We finally made it to Kathmandu after 24h of non-stop travel. The flight from Toronto to Abu Dhabi was pretty much a blur. C stole the isle, I had the middle, and we had this very nice man from Pakistan sitting at the window. We were flying Etihad Airways, which is a branch of Emirates, so it was a pretty comfy ride. Not as comfy as first class though. They get their own beds, and some even have like a whole suite with table, bathroom and sink! We arrived in Abu Dhabi where the 4h layover was relatively painless in the very modern airport. They layover in Dehli was a different story. I ended up befriending this man on the flight who was from Nepal who had been visiting his daughters in Boston (they're in med school there). It was interesting hearing from him his perspective on things. In Nepal, he's a very wealthy business man with a 15 bedroom mansion but he explained that in Boston, he felt poor. It's crazy how cheap things are here!
I'm not going to go into the gongshow that was our experience trying to get from Dehli to Kathmandu...but we FINALLY made it.
Flying into Nepal was unreal. Villages snake through the ENORMOUS mountain valleys and all of the houses look like The Burrow from Harry Potter. So cool. Everything is so green and simple and mountainy and I definitely can't wait to explore.
We were picked up by a nice man who whisked us through the city to our hostel where we stay one night before we head off to the orphanage. That half hour drive was CRAZY. First of all....there are COWS and stray dogs here like we have squirrels. These people drive like maniacs even though you go to JAIL for 20 YEARS if you hit and kill a cow!!! Cows are considered sacrad so these drivers manage to avoid them by the millimetre. Nobody here obeys traffic laws; it's this crazy chorus of honking busses, cars, and mopeds. We could not believe we didn't get in an accident. We passed so many amazing looking shops and restaurants. It's going to be an interesting 3 weeks!
I think this is about all I can write right now. We're both crazy jet lagged and the past 48hr are all mushed together in my brain.
Tomorrow we go to our orphange. So excited to meet the kids and get started!!
Avoiding the cows,
J & C
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i hope u have sweet n excitingly good time in nepal.... its developing country so u might find
ReplyDeletemany things unusual.... but it has its own natural beauty ...thats why people visit nepal more than
once....don't forget to visit the heritage sites....i forgot to mention u about Nagarkot... its a hill station only hrs away from kathmandu city....