Spectacular landing in Nepal

After my three days in Delhi I set off for my three weeks in Nepal. I was happy to get out of Delhi, as interesting as it is, I was sick of having stinging eyes and a dusty throat. The flight was a little slow to depart Not surprising, I was flying with Royal Nepal Airlines who have a bit of a reputation. But eventually we were on our way. I must say that for a 1.5 hour flight the service was exceptionally good. We got a full meal and everything. Not bad food either. I guess I'm use to flying with cheap arse airlines like Air Asia who wouldn't give you water if you were dying of dehydration.

I was sharing the flight with a heap of Indian high school students on some school trip to Nepal. I assumed they were from a Christian school as the "Father" was speaking to them in English. They were pretty well behaved though - Jesus was keeping a good eye on them. I had a brief chat to one of them - a 14 year old boy who looked like he proportionately should have been about 5ft, but had been stretch an extra foot. Nice kid, even though he quickly opted to sit with his friends rather then with the strange foreigner.

It wasn't long before the snow capped Himalayas came into view on the left side of the plane. I was surprised the plane didn't tip, everyone, including myself, ended up on that side of the plane. This where the excitement of coming to Nepal set in. Their power and beauty is hard to describe, so here's a photo and so you can see for yourself. (Actually I can't seem to upload from this computer. Check out my www.flickr.com/photos/ornament)

As the plane began descending over the Kathmandu Valley, the scenery changed from white rugged mountains to richly green rolling hills. Some of the most beautiful scenery I have even seen. The "Father" sitting directly behind me was also enjoying the view. Letting out almost erotic, "Oh..... Oh..... Ooh.......... Oh wow." This sounded funny, but God knows, it was going through my mind as well. The rich green hills seemed endless. Patches of bright green terraces were spotted amongst the darker green - examples of the human inhabitants of this land. Finally the hills gave way to Kathmandu city. A loud and dirty city, but one with a special character of it's own. Compared to Delhi, it looks like paradise. The air's not bad either.