of NW Nepal, and Mt Kailash is almost due north in Tibet.

The route from Simikot to the border is shown below. It follows the Karnali River, a tributary of the Ganges

But all this is before us. We arrived in Kathmandu on 31 March, with great views of the Himalayan mountain chain as we approached Nepal.

No bags arrived for Bob and Bruce missing his main bag. After a big delay at the airport trying to sort the missing baggage out, It was back to the quite lovely Hotel Tibet...

......then an early night after a "team dinner". 

The next day, Saturday, was spent mostly in Thamel, the tourist district of Nepal. The familiar shamboloc street scenes, busy traffic, noise and pollution prevailed, but the area still has lots of character.

It was about 27 degrees and dusty, so shopping in the shade was called for

It was a slow time for the rickshaw drivers, with lots at the rickshaw "rank"...

...some drivers clearly not expecting much business

One pleasant surprise was catching up with Claire and Max from Paris. It was lunch at Momotaru , a Japanese restaurant on Thamel Marg - gyoza and ramen

In the evening we all went out for dinner to a nearby Jazz Club