Kathmandu recoup

Yesterday (Friday, 1 December) and today (2 Dec) I didn't really do much in Kathmandu - again - other than relax and unwind from the trek. Kathmandu - and Thamel in particular - seems to have a way of taking up all my time without doing anything. I still haven't seen any of the sights here and I've actually only ventured out of Thamel (the tourist ghetto) once or twice. I keep telling myself that I'm saving all the Kathmandu sight seeing for my last few days here before I fly out. I have however spent a combined 7 or 8 hours on the internet the past 2 days and eaten quite a bit. Actually I've been keeping fairly busy shopping for guide books and reading books, doing laundry, burning pictures to DVDs and other 'traveler' business.

It is noticeably cooler here in Kathmandu now than before I left for trekking, especially in the mornings and evenings. I'm constantly wearing a sweat shirt. So in that light, I think I'm going to nix my plans for taking a kayaking course or a rafting trip. Its a bummer because I was really looking forward to some kayaking, but I'm not digging the thought of being cold again right now. I don't enjoy the water unless its hot. I think I will spend one or two more days in Kathmandu and then head down to Royal Chitwan National Park for a few days. It should definitely be warmer there being part of the hot, northern Indian plains. Then its back to Kathmandu for 3 or 4 days of sight seeing and then off to Thailand. I'll probably book my flight pretty soon in that case.

I'm getting pretty excited about seeing some more of Southeast Asia.....