'Namaste' Nepalis people are super friendly helpful people, so of course we though it only polite to learn a couple of Nepali words, 'namaste' used for hello/goodbye and 'dhanyabad' meaning thankyou. So far we have mastered 'namaste' and it's rolling of the tongue fairly easy, although at times Ryan likes to add 'hola' and 'gracias' for good measure. We went to the gym Ryan found, it was a small grubby mans gym with only weights, and you had to go barefoot in ...

We have arrived!! Kathmandu is our first destination and what an impression it has already made in less than 24 hours. Within setting foot off the plane we saw our first monk, I've been so excited to see real buddhist monks in Nepal in their beautiful orange robes, how wonderful in less than five minutes there he was, although I didn't picture them in airports filling out forms at immigration, more in temples praying and chanting. Dawa, a local trekking guide...