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Itinerary for Nepal and India

November 21st, 2009
posted by Ryan Rowe

I started my 15-day backpacking trip through Nepal and India yesterday, by flying into Kathmandu.

I’ll be staying here for a few days - but have not yet made a real plan of things to see or do. At the moment I’m just wandering the streets talking to some of the locals. Today I’m planning to visit a local temple where monkeys run free. :) And I discovered the local brew during my adventures last night in Kathmandu’s nightlife (more on that later). It’s called Gorkha and it’s quite tasty!

On the 23rd my girlfriend Olivia will join me from Abu Dhabi and we’ll head over to Pokhara - perhaps engage in some adventure sports, check out Devi’s Fall and perhaps an Everest flight? Keeping the schedule open for surprises. :)

On the 25th Olivia will head back to AD :( and my plan is to then head south by bus in the direction of India. I’d like to visit a national park if possible - Chitwan National Park is in mind - and get some photos of elephants and tigers - Masood thanks for helping out with the camera, this wouldn’t be possible without you!

Then, onward to the Hindu holy city of Varanasi in India. The city is situated on the Ganges and is where Hindus cremate their dead and dispose of the ashes in the river water.

Next stop Kolkata (perhaps better known by its English name Calcutta) where my plan is to visit the Parivaar orphanage which is run by a friend of a friend. They adopt destitute children and school them under a rigorous curriculum. From what I understand - all of their staff live at the orphanage and work for free!

After that I might visit Hyderabad to see a friend - Raj Koona - but this is still not sure. Depends on how cheap the flights are dude! Then on to Chennai (formerly known as Madras) which is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, and the origin of many of the migrant workers I wrote about in an earlier post on labour camps.

Final destination is Thiruvaranthaparum (formerly known as Trivandrum) in the state of Kerala, where I am crossing my fingers that Olivia will be able to rejoin me for a few more days, for some beach-play and a tour of the backwaters.

Despite four previous visits to India, I have never visited any of the above cities… in particular Thiruvaranthaparum and Chennai are the hometowns of many of the Indian migrant workers (construction labourers, security guards and office boys) that I have interacted with back in Abu Dhabi. I am really excited about this trip since it will be give an insight into their origins. Should be a blast…

Ok, that’s it for now, will come back to you later with some more detail about my time in Kathmandu!

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  1. Namaste Nepal Says:
    November 25th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

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