Day 48, 49 & 50 (Kathmandu & Everest)

After the thrills of the last few days with white-water rafting and canyon swinging I took things easy with a guided tour of Kathmandu to see temples, stuppas, the living goddess' house and some other bits and bobs that I can't remember. Poor Una missed out on all of this as she was bedridden with her sunburn from the rafting :(

We hung out and visited some of the western style eateries around the place to get some 'normal' food. Twice we visited a steakhouse called K-Too..first time was amazing, second time not so good proving every restaurant has their off days..same dish served differently on two nights..I preferred the first chef's version!

A large portion of the group had booked onto a Yeti Airlines flight to go see Everest so on our last day in Kathmandu we were up early to go to the airport..the weather was not promising but we had to go check it out. We waited it out hoping that the weather would clear, but it didn't..we waited until the first flight of the morning got back to see if visibility was any better higher up, but alas no. So, all bar one of us wanted to try again the next morning to see if we could get up there and see mighty Everest before we left for Hetuda near to the Indian border at noon. Again we were up early and off to the airport with the weather looking like it was going to spoil our fun for the second morning in a row. As we were booked on the first flight of the day we were the scout flight to see what was visible up there..and we were not let down. Once we cleared the layer of cloud that was spitting rain down on Kathmandu we were blessed with spectacularly clear views of the heavenly Himalayas...my god...breathtaking!

For photos from Kathmandu click here.