I got back into Kathmandu last Monday and it’s been nice to have the last few days to relax and recover from my trek… the tempurature has been in the high 20’s and nice and sunny!! a far cry from the freezing temps on the trail…..ahhh, so nice not to have my toes numb from cold and wearing my touque every nite to bed….don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the trek and the sense of accomplishment that came with it, but I don’t think I will be doing it again for sometime soon…it’s nice to wake up not seeing your breath, peeing in your own toilet and having a hot shower whenever you want!! So if any of you decide you want to do the trek, keep these little details in mind…One thing that I do regret about the trek was that I caught a bug just after Pheriche on the way back (glad it happened on the way down instead of the way up)…I have been coughing and sneezing ever since and not exactly feeling the best (at least it’s warm out). I tried the local pharmacy and got some drugs (“these will fix you right up” he said), but they don’t seem to help any, couldn’t find any “western” over the counter meds (eg. neo citron, sudafed, nyquil etc…) so I am left here to suffer and wait it out…oh well, I guess it could be worse.
Couple of things about Kathmandu….rolling power outages…the country does not have enough power to meet demand, so their solution, rolling blackouts across the nation…in Kathmandu this amounts to about 10 hrs a day at various times. As far as I could tell, there was no specific schedule, it could be out all night or all day, which could make it tuff to do business…luckily a lot of places (including my hotel) had separate generators so at least basic power could be supplied during the blackouts…but this still didn’t help me when I needed to recharge my laptop!!!
Second thing… I’ve decided that I suck at bargaining…pretty much everything in Kathmandu is negotiable and from the few thing that I have bought (btw. outdoor gear is really cheap here…it may be a knock off, but the quality is still decent), I came a way feeling I got ripped off…even though I’m the one who negotiated the price!!….these guys are good….I’m not giving up yet though, I still have a few things to get and I’ll give this bargaining thing another shot….
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Look at all those shopkeepers down there waiting to take advantage of me!!!
Kathmandu public transit system...guys hanging out the door of these mini vans shouting out where they are going...if it matches your destination, you just hop on and give'm a fw rupees...
Tomorrow I hop on a quick flight to Pokhara (30 min) and get to hang out lakeside for several days, it’s a bit of a tourist destination but much slower and relaxed than Kathmandu….