You are so ugly....

So today, we headed to Durbar square in Kathmandu...when we lined up to buy entrance tickets a local 'guide' approached us and asked if we would like him to tour us around...we very politely said no and his response was something like "you are not nice tourists and (sarcastically) see you in the next life," and he proceeded to harass us while staring down J's shirt...his response to all of us was "you are very ugly and you very fat, too much chocolate bars and computers!!" It was so funny we bust out laughing, I think its pretty rare to run into people like this in Nepal and there was nothing we could do but laugh...."see you in the next life," I said, and he responed, "I hope not to see you!" later Megs

You look like a Bollywood movie starr....

said the kid at the photo shop as I was getting passport pics for my Reiki Certificate!!! hmmm....I think not (just as funny as the lady in Cambodia who came up to me and asked if I was from Japan) So while we were in Pokhara Muff and I took our Reiki training and now we are fully qualified? Reiki practitioners (perhaps not quite) Our course was a tad bit bogus, but cheap enough to be able to laugh at. We spent 15 minutes watching Swami demonstrate and then were told to read over our notes and come back 3 hours later....when we came back he informed us that he had two clients coming in and we were to give them a Reiki session, hmmmm....no practicing on one another, no refresher, didnt have a clue what I was doing but after the treatment swami (teacher) came in the room and said "friends, your client says they feel the heat....beautiful" anyways that was it, I guess the best part was that I look like a bollywood movie star and I have a certificate.

Spent 5 nights in Pokhara, it was uber touristy, beautiful, but I still love Kathmandu.....one day Ash and I were getting lost in the non touristy local town and I mentioned that I wanted to take some dance lessons and we saw a 'dance studio' and went in......a few guys were practicing their breakdancing skills....so we joined them, this studio had probably never seen a foreigner as the teacher was too embarassed to teach us, but one of the students showed us a few moves, also one night Ash and I started dancing (Nepali dancing)with some local girls on the streets of Thamel, during the street disco......it was hilarious because with in a few seconds of starting dancing we were surrounded by guys, partly because girls dont really go out at night here and because we were the only foreigners out of hundreds of guys and a couple girls on the streets!!! It was a blast.

Anyways Im off to Varanasi, India in 2 days!!! A new adventure!!! hugs

I was lost but now Im found....

hey all....Im still in Kathmandu, its been an intense amazing few weeks trekking, and Im too tired to write about it ;) So you'll have to wait till I come home to here all about it!!!! Well I'll tell you a bit.....the airport in the himalayas at Lukla, has to best runway ever.....firstly planes are always cancelled and somedays not even a single plane can land...the runway is so short, coming in there is a mountain in front of you and going out the runway just drops into thin air, good times!! I tried to get a good vid, but it didnt work so well. We met some amazing people on the way, I ended up trekking most of the way with Paco, from Spain, who for some strange reason was slower than me (some days)...his guide G, became our honourary guide as ours was usually nowhere to be found!!! We work up early trekked and stayed in Tea houses at night and I would not have made it without my makeshift bamboo walking stick!! I have never eaten so much eggs and veg in my life....couldnt wait to get back and eat fruit!!! Lots of laughs and even goose bump moments!!! Nepal is a country to come back to again and again!! Okay thats all for now, Im too tired to be funny, hope you all are well, hugs, megs

Lost in the Himalayas

...yes I did get lost in the Himalayas...not to worry its a funny story, I just have to save it for when internet is not costing me a fortune!!! I sitting in Lukla awaiting a flight to Kathmandu, some of our friends made the morning flight but we are stuck here until the weather clears up...could be ages? Had an amazing time, beautiful weather, people (aside from our sherpa).....learnt a lot about myself...like just how long i can go without showering or wearing clean clothes ;)

Happy Bday court!!! Hugs, love megs

This is what travelling is all about!!

