Enjoying Nepal

It feels like we've been in Kathmandu for ages, but it's such a nice city - although the pollution is pretty bad. After the trekking we've been taking it easy; reading, writing, walking around the city, taking pictures, going for drinks in one of the numerous bars they have here. Of course we celebrated Loes' birthday. That night the police decided to close down all the bars at 11 p.m. but somehow we ended up in a bar that was still open, entering through the back door. We met people that climbed Everest - it's cool to hear their stories.
We've seen some temples, a Tibetan monastery and today we visited an ancient town near Kathmandu. Brian is leaving in a few days. Loes and me decided to stay a little longer since we like it here. Tibet is not going to happen. Last week, when we were on the way from Pokhara to Kathmandu after the trekking we ran into this Australian guy that we met in Shanghai. What are the odds? Anyway, he's been to Tibet and told us it's really expensive to go there and you can't do anything by yourself so you have to take a guide with you everywhere. Daniel, the Australian guy, said their group also had a spy following them everywhere.
So we changed our plan. Thailand will be the next destination. Our flight is on the 15th. Until then we'll enjoy ourselves in Nepal!