Friday, June 11, 2010

To the mountains!

After a very long and hellish bus ride (which I think deserves a longer post later, but the take home is, just suck it up, pay the extra $2, and take the tourist bus), I arrived in Pokhara, the second-largest city in Nepal and the gateway to the Annapurna region of the Himalayas. I am breathing deeper already - have I mentioned how polluted it is in Kathmandu? This may be a recurring theme.

Tomorrow I leave on a week-long trek, staying at tea houses along the way and eating a lot of dal baht. I hope to return with lots of stories and pictures, and hopefully without any leeches.

4 comments:

Jenn said...

Monitor your chai consumption... or it's easy to end up with a wicked caffeine withdrawl headache...

Can't wait for pictures!!

Will S. said...

How is the project going?

Rhea said...

Looking forward to the pics! I love reading about and seeing your adventures already!

Unknown said...

Jenn - yes, I am totally addicted. But I'm over my coffee addiction, does that help? :)
Will - hmm, still working on that one... maybe some updates on the project front later this week?
Rhea - thanks! I took about 500, so it'll be a few days, but pictures are coming...