What to do Kathmadu?

Everything is different in Nepal. As we drove through part of the city yesterday evening with Peter Dalglish, and our new Nepalese friends (Kamil and Binod), Peter explained how Nepal is basically the exact opposite of everything we are used to in North America. The more I see and experience here, the more I understand what he was saying.

Remy and I are here, and that reality is still sinking in. It's been very nice to have Remy here to process all of this with, because Nepal is very different. I don't know if I can hammer that point home enough. It makes Honduras look organized.

Today is our first full day here, which is a strange thought, because I'm writing this saturday evening, and we left on Wednesday. Thankfully we made it safely here with all of our luggage, but boy oh boy I have never felt as tired as I did yesterday! Travelling this far apparently takes it out of you. We've had the opportunity so far to see quite a lot of Kathmandu, thanks to Kamil and Binod, and we've had a lot of fun with them. They work for Peter here, and will probably be joining us in Bandipur when we go. We've been staying in the Kathmandu guest house, which is pretty much dead centre in this crazy city, and you almost have to brace yourself just to walk around in the street your first few times.

We've already seen a few world heritage sites: Pashupati (a beautiful Hindu temple area) and "the Monkey temple", which is a buddhist temple that is on top of a hill (keeping in mind that it is a "hill" in relation to the HIMALAYAS!) from which you can see all of Kathmandu. It is very beautiful, but the staircase up to the top was a doozy.

Some highlights:
We went to a school in Kathmandu that Peter teaches at (Peter is "the man" here, he has connections everywhere, and I think every Nepalese person knows him) and on a wall near the entrance was a sign that said "Gifted by an Ice Hockey Player. Canada." And I almost fainted when I looked at what was above it...you guessed it: A Vancouver Canucks jersey, in the middle of Nepal. Word. Take that Leafers.
highlight #2: Mountains. Restaurants and houses often allow you to eat/hang out on the rooftops, and since there are no large buildings anywhere here you can look out from any rooftop and see the worlds tallest montains. Incredible.
Highlight #3: Kamil and Binod. They are really funny guys. "What to do Kathmandu?" is a Kamil quote that he says whenever there's some wild rickshaw driver or something...good times.

So...I like Nepal.
Peace.