The first days in Kathmandu/Nepal. Interesting and different to the places I have seen in India. Kathmandu is a quite touristy place and I have never met so many tourists before then here during this trip. A lot of temples and interesting places…

Here is everything: Internet on every corner, shops, restaurants, bars, rikshas, tourism - the business is running! Also the people are a little bit different and quite “western-styled”. The prizes are low and its possible to have a complete lunch with drinks under 1 US-$. Trekking-Clothes, jackets, T-Shirts, shoe, hats and coats on every corner - faked brands quite cheap…

So far my first impressions from Kathmandu.

I made a long walk through the city today and after having this internet-break I am off to Pashupatinath - a Hindu-place in Kathmandu next to the river. Tomorrow I am planning to go outside of Kathmandu, visiting some smaller villages.

This is funny…

I just saw Peter Habeler in the streets of Kathmandu. I had to laugh, because last year I managed a “A trip to Nepal-Blog” for Wolfgang, where he met Peter Habeler in the Himalaya-Mountains (Cho La to Lobuche) and made a short Podcast with him…

Podcast with Peter Habeler from “A trip to Nepal”-Blog:
http://www.sugarmelon.com/nepal/?p=94

Wolfgang, Roberto - this is for you :)

This goes fast… After getting my holidays I was on Mariahilferstrasse this evening, buying a Lonely Planet for India. Wow, more than 1000 pages.

Route: Checked my route… Thought about travelling through North-India - from New Dehli to Darjeeling. Changed it later, want to go to the beach, enjoying sun and beach next to city and country. So - the primary trip from New Dehli to Goa is still up to date.

Flight: Well, booked my flight on www.checkfelix.at - a direct-flight from Vienna to New Dehli with Austrian Airlines for around 600 EUR. Price is OK for a 7.5 hr. travel. Super… It seems to run everything how I planned. checkfelix.at seems to be a very cool platform for booking flights - booking cheap flights. Never seen so many really cheap ones and especially flights, which are so easy available…

Exciting…