Hi all,

Anyone have any recs for places in Katmandu? I am there the first week of September.

TIA,
Doc

For what it is worth, I've emailed my brother for recs. Any info will be dated, as he was there years ago. He trekked some of the Himalayas, but before and after stopped in Katmandu.

I've never been. My closest exposure was Kashmir (back when it was safe), in Srinagar . One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.

Sorry that I can't help, but on our China trip we mentioned that we almost took the trip that included Katmandu and a person in our group said that her son lives somewhere around there so she visited the area. She said that she had no fear of getting sick in China (which happens to most travelers there) because she got so sick in Nepal that she figures that she's been exposed to everything. My impression is that there is not much fine dining there, if that if what you are looking for. This person advised us to stay away from street vendors, but in reality the place where she got really sick was at the finest restaurant there. She was hospitalized for 3 days. She is a world traveler (she's visited Machu Picchu and other places that I would love to visit) so she has been exposed to a lot. I would think that the goal would be to not get sick.

I never traveled without things like Immodium, Mylanta, anti-emitics, etc. If you're not sick enough to be hospitalized, you have to travel and traveling with diarrhea or some other g/i problem is the absolute worst thing that can happen to you.

Imagine getting the "urge" when you're in that final 45-minutes just before landing when the instructions are "stay in your seat or we'll sit on top of you if you don't".

And your doctor can probably prescribe something stronger than what you can buy over the counter, if you're going someplace really exotic.

Thanks for the input everyone.

Yes, traveling to remote places in the world can be very exciting, but it also poses a health risk. I'm usually really good about it (taking precautions, etc.), or at least my body knows how to handle the extensive work travel that I do.

Cheers,
Doc