November 2004 Entries
I finally put some new photos in the gallery as well. Theres the Dasain photo's and a few I took on trek and at Pokhara
Here I am in beautiful Pokhara. As previously mentioned the first day was spent 'recovering' .. and not from a hangover. I started to move around on the second day, but still wasn't up to going too far. I gave Ann a call, this was the person who I had been emailing about trekking and she had been so helpful and kind. Ann popped over to the hotel and we had a great chat and decided that I would go for a 3 day Royal Trek on the Thursday with her brother in law Prakash. (The whole family relationship...
OK, catch up time ...I left off just before Dasain. It already feels like months ago, even though it was only about 3 weeks. Dasain is a huge festival here and involves all the family, extended and immediate. It goes for 10 days and there is lots of visiting, drinking, eating, dancing, card playing and blessings. For those unfortunate souls who work, Monday & Tuesday where work days and as there was another fund raising event on the Tuesday, I put in an appearance and helped out. Wednesday started...
Just thought I would drop in a quick line ... I've been pretty slack or should that be keeping amused so I just havent got around to writing all the stuff I want to for the blog. I've been having a great time in Pokhara, doing some relaxing, some working (will write more about that one), lots of talking, quite a few good dinners with drinks, laughs and friends .. so in general its been just what I needed. Tihar is coming up next week and I have to decide if I want to stay in Pokhara or go to Chitwan...