Kathmandu we really have to be here for 3 days?

I'm sure Nepal is really lovely - unfortunately, I wouldn't know. Our 3 days in Kathmandu were spent holed up in our delightful fortress of a hotel seeking refuge from the chaos, crowds, and cholera of the city streets - all just too much to handle after spending 7 days in a Bhutanese dreamworld. (Bhutan blog post coming soon, stay tuned).

Thank goodness for the Dwarika's Hotel, surgical masks, and the world cup - helping us fight off the retox and linger in our Bhutanese nirvana for just a little longer.

The one day we did venture outside the safety of our hotel walls to take on some sight seeing, we checked off Durbar Square, Bhaktapur, and the ever so humbling Pashupatinath Hindu temple and cremation site (Nepal's very own Varanasi equivalent, and another thank-goodness-we-have-the-masks-with-us moment..... think fully exposed burning bodies)

But most of our time was spent like this. Reading memoires of Bhutan and pretending we were still in the "land of the peaceful dragon." Oh and feasting on delicious Nepalese food (which might have been the only thing in the country to one-up that of Bhutan).

Probably best not to ask me for Nepal recommendations in the future - tell the pilot to bypass Kathmandu and fly straight to Paro International Airport.

*disclaimer*

reclusive, bratty, elitist behavior is a common side effect immediately following one's departure from Bhutan.