28th April - Jungle to Thamal

We had a final wander round the hotel grounds. It was a real shame that it was hazy this morning and so I did not get a chance to take photos of mountains. There are massive mountains which can be seen from the forest and the golf course but not on the day I wanted to photograph them....

It was lovely and sunny though first thing in the morning again but the all clouded over in the afternoon again. We had a three and a half hour breakfast again - it is becoming routine.


We got a taxi to Thamel and checked in at Mandcap Hotel about 1. I took my bike to Everest Mountain Bikes so that it could have a full service. It has been used and a abused around India. Needs some love and care and attention.

We had a wander round and explore Thamal. There are loads of outdoor equipment shops but they mainly sell knock off equipment. It was fun to have a look though. We also went to sort out Johnnies camera as he has broken the screen.


I went for a swim in pool at the hotel Variaha (not sure what it is actually called). Gokarna hotel had paid for the use the other day but we did not end up using it. It was very cold and I did not stay in very long.

Checked out a few other hotels to see if I could get a room that is better value for money than the place we are currently staying. I found a place that has the same quality of room for 1/3 of the price. The place we are staying in tonight was just chosen because it was easy to get too and we were feed up of spending ages organising and looking at places and just wanted somewhere to go without having to worry about it.

We met Angela and Emma at the Madcap cafe at 6 and had a couple of glasses of wine and some half price pastries (50% after 8pm).


We all went out for a lovely Thai meal. It was a late meal as it was 10pm by the time we had all showered and tarted up. I am enjoying being off my bike and getting dressed up every now and again.

The staff at the Thai Restaurant were not happy to have such late guests and would not smile. We also bought our own wine bottle as well as ordering on at the restaurant....