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First day was a chill day in Kathmandu. Found a great Italian place for food and beer. I know, I know, should have had Nepal food. We figured after 13 days of Tibet / Nepal food on the trail, our taste buds needed something different and cheese sounded like the best solution .

The next day we hit up the Garden of Dreams. It’s a garden area right in the center of town and was great. The walls keep out of all the noise from the city and was nice to relax. After that we found a roof-top restraurant over looking the city. If you stop in to Kathmandu hit up Helena’s. Best curry we had in the whole city and the views are sweet!

The next day we hit up the Durbar Square. It’s a super busy market with people going a thousand miles an hour. So Tibetean and Nepales people don’t hurt dogs as they feel they have souls. This leads to a massive population of wild dogs everywhere.  Most nights you can hear them fighting on the street at all hours. While I love dogs (shout out to my boy Cowboy!) some control is good. Its really bad in some spots were there are dead dogs laying in the streets and others that need food / medical attention badly.

Ending on a good note, I score Nepal in the top two of the coolest / nicest place to visit thus far on the trip.  The culture, people and food are unlike anything I have seen / tasting in my life.  We’ll be coming back to the place again.

At the aiport heading to India we got the pleasure of experiencing the Nepal Police is full effect.  From the front door to the plane door we each received; 4 pat-downs, 2 bag scans and countless “where are you going” comments.  They love their security.  But I will say this, Indian airlines serve awesome food on the plane!   Take some lessons Delta  Cheers and Taj Mahal here we come!