Greetings from Kathmandu. I am using the inn’s free wifi to blog. Quite surprised that this small inn has a wifi. Was too tired after Malaysia, India, Nepal. But after sleeping for 12 hours I am feeling much better. I start the trek tomorrow.
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Ladies and Gentleman while I am heading to Nepal to do the Everest Base Camp Trek, I will not be able to update my blog till end of May. In the meanwhile you sit back and enjoy this stop motion video from the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park in Malaysia.
I sincerely hope I will be able to haul myself up all the way to the Everest Base Camp. When I come back I reassure you I would tell you all the tales from Malaysia and Nepal. So see you all then.
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Dusk Picture, Clicked from an Aircraft
For today’s Skywatch I present two dusk pictures that I clicked yesterday while coming back from Kuala Lumpur to Delhi. I often try to get a window seat on the planes so that I can click pictures. I try to guess which side A or K (or whatever is the window configuration for that particular plane) would present a better view. And I often get it wrong. For example sun was setting on the A side while I had a K seat.
Then there was turbulence. Yesterday there were very high winds over Delhi and a while before landing our Boeing 777 was tossed around like a 2X2 turbo prop! Thankfully it lasted for a short while. But the two men behind my seat started saying we had it and this plane was going down, though they were laughing all along. It wasn’t too scary but I had never experienced such a big plane being thrown around which such ferocity.
And finally I an heading to Nepal tomorrow to do my Everest Base Camp trek. I was o T3 (the international airport in Delhi) yesterday and I am going to be there tomorrow. But I am realizing that I like my trips to be a little more spaced out. As of now my head is still stuck in Malaysia, I am physically in Delhi and I have to plan for going to Nepal. It is all so confusing. But then after all it is time to have tryst with the Everest Base Camp and I am looking forward to it. I sincerely hope I will be able to haul myself all the way up there.
Somewhere Between Kuala Lumpur and Delhi the Dusk Falls
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Time to say bye bye to Malaysia. I had a great time at Kuala Lumpur with the MITBCA. Wish I had a few more days to spend here. But the Everest Base Camp plan was a long standing one, and after eating all the Malaysian food, I really need to trek. So here are two images of the Petronas Twin Towers to sign off from Malaysia.
One of the Petronas Twin Towers Reflected in Another Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I met some incredible people at the conference and had a great time as a presenter and moderator and conducting one of the workshops. Malaysian audience is very respectful and Malaysian students (particularly girls) very quiet. I managed to have a seat with a few of them at one of the lunches and it was great to be able to get some local shopping recommendations from them.
Once again i wish I had a few more days in Malaysia but then it is Nepal and Everest Base Camp calling now.
Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Vegetarian Street Food, China Town, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
It seems that Malaysians are very passionate about their food. The three days that I have spent here, I must have gained five kilos. I am glad I am going to the the Everest Base Camp trek after this, hopefully I will lose some of this weight. The food in the picture was clicked at the China Town in KL. Non-vegetarian food is the preferred one but as a vegetarian I have done fine.
What I am worried about is the amount of food I am consuming particularly sweets. I think I have polished off two full plates of sweets, a plate of pasta, some rice and fruits and more rice and more sweets. When I talk to the people here they say they are very fond of food and they have to have various meals, so they think I am behaving normally. Looks like I am picking up the habit. And to top it off I drink the tea without sugar, as if it would make any difference! At the same time I am craving for another of those cakes.
I wish I had a few more days in Malaysia! It is too soon to say goodbye.
Street Food, China Town, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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I attended the gala dinner at the MITBCA tonight. They were giving away the best Malaysian travel blog awards tonight as well. But I will share a few images from the cultural show that I got to see. I was fascinated by these beautiful ladies standing at the reception in their beautiful attire. They were part of a group that presented many beautiful dances later. We were told that they were not professional dancers but employees of the Ministry of Tourism! I managed to ask them for a picture while we were waiting for the proceedings to start.
Beautiful Malaysian Ladies
And then at the end of the function everyone did the Chicken Dance (the video will give you an idea of what the Malaysian Chicken Dance is but it is not from this dinner) and it was led by the Tourism Minister of Malaysia Dr. Ng Yen Yen! I have to admit I grabbed my camera first and only later joined in the dance.
Tourism Minister of Malaysia Dr Ng Yen Yen doing the Chicken Dance
The tourism minister was keenly enthusiastic about social media in her opening address in the morning and she did mention how controversial her decision to invest in social media became initially in Malaysia.
Receiving a Memento from Dr. Ng Yen Yen, the Tourism Minister of Malaysia
And while I am at it, here am I receiving a memento from Dr. Ng Yen Yen.
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I started 'Travel Tales from India' my India Travel Blog quite reluctantly. But it has become an anchor for my writing now. My blog was once linked at BBC and The Guardian. All my stories published at Gonomad can be viewed from my writer profile page. In December 2010 I featured in a National Geographic Skoda Yeti Video. My blog was voted the best Travel Indiblogin 2006. You can write to me at mridulablog at gmail dot com
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