As we all wanted to see the sunrise on the panorama terrace to admire the mountain rangein the early sunlight. So we were all there by 6h00 o'clock in the morning but it was a bit of a deception. We had kind of expected to see a majestic mountain range in the rising sun, but it was quite hazy. So we decided to go back to our rooms. 

Apparently we gave up too soon and 5 minutes after most of us left, Anna and Kahro were able to take some nice pictures.

So we returned to our cold rooms and got our walking gear on before we went for breakfast at 7h00 o'clock. But we arrived at a closed door. Five minutes later the door was opened but breakfast wasn't ready at all. Eventually we got all our plates and after that we set out for a hike: first to the Buddhist temple . We had to get down and up to a whole lot of steps before we arrived at the Buddist temple. We were allowed in by the monk and we admired the book of Buddha and the small inner room. The monk offered some herbs and an oily liquid. I tasted it but can't tell what i have been tasting.
After that we went to the Hindu temple. First again we had to climb up a whole number of steps to get there. The we admired the temple which was formed naturally in the rocks. We saw some people doing their rituals by offering flowers and burning incense sticks. They also rang one of the bells  hanging there. Then we had to return. It was quite a whole steep climb up on those steps, but we got back at the hotel by 10. We were told that lunch would be served when we were ready changing into our biking gear and packing up. So by 11 we had our lunch before starting our bike ride. We were told that it would be downhill the whole time but first we hadroximately 1,5km to climb up to the highest point of our journey, being 2488 meters high. A team picture was take and then we started downwards. It was great fun going down and you had to concentrate. But going down for 45km at a considerable speed is quite something. 

The views were absolutely breathtaking. We saw cultivated terraces and passed through liitke villages where the liitke children were always waving enthusiastically to us and calling hi or hello.

It was a great downhill ride. 

With some 11km to go, MC, Danielle and myself got into the van, since the last part was going to be up and down. We got into Hetauda by 4 in the afternoon and a bit of relaxing time before supper. 

The hotel was a bit of a rundown affair but we had a good drink and a hot shower, so that helped. Diner was very good and we are looking forward to our journey  to Chitwan resort tomorrow.

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We left Brussels with approx 20 minutes delay and had a very relax and pleasant flight to Istanbul. We managed to get seats together just with a corridor separating us. I met with an elderly lady who was on her way to the Northern part of Cyprus. Although she us a Belgian and dutchspeaking, she was reading in English a pocket of Clive Cussler just as i was. That's how we got talking. She had been living in Istanbul and told me that it's a wonderful city to visit. This is on my list of citytrips now. Now we are in a lounge in Istanbul waiting for our connecting flight.
We are all 3 looking forward to Kathmandu. 

Well we got here at 10h30 in the morning (local time). That's 3h30 later then foreseen. Beautiful views we had from the airplane window. 

Visa documents and visa took a lot of time.... And eventuelly we got out and met our guide.

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Lists are been put up with all the items we absolutely need and it seems to be growing every day now. I hope that we can stuff it all in our travel bags.

Attached is an overview of our daily trips with info on the hotels where we will be staying.

We are putting the lists of what we certainly need and shouldn't forget.Each day an item seems to be added. I wish to travel light and hope that my bag will not be stuffed too much