Preliminary Blogging;

Preliminary Blogging;
It has all started! A tidy 8-hour flight for arrival into the smoggiest city on this fair world, landing was strange as we never appeared to be out of the cloud so touching down was a surprise for anyone face against the window. I was greeted into India by another display of gas – the bloke in front of me was either utterly socially unaware or unfortunately ill. As we left the plane so did the contents of his bowels in a lovely wet clap fashion, damp limping preceded this and ‘subtle’ hand gestures to his clearly dedicated wife. Welcome to the country of smell. The limbo of northern India was over before it started and after stocking up on duty-free whiskey and navigating around the walk way conveyer belts I spent the last 10 minutes fighting with a vending machine – never again will I take our currency for granted – at least we have coins, and with over a billion people in India the bills are just as fresh as the air so those things just spit them back out! But after battling with 3 different machines I am feeling refreshed and am writing my first entry before I’ve set up my site, dedication. Now there is little to do but wait, Kathmandu is a mere 90 minutes away and I’m hoping for my first view of the roof of the world before I land and then begin the dusty trail to Thamel - with tuk-tuk confidence trickery all the way I am sure.
Just in: First view of the Himalayas! It hardly seems like we’re up in the air at all, I cannot believe I am seeing these tera firma deities with my own eyes – They are truly beautiful – The trip is already worth every penny. ☺