Dad and I can surely say that our time in India was great/interesting, but I think both of us are very ready to be done with this country and on our way to Nepal! We booked a room in new Delhi for our last night right the airport so we would have no problems on leaving (I think we were both worried that we still might encounter some complication that would keep us in India longer). The hotel swore up and down that it had wireless Internet, but when we got there we had to switch rooms three times before we could actually get the signal! Finally settled we killed the last of our time in India. The next day we headed to the airport, quite uneventful, besides our plane being an hour late and then gladly hopped on our plane for Nepal!! Hoorah! We had escaped India with our lives and I put that at a Delhi: 2 Brad: 2 !!! I'm fine with a tie if it means getting out with my life :p
So on to Nepal! From the first minute in Nepal I knew that I liked it already! The man from the hotel who picked us up from the airport was very friendly and spoke very good English (much better then almost all the Indians I encountered!). He told us about different trekking options about things going on in the city and was just overall very helpful!!! The hotel we were staying at was off of one of the shopping streets, so close, but out of the hustle and bustle! We spent our first night browsing around the market streets and enjoying the atmosphere. My dreds brought about much attention as usual with many people trying to sell me hash and the like on the street.
Our next day we spent a good portion of the beginning of the day looking into trekking options. Due to the weather all of the flights to the closest place to everest had been canceled for the past three days and there didn't seem much chance that we would luck out and make one the next day (three days of wait lost ahead of us!!!). So we decided on an Annapurna trek! After talking to several agents we found the best deal through a guy from our hotel Nakul. He not only managed a trek that got us to ABC (Annapurna Base Camp) but also to the loop around that area to see the area around!! the other guys were only managing to ABC and back! So with our trek all planed for early the next day we found dinner and got our affairs straightened out before we headed into the mountains for 8ish days!
What an adventure this will be!
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