We arrived dusty and tired to be shown a double room with ensuite bathroom - seemed ok until we started to unpack and ventured into the wardrobe.............. Daz - 'What's that? it look's like a cockroache?' Kath - 'Yep, you're right but hang on there's another one, no two, bloody hell it's a roach hotel inside the wardrobe!!' We set about squishing the buggers with our trusty guide book - luckily they were abit sleepy and easy to kill. The hotel manager was embarrassed and quickly offered us an upgrade on a room on the next floor. So much better with good views of the hills and mountains surrounding us.
So far so good - we've braved the rapids on the river when we went white water rafting. Just us and 2 Swedish guys plus the guide in our raft although one of them was abit of a doofus so we got stuck on rocks a few times. One time the boat starting filling with water really quickly and we were bricking it but our guide was a pro and got us out of trouble. We loved the rafting but Kathy's shorts couldn't handle it and we are now using them as a floor rag! (PS Not pooped but ripped!).
We've spent a day visiting the World Peace Stupa at the top of one of the hills - got a boat across the lake (some crazy Nepali girl with 1 oar and an arm like Arnie!) then braved the God knows how many stone steps (odd placed rocks not proper steps!) to the top which took about 1 hr. Great views but bloody hot and hard work getting up there.
We've had a few thunder storms with impressive lightning and the storm the other day was like a hurricane had hit us. The road outside the hotel became a muddy river and the trees bent in the winds then we got bloody hale stones! Crazy but we survived sheltering in our hotel room - glad I bought our Poundland rain ponchos now - even if they're not fashionable at least we're dry,
not a bad view from our bedroom
road to river in 5 minutes
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