Hi,
Andy employed a treking guide to get us back to the bus stand for Kathmandu- she was a really smart kid! Andy paid her a 50 rupees fee, she walked us across the road and stopped the local bus and said "That'll take you to the bus stand"
On the journey back to kathmandu, we saw another herd of goats on the bus- but not on the roof this time INSIDE!!!. 1 driver and about 100 goats, we couldn't work out how they all bought a bus ticket. A few miles further down the mountain road, our bus pulled over and picked up a goat that was tethered at the side of the road (it travelled inside the bus with us and about 20 other people!!). At the next rest stop the bus driver was having a good feel of the goat. Yes you've guessed it - it was his festival dinner!!!.
We flew out of kathmandu the next day, back to dehli- they are robbing buggers in Nepal, it's the first time we have had to pay to enter a country and then again to leave it. Even having been away from dehli for only a short time, returning was still a shock to the system. Only stayed one night and flew down to Goa YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Not mich to report from here really, we have checked in to our favourite hotel in candolim for 6 weeks and unbelievably we are almost halfway through our stay already! It's quite different to all our other visits here, as most of the resort is closed (imagine blackpool in feb). The beach shacks, most of the restaurants and even the new (fab!) pool in our hotel are not opening until 2nd November. life can be tough!!
We've got a scooter our transport for the next 6 weeks. Tonight we will be all over the resort as it is the start of Diwali and they will be burning the man and letting of fireworks- just like bonfire night at home!!.
Hope everyone is ok and not working too hard.
love to all
Shirley and Andy.
