One Year Later

Martin — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:08:49 +0000

Today is a good day to remember some of the cool things we did during our trip. Exactly one year ago, we were on our way back from Nagarkot, Nepal. We were pretty roundly hung over, thanks to the scrumptious and thoroughly wet feast our landlord had thrown the night before. All we wanted to do was to get back to our Lazimpat apartment ASAP – a prospect somewhat hindered by the fact that Maoist ex-insurgents had decided to blockade the Kathmandu Valley. The solution was to hang big signs saying ‘TOURIST BUS’ on our vehicles, park our western-looking selves in the front seats and hope that the Maoists were still letting foreigners through. Trying not to look silly by barfing on ourselves was also a priority.

This new year’s celebration is way different. Of course. We live in Mariposa, still figuring out our lives. We are moving towards a more structured life, slowly. What I do think though, and this is perhaps the greatest lesson of our trip — is that we still live our lives the way we did on that day in Nepal. Anything is possible, if we just put your minds to it.

And that’s all the ranting we had for you today. If you’ve missed it, Jaime’s running her own show over at the dailybeeswax.com, while I’m trying to write a book.

Oh and the Maoists did let us back home that day. All it took was bribing a ragtag bunch of 12-year old road-blocking insurgents (at a cost of 3 USD). Good times.

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Nagarkot – a View with a Room

Martin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:44:58 +0000

Living in Kathmandu doesn’t necessarily mean that you get to experience the mighty Himalayas. Most of the time, haze from pollution and dust obscures the view – a view that’s mostly hidden by the surrounding hills anyway. Sometimes, we forget what we have just around the corner – the biggest mountains in the world.

You only have to travel an hour away from central Kathmandu to see them though. We just spent New Year’s Eve in Nagarkot: a small village at the rim of the Kathmandu Valley. The term ‘village’ may be a bit misleading. It is a bunch of resorts coupled with a village and a few small businesses. People come here for one reason: the View. And what a View.

Alright view + inevitable clothes line

If you ask me what I think, I’d say that Nagarkot is a pleasant place to spend a day and a night. Do you have one extra day in Kathmandu? Go to Nagarkot and inhale some fresh air, sleep in a nice hotel and take in the spectacular view. The Official Seatofourpants Nepal Tourism Board recommends it.

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