Namaste! :-) :-) :-)

Back down to Earth after living so high above the clouds for over a month and also back down to nasty stomach bugs - eeewww! I have had a few days of sickness and have been laid up in bed however a dose of antibiotics and some care from K has put me back onto my feet again :-)

I am still in disbelief when I think back to our cycling trip from Old Tingri to Kathmandu, it was truly the most awesome part of our whole trip so far. When we descended through the clouds and passed through the Himalayas I felt as though I was in a dream. Kathmandu is a place of complete contrast in comparison to those days of wilderness which we spent on our bicycles. There are many people here in Thamel and it is a hybrid of Camden town and Elis Brigham, there are even hairdressers that will make you some natty dreadlocks, you can get a complete makeover if you wish to look as though you have been on the road for years :-)

I am missing the high altitude and mountain peaks :-(

I am missing my bike too. We have passed them onto a mountain biking hire company today :-(

We did get our Indian visas today though so we are preparing for the next part of the journey :-)

We have plenty of photos but I am not sure when we will be able to get them up - the internet is painfully slow here but the Dalai Lama does say that we should thank things that test our patience! :-)

I love bicycles :-)

Kilometres and kilometres of gloopy, muddy and wet dirt road,
     descending
          and descending
               through
                    the sky.
Lone riders in thick fog.
     Deathly drops hidden by the moisture, leading down,
          down,
               down,
                    to the aggressive river below.
Waterfalls and rock all around and I feel small.
     Endless road down into
     the unseen and unknown.
We could be descending down to
hell.
Such was the heaven of Tibet...

...one of the last places on earth where nomads dwell

I love riding bicycles and I cannot wait to share the tales with you but for now... thanks for reading :-)