Finally i'll be there, at Kathmandu, come May. Thats the plan, at least, and as far as plans go, nothing is fixed/confirmed.
A sense of deja vu and uncanny coincidence as it feels really that i am retracing the journey of the old man i met recently in Luang Prabang Laos who started his journey in Madras, after taking a ferry from Penang Malaysia, some 40 plus years ago.
This is going to be one heck of an adventure, i can just feel it... from Madras all the way overland to Nepal, and then hopefully (fingers crossed) the Everest Base Camp trek. And then to Bangkok before taking one of the many cheap flights home after ive spent every cent i have on beach huts and long bus journeys.
Also i am entertaining thoughts of crossing to Pakistan (partly just to get the passport stamp - Ill admit, im a bit of a collector, and to experience a place where few tourists go but was part of the hippe highway of old where the beat generation with rucksacks travelled through on their way to London, or at the other end, Australia.) through the India gate. Heard the visas a pain to get, but we'll see. A Malaysian passport should prove its worth here, being a "negara Islam"...
So things to keep me gainfully occupied now include:
1. Getting an Indian visa
2. Getting my hands on the LP India guide
3. Getting flight tickets on Tiger Airways to Madras - that reach at 10 at night =(
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