2008 Thailand, Nepal, Bali
Itinerary 9 Jan to 26 Feb 2008
January 2008
- Wed Jan 9 to SeaTac
- Fred drops me off 9:30PM
- Thu Jan 10 SEA-TPE
- Delta 8973 (China Airlines CI 21) lv SEA 12:15 AM arr TPE
6:00 AM next day
- Fri 11 TPE BKK
- Delta 8961 (China Airline CI 693)
- lv TPE 09:35 AM arr BKK 12:25 PM
- transfer BKK to
Mr. Macs Hotel, Pattaya (17 nights)
- 146/182 Pattaya Jomtien Road
South Pattaya,
Chonburi 20260
Thailand
Tel.: + 66-38-250111-2, 250827-8
Fax: + 66-38-250826
- D Nitra? Seafood lemon grass
- N Sunee Plaza, Forest Bar, Bar "69" (old Holiday crowd)
- Sat 12 Pattaya
- B: across street
- Beach,
massage
- Call Lek 084 927 9559
- D: buffet (mediocre) White N., Soi VC
- Krazy Dragon (gin tonic)
- Bar "69"
- Sun 13
Pattaya
- B Tui?
- Beach, orange chairs, full body massage
- D: "Ciao" chix rosemary
- N:Come Inn, Villa Rouge, Bar 69
- Mon 14 Pattaya
- B: Ambience, boyztown
- L: Norsk Oh La La, papaya salad, pad thai, beer
- Beach
- no Dinner
- Bar 69 "Ik" (19 longer hair)
- Tue 15 Pattaya
- B Delices de France, Croissants
- Walk Day-Night hotel
- Beach, L: fried rice
- D: Jomtien Budapest, pork medallions, palacsinki
- Wed 16 Pattaya
- BB
- L" Viking" Jomtien very spicy beef oyster sauce
- D Nitra
- N Sansuk, fairly dead, color LED lighting
- Thurs 17 Pattaya
- B: Delices Amer Bfast
- Beach, massage
- L fried rice at beach
- D Seafood w/ Lek
- N home w/ Lek
- Fri 18 Pattaya w/ Lek to
Ko Sichang
- BBLDN
- Sat 19 Pattaya
- bbldn
- Sun 20 Pattaya
- bbldn
- Mon 21 Pattaya
- BBLDN
- Tue 22 Pattaya
- BBLDN
- Wed 23 Pattaya
- B: BLDN
- Thu 24 Pattaya
- B B L D N
- Fri 25 Pattaya w/ Lek to
Kentucky Fried Buddha
- B BLDN
- Sat 26 Pattaya
- BBLDN
- Sun 27 Pattaya
- BBLDN
- Mon
28 Pattaya to
Kathmandu
- Car from Mr. Mac's, Pattaya to BKK, speedy freeway drive
- Thai Airways 319 lv BKK 10:45 8 arr Kathmandu
13:30 ( 3 hours 30 min)
Economy | Boeing 777-200ER
- Nepal Time is 1hr 15 min earlier than Thailand (15 min
from
India)
- Tour Day
01
- Airport
pickup: Roka and driver Ari
-
- Nepal
Tours
Destination
A Divison of Friendship Nepal Tours and Travels (P) Ltd.
Jyatha, Thamel Kathmandu
Tel: 977 1 4233084, 4233085
Fax: 977 1 4212203
Cell: 977 98510 81841
Email: info@nepaltoursdestination.com
- Kathmandu
Hotel Manaslu ( 3 nights)
- D: (early) Thamel "Thakali Kitchen"
Julie's bakery
- Tue 29 Day
02: Kathmandu tour
- B: hotel, woodwork in dining room from Bhaktipur (city of
Devotees)
- AM:
Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kumari (living Goddess) Temple
Swayambhunath
(Hilltop Monkey temple)
- L: "Ambience" Patan overlooking Durbar
(palace) Square
- PM:
Golden Temple (Buddhist), Patan
Tibetan Refugee Camp -- Carpet spinners and weavers
- D:
Thamel "Pilgrims Feed and Read"
tes, Mush-spinachsoup, momos
buy postcards and stamps
- Wed
30 Day
03: Kathmandu tour
- B: hotel
- AM:
Bhaktipur city, Thangka studio, Peacock carved windows, &
Durbar Sq.
- PM:
Pashupatinath cremation ghat and Hindu Temple
L: Boudhanath.
Circumambulate great 14 century stupa.
