Kathmandu, Garden of Dreams, Pilgrims

First of all if my brother is reading this blog, I must say happy birthday to him.

"Happy Birthday Buk" catching up to me.........

mmm what did we do on our first day back in Kathmandu.............well we visited the "Garden of Dreams" which is a walled garden near the royal palace right in the heart of Kathmandu. Once stepping inside this oasis in the middle of chaos, you could be anywhere in the world. Immaculate manicured gardens and people just relaxing and enjoying the surrounds of this serenity. An elaborate Indian Wedding was being set up in the gardens so we watched the goings on of this for a while before we left.

We left and went for a drink at a famous place in Kathmandu, called "Fire and Ice", which was very nice. Will probably have to go back for an ice cream today as apparently the ice cream is good and SAFE to have there. After that we went back to our room and tizzied ourselves up to go out to a place called "Pilgrims Feed and Read" which was a groovy restaurant tucked in a garden at the back of a bookstore. Plenty to read and a great menu. We were lucky enough to have had live music in the form of a Sitar Player and a Tabla drummer to entertain us whilst eating our meal. I would have to say that this is one of the most authentic southern indian meals we have ever had. It was delicious. No power of course so it was a very romantic evening by candlelight.