Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Another day out with the boyfriend. He showed me his university. He was very proud of going to uni and rightly so with the amount of knowledge amassed in him. The Changdu Temple (another world heritage site) was a couple of clicks away. We hiked the Kathmandu countryside which was wonderful. The Changdu Temple was famous for it’s wood carving.
We took a bus from Changdu Temple to Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur is pretty much linked to KTM now. In the olden days, there used to the three kingdoms, Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Therefore each place had it’s own royal square. Bhaktapur one was the largest but widely spread out. Prem and I took the back entrance naturally (apologise for the pun) to avoid the 10 USD entrance fee. Out of the three kingdoms, Patan is the must go area then Bhaktapur then KTM.
When I eat out, I always ordered something which was not Dhal Bhat. I think Dhal Bhat would always taste better at home because of the fresher ingredients and more attention to cooking. Sometimes, it is the simple ingredients that is hard to cook well. Chow mein was my favourite thing to order because it tasted like the english takeaway and reminded me of chinese food hence double homey feeling effect. I normally go for chicken because they were plentiful around the place so the meat should be reasonably fresh. Mutton was the tastiest and duck was probably poisonous.
Prem was a vegetarian (hence it will never work out anyway). And he didn’t drink alcohol either, not through religious reasons. As time went on, I became an absolute light weight. Very easy to get drunk. I didn’t get wasted due to, I needed to find my way home in Nepal, best to be sober.
Bhaktapur was pretty enjoyable but would have been costly with the 10 USD entrance fee. I wasn’t spending money like a tourist because I had a limit and 100USD was enough for the first 40 days. That was due to having food mainly at home.
Adventures of Delboy 