- Nap
- D: Hotel
- early bed at Hotel
- Thu
31 Tour Day
04: Kathmandu to Pokhara
- B:
hotel
Transfer to Pokhara by car (4 hours 45 minutes good time).
- Uniformed schoolkids as we drive early West to the rim of
Kathmandu Valley
- Many winding turns Prithivi Hwy descends to West (LP
pp236-245)
- terraced fields, winter veggies, cabbage
- subtropical bootomlands Trisuli R. gorge
- Outskirts of Pokhara, Whiskey ads on buildings (like Mail
Pouch Tobacco barns in US)
- Arrive Hotel The KAntipur (2 nights) 1:15, lunch
- Teatime walk towards lakeside, drizzle, Caffe Concerto
- Wood fire (no electric), Irish Coffee<.dd>
- Snuggle in bed, warm up with chicken soup from restaurant
- No heat, only candlelight. Thank heavens for thick bedding!
February
2008
Fri 1 Tour Day 05 Pokhara
6 AM Sunrise view of "Fishtail" and Annapurna Range from
balcony
8 AM Breakfast buffet
9:30 Morning Half Day Guided Tour
- Tibetan Settlement "Tashi Ling" more carpets
- Greeting "Tashi Dalek!" ~"Namaste!"
- Seti Riveer Falls, Annapurna-shaped garden
- Karma Dubgyu Chokhor Ling - Noisy Tibetan Sutra chanting
- Devi's Falls (David's?)
- Shiva Hindu Temple, popular for weddings
- Reminded of SF Angels of Light "Holy Cow!" at Theatre
Artaud
Afternoon Lakeside
- No view of lake from main road
- Check email: no Visa PIN, no face pic from dudesnude guy
- L: Mike's by lake, local fish
- Lake Phewa Boat Ride
- The mountains would be reflected in the lake, were it
still.
Good conversation with boatman about how people make ends
meet
expense of univerity, 15 lak (lak=100,000 Rs about $1500)
or go to the Persian Gulf for work
He's married, 8-yr-old
boy.
Someday his own boat, I say
Nap at Hotel, no power or heat
D: Lhasa Tibetan Restaurant
- Kerosene heater and candlelight
10 buffalo momos
Newagey recording of HH the 14th D.L. speaking with chants in
the background.
Try "timba" a lukewarm fermented millet drink, a little like
sake.
Bed by candle light -- it's Candlemas!
Sat 2 Tour Day 6 Pokhara
to Lumbini to Bahirawava
B:
hotel
Transfer to Lumbini by car. Siddhartha Hwy
Foggy Weather, hard to see scenic views into valleys below
Hairpin turns, kids in road, oncoming buses
Tansen a/k/a Palpa (Maoist activity there? Second visit
someday also Bandipur rec LP )
Butwal, mountains end, Indian plain begins.
1:30 PM Lumbini
Visit to Lumbini Garden, Shanti Stupa, Manakamana Temple,
Museum
etc
4 km from India, looks like India plain to me!
O/N at Yeti Hotel ( 1 night) Bhairawava
Late lunch, no dinner at hotel
Heated and lit room!
Sun
3 Tour Day
07: Lumbini to Kathmandu
After breakfast transfer to Kathmandu by Car (5/6 hours). O/N at
Kathmandu Hotel
Manaslu( 2 nights) Bandh! Pick up Russian Lisabeta
Nagar, Road North helped by Japan
Late L: Hamlet
Drop off hotel, nap
D: Thamel New Orleans Rum steak
Mon 4 Tour Day
08: Kathmandu Everest Flight
6 AM depart for airport, 7 AM Buddha Air flight boards 10:15 when fog
clears!
1
hour Everest scenic flight
Fanastic!
You will be just 200m. away from Mt. Everest and many other mountains.
After breakfast, Free for personal activities. O/N at Hotel.
