Crossing the Himalayas-Nepal pictures (1)

Prelude

The spring of 2003, SARS makes a lot of heated discussions, may day holiday was the Government ordered to cancel, but our line of 4 people or to go to Nepal.

The cause is just 3 years ago I in the traveler "to see an article about Nepal article, in particular, that a sentence on an airplane at Everest" beyond my words can describe all Holiness. " On the eve of Labor Day weekend, this should be full of going to Hong Kong airport bus, only sparsely trimmed several "warriors". In this way, we started this extraordinary journey "masks."

I have the courage to travel alone, so partners are critical for the entire journey.

As the saying goes, "Chi-different modulation and conspiracy to". Ardis is a tourist like me a crazy girl, and importantly, we almost unanimously tourism taste. We all want to go was because, ultimately, Yunnan province, Yunnan tour did not take place, we have together through the Yangshuo, daocheng and this time in Nepal. Emily and village teacher and his wife also has a passion for travel and photography. In fact, I believe that people who like to choose Nepal will not be too far away, there is no love won't go so the original place of the "scapegoat".

Black Kathmandu

It is said that Nepal Royal aviation flight often delayed.

The take-off time to see our 757 aircraft slowly working on a wheel luggage. Know cannot get in Kathmandu before dark. Or perhaps light will not increase the noise during the day, so the plane will be its sky sand scared.

View from an airplane, spatter of Kathmandu, night lights, a small town with China.

Prior contact good LOK in airport, we used a car we pull into a small hotel THAMEL.

The table is filled, the accommodation was caught in a power outage, and almost the same time winds, the door of the hotel "Tiger" blown away. To close the door, but the wind is strong, with a lounge chair or stop. The wind seemed to us a blow, tell us in General can not. The 8 000 m high mountain wind really extraordinary, dark Monster a glimpse of the good.

Want to call home safe, but the shopkeeper said there was no electricity is not a phone.

Finally the light on, but soon went out. My mood was dark as the lamp. Then learn the electric contact with the telephone is not only without electricity in a gauge, cried out to the shop owner told me a minute to report a safe, would rather pay more money, he managed only reluctantly agreed, and charged me $ 3, so black. But there was no electricity in Canada is really forces'prime, even extra candles. So we all call the store that night live as a "black".

Lost in bokhara

Nepal people like strike, student strikes, demonstrations, political instability, rather long for peace.

In the mountain in a TEAHOUSE, I see the names of Nepal that interpretation, deep thought is:

NEPAL is

N-ever

E-nd

P-eace

A-nd

L-ove

We also caught in a two-day national students went on strike, so must today to l, after two days, there will be no traffic.

7 am, LOK took us to ride.

And his talk, I learned that Nepal and India, is hierarchical. Nepal's four, different, and so people can't have dinner together, social status and respect that is of course different. LOK said he is most high, but took a second wife, so home wasn't happy. When he said "there is no relationship between levels, people should be equal", I began to like him. I asked him to verify who can marry Nepal two or more wives, LOK said yes, provided that the consent of the first wife. I understand, the Chinese woman killed will agree to share her husband, but LOK said many of the two sisters married to the same man, get along very well and will not be lonely. "Of course, my wife is more and more men are hard," LOK says with a smile.

Station opposite the magnificent building is used for the election.

LOK said that China does not require such a construction, because of the lack of democratic elections. Our four with wry, was a backward neighbours of his country, really bad.

200 kilometer away six or seven hours.

First, the road is not good, encounter will car often stopped to give way, stopping several times and let us eat, although is fixed, but it is very pleasant dining environment.

I actually start time abroad of bumpkins, pretended interest the observation of the surrounding people from all corners.

