More photos! Ok, so obviously the Rhino was from Chitwan, i took it from the Elephant back ride, then there is me ontop of a bus on the way to Pokhara from Chitwan. The 'Reclining Buddha' in Bangkok, the main lake that Pokhara is situated around 'Phewa Tal', and last is Kate and I in Bangkok.

I had to restrain myself from adding more and more photos! Bangkok is amazing, the tourist strip is Khao San Road and it's crazy, just like what i imagine Vegas to be like, just smaller! The road is cut of to traffic at night and it is packed with lit-up signs, street vendours, who make amazing Pad Thai, my new favourite dish! And shop, upon shop, upon shop. It really is crazy! I was walking down the main road (Khao San) at 1am and I'm not kidding, it was as busy then, if not more than at 2pm and its pretty packed then! It's really quite safe and it's just like walking around a shopping mall 24/7. The heat is full-on, I don't think 10 showers would fix it, but its a nice change to freezing mountains! I'm travelling with a girl called Kate from the UK, she goes to the islands on Monday and I'm leaving Sunday night by bus for Chang Mai (in the North) then i'm heading over to Laos, going all through there hopefully and back to Bangkok. Unfortunately i don't think i will have time for the islands, but we will see! I will definately be coming back here though! I'm really loving it!
Last night walking down Khao San road, there are lots of ice-cream cart type things that are filled with beer and people sitting on stools on the sides of the streets drinking, it's like an outdoor pub, except it runs for a large part of the street. Anyway, the point is, there are people advertising with signs trying to get you to go and buy a drink and last night i saw the funniest one, it said: "Small beer 30 baht, bucket beer 50 baht, WE DO NOT CHECK ID". I just thought that was hilarious! Police walking past and they don't seem to care, can you imagine what would happen if a pub in Australia did that?

Blog again soon, miss you all and thank you for your comments!

Love Katie xxx

Some photos from Chitwan National Park, Nepal. The photo of the one Elephant on his own is only about 4 months old! The one with the boat in was the view from my Guesthouse.

So by the sounds of it Dave is doing far better than i in spotting celebrities seen as the only 'famous personality' around here is Richard Gere, who is Kathmandu because he apparently had to leave India because he was in some sort of trouble for kissing a Bollywood Star.

Anyway it is my last day in Nepal, i fly out to Bangkok tomorrow and im feeling a mixture of saddness for leaving this place and excitement for the next part of the adventure! Although i do have to say there are a couple of things i won't miss. The main one being the haggling and constant in-your-face "You want to buy this?" "No, thank-you", "Yes, yes, you buy, i give good price", sorry but did you completely ignore what i said? I don't need a miniture violin or the like. And the internet, i actually resort to playing solitare while waiting for the computer to load to prevent myself from breaking it out of frustration! Even though those things are abit annoying i really love Nepal and i will definately come back some day. The people are lovely, very friendly and the countryside is amazing!

Since Pokhara one of the guys i was travelling with, Milan, went home and Markus and i came to KTM. He rides a motorbike and so i got a ride, which was great fun! It was a really great way to see some amazing scenery and things that i wouldn't have otherwise seen from a bus window. All the rice fields carved into the mountain sides, we stopped at a couple of road-side homes and ate there, which was great because there was no touism and it was in people's homes. Although i did feel abit like i was in a zoo, sitting there eating and the whole family will come out, get chairs and just sit around you, staring and watching you eat. But they were lovely. The ride took about 5 hrs, to begin with it was very comfortable because i had a back-rest and the bags were all tied on around me and under my arms so i had arm-rests, looked abit like i was kicking back in a comfy armchair! I looked like lady muck just sitting there, literally too, as we got covered in dirt from the roads (which were ok for the most part, abit bumpy!) and exhaust fumes coming from trucks and buses. So when we got off i was black in the face, no kidding. It looked like i hadn't washed my face in three weeks! After about 2hrs straight though it felt like i was sitting on a plank of wood, very painful, especially on the bumpy roads! The traffic itself is interesting, there are no road rules, so long as you beep to overtake and generally stick to your side of the road, it was quite crazy! There are security check point type things along the way too, i think they are pretty much there to stop and charge tourists for using the roads, but being on a bike we just zoomed on through, the guards trying furiously to wave us in and me on the back waving to them!

I was having breakfast this morning and saw a kind of protest march go past and when i asked someone what it was for they told me it was the Maoist's protesting. I don't know what they were saying or anything.

Also saw a wedding yesterday, that was really cool to see, they have a brass band marching along infront and then a car with the newlyweds in thats decorated elaboratly. Very cool.
Dave was saying earlier that he's finding it hard to blog because there is so much to say and i know what he means! I think of so many things and then get to writing and forget!
I know i won't miss some of the music here! Most of it consists of Avril Lavigne, the Mackerina and S Club 7. I am ashamed to say that this was also the extent of our music knowledge on the trek. While walking we would all sing and all anyone could think of or knew the words too were these kinds of songs. Britney Spears was also a favourite! And then of course it would get stuck in our heads and no one could think of any other songs!

I will blog again from Thailand, hope you are all well! Keep commenting please!

Love Katie xxx

P.S. I have just waited half an hour for this internet to load...i am so annoyed!

Haec credam a deo pio, a deo justo, a deo scito?
I went here for Sunday Mass yesterday. The place of my Favourite West Wing episode and many other significant events.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_National_Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Cathedrals

Love Dave
xoxox

p.s. photos soon if i can find an internet cafe.
p.s.s. Yes mum...eating fruit and going to Mass

Ooo Challenges!
Having been set some celebrity spotting challenges by my dear and loving family I willfully accept (but don't get your hopes up too much, even though i saw a celebrity everyday i was in New York.)
I have just arrived in D.C. on the Greyhound bus out of New York and it was a pleasent journey. I was thinking though, since i am in D.C. (District of Columbia, for those in the peanut gallery) at such a momentous time in history (possibly the worst American President ever who started a war with disasterous long term effects with the possiblity of having the worst legacy ever left behind by a Commander in Chief), what should i do when i visit the White House? I am willing to accept some substantial travel funds deposited into my bank account for a photo of me, with a Snow Peacock, mooning the White House.

Please place your bids!

Love CIA suspect #44450978 (Young, David JP)