Because of the horrendous journey yesterday, today's start is scheduled for 11.00am. I developed my second bout of Delhi belly and didn't improve the situation with the beer last night but I needed it. The breakfast although good took a good hour to be served, speed not in the Nepalese gene pack. I sat in the shade looking at the beautiful mountainous scenery doing heavy breathing exercises every time I got a stomach cramp.
The journey to Kathmandu which took well over four hours with the traffic congestion in the city, made last nights effort look positively stupid. We were heading up a mountainside road full of potholes, mad Nepalese lorry drivers, at least three over turned lorries and a drop of three or four hundred feet into the river below.
Our first glimpse of the legendary city reminded me of all the stinking, over-populated, poverty stricken holes we'd been through in India. The hotel looked better from inside than out but our room was the worse so far. It was a box of a hole with a double bed that sloped down to the headboard even though the floor was flat, a dirty bathroom with no door lock and bad lighting that made everything look worse. Instead of kicking up a fuss we rushed off to eat with Barry who'd been here a couple of days and was raving about the place.
The food was very good for bar food and the live band was excellent especially the singer, lead and bass guitarists. We then decided to move bars but had to rush back to our hotel to use the toilet. When we came out couldn't find the rest of the group, this place is a maze of alleys etc.
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