25th April - Kathmandu Chill Day

It was raining really heavily and there was a thunder storm first thing in the morning. It was impressive with lightening and thunder. We had a great breakfast buffet and sat and chatted for hours over coffee. The buffet had loads of different options and having been very well-behaved over the last few months with food it was great to have a 5 course breakfast: fruit, cereal, cheese and ham, bacon and eggs, toast..... I was not hungry again until 9pm.

It has actually been an intense week and we have fitted in loads. Even before I met Johnnie in Agra I was ready for a few days just relaxing and then we had a crazy few days of travel and sight seeing and I had no sleep on the train ride from Agra to Varanasi. We were hoping to just relax for a few days. It was a real shame that the pool and jacuzzi were closed for maintenance as they were really beautiful and all we wanted to do was just relax in one place for a few days.
I complained to the hotel management about a few problem with the room and the pool not being available. In fairness to them they then did sort out the problems with the room straight away and give us a free fruit selection and bath robes etc. They also said that they would see if we could use another pool at a hotel down the road or in Kathmandu itself.

After a nap I went for a lovely chill in the sauna and steam room in the afternoon for several hours and read my book.

Miranda (a friend I met in India who has come to Kathmandu to met up with us) traveled to the hotel to join us for dinner. She had already had a few drinks when she had arrived and was very much in the mood for carrying on.....

We had a lovely evening. Starters delivered to the room. Main course in the restaurant once we where all nicely merry. We all had rare fillet steak and drank a free bottle of very lovely red wine with the meal because of the problems that we had with the room and the pool not being available.

Finished off with some spirits in the room and a good old giggle before Miranda headed back to her hotel. She is great fun to be with.