Today it rained.  A lot.  Then it rained some more.  When that finished, we decided to start our hike for the day.  Then it rained again.  It finished raining just about the time we got back to the hotel in the afternoon. We decided last night to hike with our guide and an Indian couple …

This morning Greg and I woke up at 4:30a to head off to the airport for our 7:30a flight to Kathmandu, Nepal.  Everything went very smoothly, and by 10:00a we were in a car in Kathmandu, headed for our hotel.  Kathmandu is in a large valley surrounded by the Himalayas.  We wanted to get out …