 |
| Himalayas, Nepal |
 |
| Edward experiments with new hat to find the very best look |
Hi it's Edward and today loading bzzt pop! download complete... I will release a special Nepalese Blog. We left 8 days ago (25th April) and I'm going to tell you everything that was vaguely interesting! Loading please wait .... Beep beep beep.....
Well, first of all we caught a plane to Kathmandu (pronounced catmandoo) went to our hotel and then lounged around playing a game called "tigers walk" beeeeeeeep zzzzzzz loading... and I lost every single time. Tiger’s Walk is a traditional Nepalese game where the tigers try to eat the goats and the goats try to trap the tigers.
Well, first of all we caught a plane to Kathmandu (pronounced catmandoo) went to our hotel and then lounged around playing a game called "tigers walk" beeeeeeeep zzzzzzz loading... and I lost every single time. Tiger’s Walk is a traditional Nepalese game where the tigers try to eat the goats and the goats try to trap the tigers.
 |
| Garuda on a very tall pillar, Patan, Kathmandu |
The next day we went sight-seeing and saw a poor girl who the people thought was a living goddess *. We then bought a tiger’s walk board game with the pieces – but not instructions. After that we had lunch and entered a bzzzzzzt caution boring place ahead... Museum and looked ( that was a joke I don't hate museums J) there were nice artefacts including a glass case containing the many stages of making a metal face (hand made!) called repoussé and many other interesting artefacts that I can't remember ( something about chacras in your body?) .
 |
| Children scaring away evil monsters from Buddhist monastery |
 |
| Kitty gives baby elephant a bath |
The next day we flew from Kathmandu to Tiger Tops safari jungle lodge on an airline ( prepare to laugh) Buddha air (I don't remember Buddha having the power of flight?!) ! We went on a looooooooooooooooooong drive to get there. That afternoon we went on an elephant safari (We rode on the elephants and gave them a bath*!).
| We saw Rhinos, wild boar, spotted deer, crocodiles, wild elephants and tons more but guess what? No tigers! (tips, never expect to see a tiger because 99% of the time you won’t). Anyway, next day we went on safari in a jeep and then in a boat. We saw nearly exactly the same things except a few more kingfishers. We spent the rest of the day reading and stuff (I finished "Skellig" in half a day!) The next day we changed lodge to the Tharu lodge and one of our modes of transport was a bull ox cart! (it's slower than walking!) We played in the swimming pool (marco-polo), we played table tennis and while I was working I saw a paradise flycatcher bird! That night there was a HUGE storm at first we thought we were being bombed. That would certainly explain why it sounded like the sky was blowing up! The next morning we played chess and just hung around doing nearly exactly the same as the day before, but at supper a venomous spider started crawling up Harry's arm (that was different!) and we shoved it off and when we went back to our room there was a MASSIVE spider on the bathroom sink. I went and got someone to take it away but when I came back it had disappeared. The next day we drove for 5 hours to our current lodge way up in the mountains (no we can't see Everest but did see Annapurna) And so far today we have had a nice fishing trip, we caught lots of small fish using bread and used some as live bait to catch an eel but didn’t catch one. So that's all folks so I will just say bu bye! (sounding like Mario J) |
* the living goddess is chosen on stuff like the date she is born but she also has to pass tests such as being locked in a room with a bunch of dead animals and not being allowed to cry?! (the girl picked is always aged 5-11) The girl who is chosen is then apparently possessed by a goddess (the current one is possessed by Kali the goddess of death) and is not allowed to do the following things: leave her palace, smile, laugh, look sad or show any emotion what so ever and tons more! I mean, poor girl!
