Saturday, February 24, 2007




In the afternoon, the hotel provided us with a 4 year old guide to hike up the mountain to a Hindu shrine to Kali, (which is also very easy to find on your own without the child labour). The shrine was closed but it's a great place to chill and soak in the mountain views. The next morning we did what Dhulikhel is famous for, the Sunrise walk. Our hotel is located quite close to the viewpoint that is the Sunrise walk's destination, which is a good thing, because I'd be really pissed if I traveled far for this. Strike 1: We have to get up at 4 am and trundle up the hill in arctic conditions in absolute darkness. Strike 2: When we get there, there are a few fellow travelers and hordes of locals selling the usual tourist garbage or begging. They're relentless and you're outnumbered ten to one. Strike 3: It's just a sunrise, and I really couldn't see how it differed from other sunrises around the world. The view over the mountains is nice, but it's exactly the same view we would have had at our hotel over breakfast, without the touts and the biting cold. Not a big fan...


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