@general
information
Visa
Visa On Arrival issued in Kathmandu International Airport
No visa fee for Chinese passport holder
Flight
Expense
THAI International Airways
Singapore
Bangkok
TG402
7:50
9:10
daily
Bangkok
Kathmandu
TG319
10:30
12:35
daily
Kathmandu
Bangkok
TG320
13:40
18:10
daily
Bangkok
Singapore
TG401
19:15
22:35
daily
Royal
Nepal Airlines
Shanghai
Kathmandu
RA412
14:40
18:00
every Wed/Sun
Kathmandu
Shanghai
RA411
23:45
7:30
every Tue/Fri
air ticket : SGD 760
travel insurance: SGD 30
package : USD 299
personal usage: USD 140
total: SGD 1540 = USD 905 = Rupee 63300 = RMB 7700
exchange rate (as on March 2004): 1 USD = 1.7 SGD; 1 USD = 70 Rupee;
1 SGD = 40 Rupee; 1 RMB = 8.1 Rupee
| March 27, Sat | start from Singapore at 7am, arrive on noon; afternoon sightseeing of Kathmandu Durbar Square; |
| March 28, Sun | whole day sightseeing of Swayambhunath and Patan Durbar Square, meet Leo and Canicula in the evening; |
| March 29, Mon | 7-hour travel bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara, boating on Phewa lake, dinner on Pokhara lakeside; |
| March 30, Tue | 30-minute morning flight from Pokhara to Jomsom, begin to trekking; |
| March 31, Wed | trekking; |
| April 01, Thu | trekking; |
| April 02, Fri | trekking; |
| April 03, Sat | trekking; |
| April 04, Sun | finish trekking at noon, 25-minute afternoon flight from Pokhara to Kathmandu; |
| April 05, Mon | whole day sightseeing of Boudhanath, Pashupatinath, Patan, Swayambunath and Kathmandu Durbar Square, see protest near Ratna Park; |
| April 06, Tue | morning arrive at airport by tampo, afternoon flight, back to Singapore at 11pm. |
@trekking diary
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
7:35
mountain flight
8:10
jomsom
breakfast
9:00
leave
10:00
syang
11:00
marpha
teabreak
11:45
leave
2:00
tukuche
lunch
3:10
leave
5:40
kokhethanti
end
7:40
start
8:30
kalopani/lete
checkpoint
9:00
leave
10:00
kaiku
teabreak
10:50
ghasa
11:30
leave
12:30
(before)tal bagar
lunch
1:40
leave
2:10
kopchepani
2:40
rukse chhahara
3:30
dana
teabreak
4:10
leave
6:00
tatopani
end
6:30
hot spring
8:20
start
9:00
begin to climb
10:40
small top
teabreak
11:50
ghara
lunch
1:30
leave
2:30
sikkha
end
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6
8:20
start
10:10
phalate
teabreak
10:30
leave
11:00
chitre
12:20
gheropani
end
5:20
uphill
6:00
poon hill
breakfast
6:45
downhill
7:25
gheropani
breakfast
8:20
start
9:10
nayathanti
10:20
banthanti
11:30
ulleri
lunch
12:30
leave
2:30
tirkhedhunga
3:00
hille
end
7:30
start
9:20
matathanti
10:10
birenthanti
teabreak
11:00
naya pul
11:15
texi
12:15
pokhara
A sample menu in Ulleri's guesthouse
(in Nepal Rupees)
cold drink
40
beer
150
mineral water
60
milk tea/lemon tea
15 (cup)
50 (small pot)
80 (big pot)
hot chocolate/hot milk
35 (cup)
100 (small pot)
140 (big pot)
soup
60-80
patato rosty
80
macoroni
90 (veg)
100 (egg)
120 (veg with egg)
spaghetti
90 (veg)
100 (egg)
120 (veg with egg)
fried noodle
80 (veg)
100 (egg)
120 (veg with egg)
fried rice
80 (vet)
100 (egg)
daal bhaal
100
plain rice
50
chichen curry rice
200
tibetan bread
40-50
egg
40/50/60
oat porridge/muesli
80-90
rice pudding
80
apple pie
100
veg momo
120
** room
80 (single)
110 (double)
More photos can be found in my shared
album at SHUTTERFLY
@useful links
Travel Guide
LonelyPlanet Guide for Nepal AND
Thorn Tree the Travel forum (search by Nepal)
Frommer's Travel
Guide for Nepal
携程社区
新浪旅游论坛精华区-尼泊尔
天涯社区旅游版
喜马拉雅登山路
Nepal News
www.nepalnews.com
www.kantipuronline.com
Trekking Company
www.uniquepath.com babu's
company
Other
Volunteer Nepal
Himalaya Teaching Program 一个在尼泊尔山区教书的国际志愿者组织