13 -17 Dec 2012
Kayaking put us over the total time we were supposed to be spending in Pokhara as we had this plan of doing a loop back to Kathmandu through some villages we were recommended. Lumbini - the birth place of Buddha with some cool temples, then Bandipur - a medieval hilltop village that's just super cool because of the old style buildings and then Nagarkot - Only 2hrs out of Kathmandu but another hilltop village with a magnificent view. We thought 2weeks would be plenty of time to meander through these and get back to Kathmandu 7days before our flight so we can sort out a Thai visa. You can only get 30days on arrival and we needed 60.
Unfortunately we had lost a whole week due to the kayaking so we decided to head straight back to kathmandu instead and sort out the visas first then maybe just do Bandipur & Nagarkot after that. Well due to all day bus travel we didn't arrive til late on a Thursday. Friday we couldn't do the visa run as you have to do it between 9am and midday and still had to go to the bank, get a cheque and print out statements from our banks showing our current funds which proved more difficult then I ever imagined. Fucking Nepal. we couldn't even get the bank cheque that day because they wanted our passport! And they closed in 15mins which didn't give us enough time to go back and get it... Luckily they open Sunday, then the Thai Consulate opens on Monday. This all meant however we had to spend a whole 5days sorting everything out and seeing as we were in our last week and half it took away all our time and plans.
We decided to have a few drinks after the bank and just relax as we had so much time now. A few drinks turned into many with the 2 for 1 cocktails and the many Tuborg beers. When we were well and truly smashed by late afternoon we decided to head to Sam's bar. The bar we went to on our first day in Nepal. The guy remembered us there and we had a great time telling him what we got up to over the last month and half. The beers kept flowing and we got more drunk by the second. We met these awesome young locals, about 19/20 yr olds and in our drunken conversation we got their face book details and contact numbers because apparently we talked about catching up with them Christmas eve.
Soon our bellies were asking for for food and we decided to head to 'Jatra' down the rd which had become a favourite of ours for their amazing honey pork ribs. Seriously they were divine! However I took a turn for the worse after ordering and all the alcohol hit me at once. I began to spin out and felt like vomiting. I tried in the restaurant's toilet but couldn't so I spent the next 40mins with my head in Sam's lap trying not to vomit while he ate our BBQ wings entree then both our orders of ribs. Apparently the staff and other customers were laughing at me and giving Sam a thumbs up because it looked like I was giving him head! Omg so embarrassing... but the state I was in I didn't care less at the time.
we got home at the early time of 8.30pm smashed out of our minds and collapsed into a drunk sleep... Ahhh. I woke up at 1am starving out of my mind however and Sam woke up with an incredible thirst which he then proceeded to drink every drop of water we had. Now in Nepal if you want something at 1am in the morning - too bad! Nothing is open, the country goes to sleep at 10pm. Even in the massive capital city of Kathmanudu. So Sam is dying of thirst and I'm dying of hunger but we couldn't do anything about it. It was frustrating! All I had eaten on the Friday was that chicken wrap before we went to the bank and then started drinking. 1 mealsy chicken wrap for 24hrs. I was seriously craving my ribs now!
Monday came along quickly, we submitted our visa applications and passports then went back to our guesthouse to pack. Tuesday it was time to head to Bandipur! Woo!
Kayaking put us over the total time we were supposed to be spending in Pokhara as we had this plan of doing a loop back to Kathmandu through some villages we were recommended. Lumbini - the birth place of Buddha with some cool temples, then Bandipur - a medieval hilltop village that's just super cool because of the old style buildings and then Nagarkot - Only 2hrs out of Kathmandu but another hilltop village with a magnificent view. We thought 2weeks would be plenty of time to meander through these and get back to Kathmandu 7days before our flight so we can sort out a Thai visa. You can only get 30days on arrival and we needed 60.
Unfortunately we had lost a whole week due to the kayaking so we decided to head straight back to kathmandu instead and sort out the visas first then maybe just do Bandipur & Nagarkot after that. Well due to all day bus travel we didn't arrive til late on a Thursday. Friday we couldn't do the visa run as you have to do it between 9am and midday and still had to go to the bank, get a cheque and print out statements from our banks showing our current funds which proved more difficult then I ever imagined. Fucking Nepal. we couldn't even get the bank cheque that day because they wanted our passport! And they closed in 15mins which didn't give us enough time to go back and get it... Luckily they open Sunday, then the Thai Consulate opens on Monday. This all meant however we had to spend a whole 5days sorting everything out and seeing as we were in our last week and half it took away all our time and plans.
We decided to have a few drinks after the bank and just relax as we had so much time now. A few drinks turned into many with the 2 for 1 cocktails and the many Tuborg beers. When we were well and truly smashed by late afternoon we decided to head to Sam's bar. The bar we went to on our first day in Nepal. The guy remembered us there and we had a great time telling him what we got up to over the last month and half. The beers kept flowing and we got more drunk by the second. We met these awesome young locals, about 19/20 yr olds and in our drunken conversation we got their face book details and contact numbers because apparently we talked about catching up with them Christmas eve.
Soon our bellies were asking for for food and we decided to head to 'Jatra' down the rd which had become a favourite of ours for their amazing honey pork ribs. Seriously they were divine! However I took a turn for the worse after ordering and all the alcohol hit me at once. I began to spin out and felt like vomiting. I tried in the restaurant's toilet but couldn't so I spent the next 40mins with my head in Sam's lap trying not to vomit while he ate our BBQ wings entree then both our orders of ribs. Apparently the staff and other customers were laughing at me and giving Sam a thumbs up because it looked like I was giving him head! Omg so embarrassing... but the state I was in I didn't care less at the time.
we got home at the early time of 8.30pm smashed out of our minds and collapsed into a drunk sleep... Ahhh. I woke up at 1am starving out of my mind however and Sam woke up with an incredible thirst which he then proceeded to drink every drop of water we had. Now in Nepal if you want something at 1am in the morning - too bad! Nothing is open, the country goes to sleep at 10pm. Even in the massive capital city of Kathmanudu. So Sam is dying of thirst and I'm dying of hunger but we couldn't do anything about it. It was frustrating! All I had eaten on the Friday was that chicken wrap before we went to the bank and then started drinking. 1 mealsy chicken wrap for 24hrs. I was seriously craving my ribs now!
Monday came along quickly, we submitted our visa applications and passports then went back to our guesthouse to pack. Tuesday it was time to head to Bandipur! Woo!
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