Kathmandu

It's my third time in Kathmandu, and Koeun's second and it's every bit as hectic as I remember. En route from Seoul, we had to fly first to Hefei, then Chengdu. Stay overnight and then fly via Lhasa. Everything went smoothly, except for landing in Kathmandu. There was a lightning storm so we couldn't land and were turned around to Lhasa. I immediatley thought we were going to get a free day in Tibet, but all we got was a free sit in the plane for another four hours. The bonus of this was: I got to see Everest three different times that day.

Mt. Everest on the way to Kathmandu

Heading Out

So here I am again. Another photo blog attempting to document another attempt at moving to Europe. This time, the trip is a little more streamlined, and ever so slightly more planned.
I attempted to take the ferry from Tomakomai to a town called Mito to visit my best friend from University, Russ. Little did I know, but the on the day I chose to depart, there were no ferries running. Fortunately my first room-mate in Japan, Paddy, was back in Tomakomai. A quick text and fortunate taxi ride took me to his house.

The next day I awoke, and Paddy's father-in-law drove me to Chitose airport where I got the last seat on the early flight to Tokyo.
I wandered round Yokohama (hugely over rated city) for the day before heading out to drink with Russ and meet his wonderful new fiancé, Noriko. Time was short, so we had only one night to drink before I started to feel sick. 
When I arrived in Korea, I felt like shit. My face was beaming red and on fire. I was obviously hot since I got stopped at the heat scanners in the airport and got asked a million and one questions and had to talk to a doctor. They were worried I had H1N1 but it turned out I have a sinus infection. My ears ring all day as though I have been at a rock concert. Lots of coughing and not a whole lot of energy. Thankfully the weather came through and now I'm feeling a little better, and look a little pinker.


So, it's Wednesday morning and we are packing to head off to Kathmandu, where we will hike the Annapurna trail and then head south to The Royal Chitwan park to hopefully catch up with some one horned rhino and Bengal tigers.
here are a few photos from my previous trips to Kathmandu:

Ladakh

These are just a few photos of people Koeun and I ran into along our walk in Ladakh.

This is the grandfather of our guide, Jimmy

This man was the attendant of a small old monastery

This was the grandmother of a house where we stayed. She is spinning wool.

A local Ladakhi lady