Day Twentysix
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November 27/2009 Log Entry
"Long road to Kathmandu"
Rented a van and driver that cost us 1200 RPS each but it was ok, way better than a local or tourist bus. We had to stop and get a new tire as the spare was blown, stopping at one place to get the tire then another to get the tire changed. Later we actually blew a tire and luckily we had the new spare stored on the roof. When we blew the tire we all got out and Brock......as it turns out had stepped in a big pile of shit. He did not know it but soon after we hit the road the smell filled the van. We all checked our shoes and everyone claimed to be shit free. It was only after we arrived at our hotel that Brock did a thorough check only to find he was indeed the shit culprit.
The road from Chitwan to Kathmandu is only 146 kms but it took us 6 hours! The road is bad, the traffic is worse, the accidents many! Once checked back into the "Hotel Ganesh Himal", back where it all started we looked out off the roof top terrace and relived the start of the adventure. Then lunch of beer and some thukpa in the garden before blasting out to the shops so Alan and Brock could load up on souvenirs. I decided to take it easy and not blow any money on kitch. We stopped into the "Tom and Jerry Pub" for a quick drink before meeting our Dutch friends Nink and Poop (Nynke and Rob) at the "Road House". The Road House is a great place and luckily they had made a reservation as it was filled. They had also already ordered us a bottle of red wine and a snack platter of blue cheese, humus, tzatziki, olives, bread etc and with just one sip of wine and a bite of the blue cheese I was in heaven! The place is famous for wood fired pizza and they sure lived up to the hype as the pizza was awesome. We had 3 or 4 bottles of wine and chatted the night away. We all did a bit of a wrap up of our trips sharing the best and worst points of travel and trekking the Annapurna Circuit.
We went out to a bar after dinner that totally sucked it was all that techno dance crap so we had one drink and headed back to the hotel for bed as the city closed up around us.
