Namaste! We are on day two in Kathmandu and are really enjoying ourselves. Kathmandu is really similar to India but much less chaotic, more of an "India with training wheels." The people are also much nicer and more helpful and we have felt very comfortable having our hotel help us book our trip from here to Lukla where will begin our trek. It has been really great for Tyler and I to be somewhere familiar where many faded memories from India have been coming back to us; the wide assortment of menus where you can order anything from pizza to curry to a roast chicken dinner, the refreshing lemon sodas or lassis, waking up narrow streets dodging motorcycles, and the burning of incense outside the shops in the mornings.
For the past day and a half we have basically been recuperating from our flight and preparing for our trek. Our flight leaves tomorrow morning at 9:20 AM and we will begin our 11-14 day hike to Mt. Everest base camp. We are leaving with the bare essentials, that's right only three pairs of underwear, two shirts, two pants, no makeup (which Tyler is particularly upset about), and a couple of showers IF we're lucky. However I suppose the sacrifice will be worth it--to see the tallest mountain on earth and share such a wonderful experience together! As you can imagine wifi services will be limited so for those of you who are interested we will keep you updated in a couple of weeks when I'm sure we will have much to report!
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