And we have the same car to Nepal holidays India, usually is a small, bright clothes. More is a sole journey of European backpackers. Many European girl to Nepal, didn't seem to worry about security issues. But I think the Chinese people, and most of the Asians still relatively stiff, like gonggar, only young person of Japan. What cultural differences in the way of travel easily at a glance. For example, we are placed in the rear of the car, the front row to India for rich people, although we are unwilling to, but also the toe into submission, but next to a Netherlands girl to strongly express their dissatisfaction, say no to write seating tickets, treat discrimination should not be this way. Also for example to the rest of restaurants along the way, we see things on the room you are not going to say, fear can make people feel that the modest, but Portugal to next to a woman who was directly followed by waiters saying your expensive SCRI, waiters also he kept explaining.

LOK arrangements to the station to meet us and took us to his powerful recommended can see snow mountain panorama of the hotel, we were filled with looking lying in bed you can see snow room.

But we are deeply disappointed that the hotel in a very remote and DAMSIDE, but don't stay in bed and not see the snow that isClimb on the roof to see also the previous row is a row of buildings. And today the weather is beautiful, snow-hiding in a thick cloud layer behind, simply will not see me.

Great disappointment we decided to find a place.

Finally decided to live in the Lake District on the edge of a LAKESIDE shop MAJESTY HOME, a wonderful garden. Here you can see the edge of Lake WA costs, while the snow also climbed the roof to see. We are the dead heart, knowing that in the hotel room is not see snow-capped mountains reflected in the Lake scenery of Lake and snow, which is not in one direction.

Fee WA Lake far from her name is to attract, Green Lake with domestic no difference between the artificial lake, this is our consistent first impression.

It is said that ' strike in the police killed a Nepal students.

In order to support the students ' strike, all traffic is stopped, we had to forced in bokhara "rotten" for two days. Wait until recovery traffic then hiking mountaineering.

Lakes and mountains of bokhara definitely is a good place for leisure.

Available for us, this casual come too early. I am anxious to open all my senses to watch and listen to perception, but don't worry as bokhara or not retarded, glimmering.

See our fantasy book describes "the Sun giant xuefeng dyed Orange," the beautiful scenery, so every day from early Rowing across the Lake to see the snow CARK at sunrise.

But this season has really not see the snow-capped peaks of the seasons, often by thick clouds around, not really. In the first day of the l in the afternoon was caught in a storm, we were trapped in a hotel. Sit on the balcony, I can't believe they are really coming. The dream land of beauty, but it never showed me her most beautiful side.

"How can I believe that a great Himalayan is behind me, the eye's reach.

"--Storm erosion of bokhara, my notebook wrote such a thing.

Boccara suburban

L never gave me too much of a surprise, but I can't deny, bokhara countryside's mukojima.

Cycling to the East, and soon out of the gate of bokhara (POKHARA GATE), the huge snow behind in paddy field exists.

All the way through many villages, ragged children playing with us when you play the original game. See we will warmly greet, some shy to say hello to us in Japanese. I hate being deemed to Japan, but in Nepal, there is a world of great harmony, there is also no need to clarify.

In Nepal, 90% of those treated us as a people in Japan.

Usually the first sentence is: "Japan?" and "not ... Taiwan Korea?? Hong Kong Singapore?? "we always did, and so the number of finished bluntly" China, the Chinese mainland. "Surprising is that their concept, much like a mountain at the Chinese didn't exist. I am sad to think that maybe it was because of the very few mainland people will come to Nepal Tourism, but believe that the future will be more and more. Their understanding of China really is. When I compliment Nepal when Alpine splendor, they will ask: "what China has such a high mountain?" and I'm surprised: "of course!, on the other side of Mt. Everest is the Mount Everest of China! is also China's mountains!" perhaps in their concept, Tibet is a part of China.

The twilight sky gradually be glowing.

Clothing colorful women working in the field of green, enticed me over and press the shutter. Only in Nepal to see both the mountains of snow and prosperity of the town appears on the same screen.

Encounter downhill, I get the car, at the mercy of nature coast breeze blowing from the body, let yourself into the picture in General pastoral scenery.