Yesterday we went out to a beautiful valley in Nepal with our hotel owner, Lux, and his friend Ardie, a movie star :) and watched filming...it was so different from Hollywood...but really cool to see. Ash, J and I were sitting watching filming and a local boy came around and asked if it was an English film....I reckon they don't see too many westerners....it was especially funny when the camera man and photographer were sneaking shots of us sitting down!!! Perhaps we'll be in a movie when we get back from Everest....now thats another story I'll tell you in a few minutes so keep reading!!!! After filming we met up with Ardie 'actor' and some other new friends at our hotel for dinner, a lovely curry and gin and tonic feast, in the restaurant a ladies association was celebrating and withing a few minutes we were 'driving the car,' ' changing the lightbulb,' learning new dances and proving that white girls cant dance!!! It was brillant and by the end of the night I had 25 bangles stuck on my wrist and other nepalese jewlery as well.....by the time we headed up to our room we had just over 3 hours until we had to wake up and catch our flight to Lukla to start our 16 day trekk...not the smartest thing we had ever done....we arrived at the airport hopped on a small 19 seater plane and headed through the himalayas, it was stunning...just as we were flying over lukla the pilot told us that due to the clouds she could not land the plane, so we turned around and went back to Kathmandu....we soon found out that this was the first flight in about 7 days that had been able to leave for lukla, so we ended up getting a free amazing mountain flight....the downside was that we had to wait in the airport all day to see if the weather cleared in Lukla, an airport that is far worse than the kamloops airport, not even a place to eat, ugh! We have now rebooked our flight and are heading out again tomorrow morn!! Hopefully we will be the first plane to land in 8 days!!! Off to bed now, hugs, megs

Kathmandu, in the movies, off to Everest...

Hello everyone...I am writing u all from the top of the world...well almost. I arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal 2 nights ago, flying into Nepal was lovely, like a mountainous legoland!!! Kathmandu is so much more than I ever could have imagined...hectic, colourful, and just oh so amazing!! From the airport hopped in a random mans taxi to his hotel...which turned out to have the most amazing staff....so amazing that we booked a 16 day Mt Everest trekk through them....and we leave in 2 days. We hired a sherpa and a porter to carry our bags...but apparently they won't was our hair!! (an inside joke)!! We are staying outside of the tourist area where everything is local, including the non english speaking restaurant we have eaten at three times. The food here is the best yet and well I think this is my fav country already!!!

So many strange things...like the sit or stand toilet....a squatter and regular toilet in one....oh tonight we went to the one of the most beautiful temples or rather most beautiful sights I have ever seen, it is along the holy river that leads into the ganges...along the river they cremated the deceased right in front of everyone, but before they do this they lay the person along the stairss down to the river where they place the foot of the dead person in the holy water...when the person is fully cremated they push the wood and body into the river...that they bathe in....we watched all of this, quite surreal and unlike anything I have ever seen or experienced! All around this temple are small shiva temples where holy men reside, men who remain pure, and as we were walking at 9pm through this area that is closed at 7 we heard a man calling to us from one of the small buildings....it turned out to be the 'penis baba' who Im pretty sure is known worldwide...he lifts a 10kg or heavier rock with his penis, he doesnt do it too often because of the police...but he did it for us!!! I have pics but you'll have to wait till I get back from Everest for them...he was such a lovely man, wishing us 'sweet dreams' and a wonderfu life!!! Its not too often that you can see a man lift a rock with his penis.....

...other fun facts....they have a gasoline shortage here and if you want gas for your car you have to wait between 8 and 10 hours....we saw the taxis all lined up for their night of waiting for gasoline!!!

Oh one more thing.....we are going to be in a gollywood movie ...nepali movie....a director is coming to our hotel tomorrow and then off to get suited up!!!! Hugs, megs

Canadians hmm?

Well I've been meaning to write this blog for awhile, but keep forgeting, so here I go.... while I was in Luang Prabang, Laos, I was eating at this lovely bakery with amazing carrot cake with real cream cheese icing (totally beside the point). We ate at this bakery at least 10 times, seriously, and the staff was so nice. Then one day I went in and the manager, a Canadian, was yelling at her staff in front of all the customers...all of whom were disgusted. Yelling at them for no good reason, telling them that they were ignoring us, which they werent and more and more....anyways I realized that this was the first time, in asia, if not my whole trip that I have seen this, something that I would see often in Canada. It was horrible...how am I going to come home?? hmmm...only kidding, but people here are so calm and relaxed and they dont stress out, it is really a beautiful thing. People dont yell at one another when something goes wrong, if a meal isnt right, if their boat arrives a day late, everything just seems to be okay! One time in Vietnam I was on a local bus that broke down and for 5 hours the driver and assistants had to take engine a part, by the time they were done they were all covered in oil, head to toe, yet the whole time they were still happy, laughing and singing and all of the passengers were happy too. Could you imagine all the yelling that would be going on in Canada. Oh I have so many more examples...the children here are so content, the babies rarely cry, really, I think it is partly because parents here are so calm and for the most part dont yell or get angry and therefore the babies dont pick up on the stress. Well its almost 1 am and Im uber tired...I will add to this blog later, xxmegs