Nepal, day four: It’s about to get real

We arrived in Pokhara around noon on Wednesday, checked into our hotel, and hit the town for lunch. Huge difference from where we’ve been and what we’ve seen. Pokhara is a tourist town and serves as the gateway to those heading north for adventure in the mountains of...

Nepal, day three: Channeling Bob Seger

Bob Seger sang of it…we did it. Kathmandu is a special place and our guide Sunil was terrific. He wouldn’t say, but I’d place him in his early 30’s, a handsome Hindu, he and his driver led us in an airconditioned bus to several iconic stops in this historic city....

Nepal, day two: the flood

Our hotel is tucked away from the main drag. You enter through a gated brick archway and emerge in a square courtyard, surrounded by buildings. The hotel is at the far end, the other three sides are all residential and as such, the courtyard is often filled with...

Nepal day one: Patan

First full day in Nepal. My body and mind were a wreck after sitting in airplanes for so long with pretty much no sleep. Got “lucky” enough to be seated next to a screaming toddler on my 14-hour flight from Miami to Doha, Qatar and again on the 4 hour leg from Doha to...