6 January 2009
Woke up with a cold, great just what I don’t need. We had brekkie and checked our money before heading out to Indra Chowk where the locals shop and after a wander around bought two rugs and a warm woollen beanie for the next leg of our journey. The markets were busy and you can buy anything and everything here, wish we had more space in our bags. We wandered back down some different lanes and came out at the back of Thamel where we had a late lunch that was meant to be pumpkin soup but the look, texture and smell couldn’t confirm what it was, which was a shame as I had invisaged it would actually contain pumpkin. I then opted for an apple strudel from the bakery which was full of fruit and SB had a huge plate of steamed momos which he rated very highly.
We headed back to Thamels main square so SB could hire a down jacket for our trip, so we had to wait while a couple of different jackets came from somewhere else. He selected a North Face Jacket and we then wandered back to the hotel so I could dose up on drugs and have a snooze. On the way back we stopped at the Pharmacy to top-up the medical kit – no issues getting sudafed here.
After my snooze we headed to a local place for dinner – El Mitho, which was packed and we ordered Dahl Bat which when it finally came was huge and really tasty. The whole bill came to $6.
We headed across the road and got our laundry, but back at the hotel we found that my large zipped fleece was missing, so SB headed back there but no luck as they were closing up, we need to go back tomorrow. What a bugger, I can’t afford to lose a fleece at this late stage of the trip.