Author: Sublime

Lumbininininininininini.

That 10th of September Francesca and I were first taken to what we thought would be the bus station. There was only one direct bus to Tansen and we wanted to be on it. The driver of the taxi possibly had other ideas/knowledge as he stopped in the middle of the road, pointed at a…

On the 7th of September the day had finally come for us to leave comfortable Kathmandu behind. We’d spent nearly two weeks in the capital and still had quite a few places left to visit. Francesca had made us a list of places to visit and an estimated needed time for each destination. This way…

After talking to reception Francesca and I decided to visit Bhaktapur, one of the three medieval city states in the Kathmandu Valley, on the 30th of August. Hiring a taxi to take us there, wait for us, and take us back was easily cheap enough to make for a reliable solution for daytrips. A kind…

A universally recognized new country awaited us! Nepal, after crossing a bridge, looked much the same as Zhengmu behind us. Before we’d be able to explore more of Nepal we had to get ourselves some visas though. Ray’d told me they would cost about $25 per person, so I’d changed enough of our remaining Renminbi…

The big day had finally arrived on the 23rd. That morning I dragged our bags to the car around 7:30 AM and order some chapattis to take with us on the road. Ray and Monday met us outside the hotel and another long day of driving ensued. Ray explained we had to drive 15 kilometers…

On the morning of the 22nd Francesca and I met Sam in the hallway of the Everest Friendship Hotel to get some breakfast before getting on the road again. We had to get Sakya County, southwest of Shigatse. After our average bread and jelly we jumped in the car and started driving. Sam pulled out…

The morning of the 18th, before the veil of darkness had been lifted from Lhasa, Francesca and I headed downstairs for another tasty breakfast. Sadly, darkness also still covered the restaurant… Luckily the staff woke up after a while and prepared our food. Francesca and Sam got their food to go, giving us a few…

Francesca and I had planned for the 17th of August to be an optional day. We knew we might have a chance to ‘be a Tibetan for a day,’ but since we’d seen the nomad family earlier this wasn’t terribly high on our priority list. Furthermore, our agency didn’t offer such a trip, forcing us…

The 11th of August would be the first day outside of Lhasa. Francesca and I started that day with another sumptuous Tibetan breakfast provided by our hotel. Ray arrived around 9:15 AM and told us to get some provisions for the road. I ran outside to the kind, old lady across the street and purchased…