Sunday, 31 October 2010

Kathmandu

just  quck update, we had a 10 day Dewal holiday. everyone in the office went to Koltata. Me and Laurits didn't have anything to do so we decided, why not go Kathmandu. niether of us had even seen a picture of this place. it was jsut a name. so we set off withotu any plans and hardly any money. travelled in general class sleeper for 24 hurs, was hel1! but worth the experience. then we got to luknow. our train got cancelled. we met a guy who brided a ticket conductor. and let us into AC 3rd classs. which was heaven compared to general. then we had to get a 3 hour bus from Gorukpur to the Sunali boarder. but our bus broke down. we noticed another bus coming. so Laurits heroicly bus onto the roof of the bus untied our luggage and we ran after the second bus to the boarder. then we got husted at the boarder. and finally made it to Nepal. then all the remained was a 10 hour bus to Kathmandu. in a very very cramped bus. 50 people on a 25 seater bus. something like that. then we finally got to Kathmandu. more detais to follow. peace.

5 comments:

  1. sounds like the journy is becoming more and more crazy as it goes on...

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  2. Salam. On your way back, if you are not too tired and have time, visit Lucknow. Very Nawabi town.

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  3. Haha! Sounds like chaos... or perhaps organised chaos, either way it's very much India...

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  4. Abu said:
    Now you wish you had watched Michael Palin's "Around the world in 80 days"
    Coming back via Lucknow city of Nawabs, centre of urdu literature, places to visit:
    la martiniere college, built in 1837
    Chota imambada, built 1837
    Rumi darwaja
    Secundra bagh
    Deva Shariff
    Asifa Imambara, built 1783
    Railway station- it's very historical.
    Ambedkar Park- marble temple
    Clock tower, it's a british landmark
    Cuisine- Nawabi kebabs, briyani and koftas.
    Hope you have fun!

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  5. Nice one Ali. I'm very jealous! Hope it's going well. It's taken a while for me to get round to creating a gmail account, but even though we (the family) haven't been posting comments, we've been following your blog pretty avidly. Everyone sends their best wishes. Look forward to hearing more!

    Sami

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