Up at 6:30 to be back to the Calcutta Int'l Airport for our 10:45 flight to Nepal.
The original plan was to go to Nepal 2 days later but Calcutta doesn't seem that great and we were able to change our tickets. My dad had a guy lined up to act as our guide but we hadn't been able to get in contact with him to tell him we'd be there early. Since planing comes in second to none with my dad he had researched several hotels in Katmandu.
The timing was such we were checked into the hotel and back out on the street by 14:00 local time. At the hotel I got my first internet connect in about a week (8 days judjing by the title of this entry). I had supprisingly little email probably only 20 or 30 part of that is probably due to the unsubscribing kick I went on before I left.
We got out and did a little shopping. The selling here is the standard tourist assault style, very high pressure, the walking vendors will follow you for a couple of blocks if they think they can make a sale. My dad made the mistake of trying to be polite and not ignoring them, they misinterpret this for interest. At one point he had four guys and a fruit cart following him.
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