Nepal

I spent one week in Nepal, so as to reach some cooler temperature, to discover a new country and to meet the family with whom my father stayed already two times one month (last time was in February), as well as to meet David,my former resident manager in Georgia and Turkey.

I stayed first 4 days in Kathmandu , the capital city (1 million people). Lots of temples, tourists, shops, bars. It is totally different from what I saw up to now in India.


One of te greatest experience of my whole trip was the so-called "moutain flight" from Kathmandu. It was a one-hour flight in the eastern part of Nepal so as to reach THE MOUTAIN: the EVEREST...., the top of the world...8848 m high (actually it seems that a latest measurement showed 8850 m). This was really great, waouv !

The same day, I was invited by the "nepalese" family of my father for lunch, and then in the afternoon and eveving I drank some beers with David, attending typical nepalese dances.

Then, I went to Pokhara, the second biggest city in Nepal. I made a 24 hours "trekking" in the moutain with a guide. On the way, I could appreciate the local fauna and flora...

We also met a school where the children, as soon as they knew that I was a foreigner (because in Nepal everybody thought I was Nepalese), came and tried to speak english with me...and wanted to be on the picture ! I offered them a contribution in order to buy a football, hope they got it now

In the Annapurna chain, there is one moutain that looks a bit similar to our very famous "Matterhorn" above Zermatt. Its name: the Machhapuchhre. The main difference between both: The Machhapuchhre is...6997 m high !

I really liked Nepal and I would recommend anybody to go there...

Je suis actuellement a nouveau pas tres loin (c'est relatif) des montagnes himalayennes, mais du cote indien cette fois ci, et demain, je vais faire du rafting dans le Gange...!