www.tlrnepal.com - hopefully is in my future after Khandbari.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Finally Here
Ok, I've made it mostly in one piece to Kathmandu. I'm a bit exhausted and don't actually know what time my body thinks it is but I'm here and have a plan for the next few days. Unfortunately, this is my second internet cafe and it appears internet will be a little shakey and it's unlikely I'll actually be able to post photos. The first internet place I went to was a bit slow. After 20 minutes it was still attempting to load my email. Luckily, while waiting I struck up a conversation with the guy sitting next to me named Omar. He's from Vancouver and has been in Kathmandu for awhile now and knew of a better internet place so here I am.
The trip was uneventful for the most part. I caught all of my flights although a few of them were at the last second. Was met at the airport by people from Helping Hands who took me to my hotel and got me situated. Niraj was who met me and he will be leading my trek to Annapurna base camp in a few weeks. The trek will just be Niraj myself and a Sherpa so I'll get lots of personal attention. On my last flight I met an Australian girl who will be meeting a group on Saturday to climb to Everest base camp. We decided to go bungee jumping and I arranged my plans accordingly. Niraj took us to the place to make reservations but unfortunately they are only going on Saturdays in the offseason (If you want to see the spot I think the website is www.tlresort.com or google "the last resort bungee"). As a consolation Niraj set up a rafting trip for us tomorrow so at 6am I'll be headed towards a bus and a rafting trip with an Australian computer programmer named Jo and Niraj my guide. I think I'll come back from Khandbari 2 days early so I can go bungee jumping and so Niraj can show me all the temples and other sites in Kathmandu before our trek.
On Friday I'll be catching a flight to Tumlingar. It should be pretty amazing. I'll fly by some rather large mountains you may have heard of like Everest and K2. Turns out the doctor normally in Khandbari is not there at the moment. It will just be his assistant and I. I literally will be the closest thing to a doctor for miles and miles which honestly scares me pretty good. I'm sure I'll still get good supervision and the assistant speaks English well or so I've been told.
Tonight I'm staying in a hotel in the Thamel district which is the touristy part of Kathmandu. Mine isn't a fancy hotel but it seems nice, clean, and safe. I'm going to head back there in a few minutes with my bottled water and pack it in for the night before it gets too dark. It's about 6pm on Wednesday here at the moment. If I ever get really awesome internet I'll change the settings to give a proper timestamp. I'll have breakfast in the morning then head off with my new friends to go rafting tomorrow. The city is pretty interesting. Cars, motorcycles, people, animals all running rampant in the streets. I'm a little suprised I haven't already been hit but there is always tomorrow.
Well, for those of you that persisted in reading all of this sorry there are no pictures. I'll try and tell how the rafting trip and flight to Tumlingar were if I have internet access in Khandbari (I think I will). If not I will be rather silent for the next 3 weeks.
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Monday, January 29, 2007
Missing stethoscope/Wasted time
This is stellar. While I haven't packed yet nor found my missing stethoscope I did figure out how to post pictures within each actual blog. 
So, here we have a basic map of Nepal. Khandbari is somewhat southeast of Mount Everest and is not pictured on this map. It is a rather small village. If you're interested more information about Khandbari and the clinic there it can be found under "permanent clinics" at the Helping Hands website www.helpinghandsusa.org. A picture of the clinic is also here below. Ok, guess I'd better finish packing.
So, here we have a basic map of Nepal. Khandbari is somewhat southeast of Mount Everest and is not pictured on this map. It is a rather small village. If you're interested more information about Khandbari and the clinic there it can be found under "permanent clinics" at the Helping Hands website www.helpinghandsusa.org. A picture of the clinic is also here below. Ok, guess I'd better finish packing.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Nepal - The Departure
I am embarking on my trip to Nepal tomorrow where I’ll be for the next 6 weeks. My travel plans entail a domestic leg from DC to LA. Then the leg from LA to Hong Kong is over 15 hours long. From Hong Kong I fly to Bangkok then Bangkok to Kathmandu. I’ll be in Kathmandu for a few days getting oriented. Then I’ll fly 150 miles east to the village of Tumlingar followed by a 4 hour trek up the mountain to Khandbari where I’ll spend about a month working in a clinic and a 12 bed hospital.
Not real sure of my living arrangements while there but I will hopefully have some internet access there and will update this. Otherwise it will be a very disappointing travel log only including a “pre-trip” blog. The last two weeks of my time in Nepal I will be trekking a portion of the Annapurna circuit. On my return trip I will stop in Bangkok, Thailand where I will spend 2 days and 3 nights before returning to the US. Hopefully I'll return with some good stories, lots of pictures, a huge beard, and to news that someone actually wants me to be a doctor at their hospital next year.
Not real sure of my living arrangements while there but I will hopefully have some internet access there and will update this. Otherwise it will be a very disappointing travel log only including a “pre-trip” blog. The last two weeks of my time in Nepal I will be trekking a portion of the Annapurna circuit. On my return trip I will stop in Bangkok, Thailand where I will spend 2 days and 3 nights before returning to the US. Hopefully I'll return with some good stories, lots of pictures, a huge beard, and to news that someone actually wants me to be a doctor at their hospital next year.
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