Hello! I'm still in Kathmandu and itching to start my trek! Its a beautiful city, lots of temples and things to see, but i feel like i've seen what i wanted to. I've also got into the back streets which was amazing, probably the best part. Out of the tourist spots. Now though i am feeling ready to get into the mountains...the pollution in town is pretty terrible too. If you look at the horizon there is a big thick wall of dirty looking cloud and you can just see the mountains through the haze. For those of you who i know are planning to come here in 2008, best to go with my hostel or a hotel to start with. I walked past a hostel i was planning on booking from home and i'm glad i didn't...the building was hanging on by a thread. So in a couple of days i'll start my trek, after that i'm going to go to Chitwan National Park, then Lumbini (birthplace of Buddha, its also Buddahs birthday when i'll be there!) then onto Pokhara hopefully and back to Kathmandu.

I was travelling with a guy from Sweden the other day and we took a rickshaw...i actually felt really bad doing so too. It was hard work for the guy and it made me feel really lazy, so i don't think i'll go on one again. Anyway, my point being, this guy i was travelling with kept pointing out things like 'oh, he hasn't oiled the chain on this', or 'they don't have proper brooms do they?'. Seriously, it drove me mad. Plus he wouldn't pay for entrance into some places, it got me in a pretty bad mood. I just couldn't believe it, what does he expect? And seriously, who goes to a country knowing NOTHING about the place and being completely ignorant. And he seemed abit shocked that i was here for the culture. ok ok calm.

So i guess my next blog will be after the trek! I hope all is well at home and wish me luck for getting up the mountain!

Love Katie