Nepal!

Greetings from Nepal! We flew in to Kathmandu yesterday around midday. Our guesthouse had sent a car to pick us up, and we were off. If it is possible, driving is even more hectic in Nepal than in Thailand. Maybe it was just because the roads are narrow. Our guesthouse is located in an area of town called Thamel, which is tourist central. Every shop is either selling souveniers or imitation North Face mountaineering gear. As soon as we got settled in our rooms we began to prepare for our trek around Annapurna. We do not want to be in Kathmandu when the election happens on Thursday. So today we finished getting the necessary permits, and now all we need is bus tickets and a place to store the stuff we are not taking on the trail. We saw the public buses, and they had people crowded on the inside and even on the roof, and we decided to take a tourist bus instead. Our trek will take us a minimum of three weeks, then we will have the option of going to Annapurna base camp. So we might be trekking for a full month. So I probably won't update the blog for a while, but I will be having fun! So until next time, hope everyone is doing well! Thank you for reading and for your comments! Namaste--Mark