Tue
5 to Tharlam
Monastery (Boudhanath)
car
from NPD
Tharlam
Monastery
Ritual for end of year! Fireworks
Accom:
Tharlam Monastery Guest House (7 nights)
Wed
6 Tharlam (2)
retreat
Thurs 7
Tharlam
(3) Losar Day 1 Religious
Festive
Meal in Monastery
Fri 8
Tharlam
(4) Losar Day 2 "Shriners"parade and concert
retreat
Sat 9
Tharlam
(5) Losar Day 3 "Easter Parade"
retreat
Sun
10 Tharlam (6)
retreat
Mon
11 Tharlam (7)
retreat
Tue
12 Tharlam to
Kathmandu to Bangkok
car from
NPD
Thai
Airlines 320
14:05
Tribhuvan (KTM)
Arrive Bangkok
18:30 Suvarnabhumi Int'l airport (BKK)
Taxi to
Malaysia Hotel
Malaysia
Hotel ( 2 nights)
We
13 Bangkok
beach
- Thu 14 BKK-KUL-DPS
- Air Asia
FD 3571
- lv BKK
07:10 AM arr KUL (LCCT) 10:15 AM
- Air Asia
AK 904
- lv KUL
(LCCT) 16:40 arr DPS 19:40
- accom:
Bali Coconut Hotel
- l. Padma
Utara, Legian, Kuta - Bali – Indonesia
Phone : +62 361 754122
Fax : +62 361 754121
sales@hotelbalicoconut.com
- Gabier!
telephone 085238047936
- Fr 15 Bali
- beach
- Sa 16 Bali
beach
- Su 17 Bali
- beach
- Mo 18 Bali
beach
- Tue 19 Bali
- We 20 Bali
beach
- Thu 21 Bali
- Fr 22 DPS-KUL-BKK
- Air Asia
AK 901 lv DPS (Bali Denpasar) 13:55 (1:55
PM) arr KUL
(LCCT) 16:55 (4:55 PM)
- layover
in Kuala Lumpur, 2 hours
- Air Asia
AK 884 lv KUL (LCCT) 18:45 arr BKK 19:50
(&:50 PM)
- Taxi to
Hotel
-
- Pinnacle Lumpinee
Hotel
& Spa
- 4 nights, economy room 201
17 Soi
Ngamdu-Phli, Rama IV, Sathorn Rd.,
Bangkok
10120
- D:
Balcony, Silom
Soi 4
- Show
"Hotmale"
- Show
"Dreamboys" Charming!
- Sa
23 Bangkok
- B: Buffet
at hotel
- Chattuchak
Market, hot weather, cool MRT car, L1: fish balls
- Bluegrass
banjo plays "Battle of New Orleans"
- Walk a
mile
along Lumpini Park, find it is closed!
- Q-House
LUmpini
- Tea:
Whittard's= of= chelsea
- L2
green= papaya= salad & ginger juice at " yum
tum=" /dd>
- Buddhadasa
publications in lobby
- D:
Milano,
Silom, linguini puttanesca, capers, few chilis
- Soi 6, no
more X2 sauna, just pushy host bars
- Cream
Massage! Bonny
Massage Soi Boytown,Excellent work on legs and feet
- Su
24 Bangkok
- L: Malai
- Tour:
Rose Garden Elephant and
Dance Performance ( half
day) 36 km E of
town
- Elephants
demonstrate logging.
Height = 2x widest
circumference of foot.
- Xylophones
play trad, Never on
Sunday (missing note). O
Susanna, Yankee
Doodle, and Dixie
- Dances
of regions, harvest,
new monk processions,
regiona, mui thai
boxing
- Only
very hardy rugosa rose
survive here!
- Early
night, feet hurt!
- Mo 25 Bangkok (last day)
- B: hotel
- Look for
"Le Lys" but end up
at expensive "Paesan" Italian restaurant
Salad, Canneloni,Spumoni, Coffee, 900 THB!
Luciano sings "Funiculi"
- D:
Vincent's across street
from hotel, great veggie satay, pork curry,
cute waiter think's I'm handsome (you and me babe!)
- "@Richard's"
Gin Tonic
- Dick's
Iced coffee
- Future
Boys, boring show,
sappy Japanese pop music.
- Wait for
5 AM wakeup
- Tue 26 BKK-TPE-LAX-SEA
- Tony's
Taxi to airport
- Delta
8960 (CI 66) lv BKK
08:30 AM arr TPE 1:00 PM
- Delta
8942 (CI 6) lv TPE 4:40
PM arr LAX 12:05 PM
- Breeze
theough immigration
& customs, for a change
- L:
"Encounter" Restaurant (space
age, like a truncated space needle,
former control tower, Star Trek restrooms) $28 cobbsalad, coke, coffee.
- As in
space, atmosphere is expensive.
- Delta
7765 commuter
LAX 7:00 PM arr SEA 9:48 PM
- Car
transmission dies on Fred, I take Super
shuttle to Chevron, Fred takes luggage home, I
deal with car!!
- Wed 27 Safe at Home
Weblet
Woven by:
- Dr.
G. David Kerlick
- Phone:
+1.206.935.7762
6342 34th Ave SW
Seattle WA 98126-3148 USA