24 revolutions

we made it to kathmandu (just incase you were wondering. sorry it took couple of days to post).
tuesday was a long day of traveling. cydney got super carsick on the way down the mountain, and im sure that she was ready to kill me for not letting her out of the jeep. we got the worst seats (the very back, facing sideways), and the roads were filled with potholes, very narrow, lots of speeding up and slamming on the breaks. it was not good. but we made it, and she doesnt hate me anymore (and next time we will get the front seats). karma has a way of coming around, and i spent this morning with every "valve" in my body open. possible from the tibetan-mexican food from yesterday. who knows...
the first day here we spent walking around the city. Mostly temples/gompas/etc. and we were impressed to see giant trees that had burst out of the shrines. We visited some of the oldest areas of the city and ducked down a small alley and down under a small archway to find a large courtyard of women shifting grain (a form of meditation, similar to zen gardens). Walking on we found durbar square an area totally packed with over 50 temples. People go there to worship, to sell produce and in our case to model their photogenity. (A religious man wearing bright orange with dreadlocks to the ground and some crazy facepaint.) he insisted upon our need for photos with him and we obliged. After brandon started feeling better we spent today walking around then went to a bollywood movie. We lasted about an hour and a half before deciding to leave at intermission. Afterwards we had some of the best pizza at a restaurant down the street complete with chocolate cake and icecream (in honor of his 24 th birthday, and my love of cake). Tomorrow we will fly to pokhara where things supposedly move a little bit slower. Its a small town in a valley by a lake. Supposedly has the best views in nepal. We will write again soon.
love,
cyd and a very old golden boy