Dwarika's has a tourist set price Nepali dinner. You'll be sitting on a cushion on the floor. 8 courses, 10 courses, 150 courses... It's fine and gives you a chance to check that place out. Bit of a solo danc-arama before dinner.

The speciality restaurant at Hyatt is good too - not the main buffet place. But ethnic it ain't. Italian. lol.

Fine dining and Kathmandu are not words I would place in the same sentence - but if anyone can find it, you can.

The room service chicken curry at the Hyatt is rather good.
[as is the spa]

By the way, I believe that now that the King is gone everything is up for grabs on the 'living goddess' front - last I heard they were looking for an intelligent American woman whose name begins with a 'K'. It's very significant, apparently.

C'mon Kathie - grab the moment while you're there.

Thanks, dogster. I'd forgotten that Dwarika's has the dinner production. Perhaps that will give us a chance to check out the hotel.

The Hyatt has an Italian place - I have to laugh! I rarely eat European food in Asia. But I do remember that after two weeks in Nepal last trip, eating lots of dahl and rice, the one thing I craved when we got to Singapore was Italian food!

And thanks for the tip on the living goddess job... I'll brush up my resume. As you may know, one of the requirements for the living goddess job is that the goddess must be unflappable. Interestingly enough it's one of the requirements for my job as well...

If I find any fabulous food in Kathamandu, I'll report back.

Well, it's not exactly a 'production' lol. One lonely lady dancing away looking like an old hippie in the courtyard, then it's downstairs, on the floor and stuff your face.

There's nowhere near the Hyatt to eat. But when you're at Boudnath there's a place called the British [something] coffee shop down the end of an alley off the main circle that's a great place to sit when you need a break.

Kathie, there is one main temple at Boudnath; the biggest one. Go there for puja. [Just follow your ears - or ask] Go inside, sit down. Stay. Mucho big horns and cymbals clanging. Very fine. There's one main monk there who seems to look after tourists. Small guy, very speedy. His name is DORJE. If you go there he'll find you. If he does, follow. [but don't give him money to visit his sick mother in Lhasa lol - I did that, when I came back 3 months later he had a lovely new mobile phone. Heh]

Remember - taxis outside hotel gates will overcharge you. Mucho mucho. If you ask the concierge to get you a cab from the hotel one of these will turn up. The meters are fixed, so even if you demand the meter, it'll rip you off. From memory it's about 250 into town in a normal cab. Grab passing cabs, not on rank outside Hyatt. [or Dwarikas]

Doggie's advice.

throw that doggie a bone....yip, yip

Seize the moment Kathie - go for the job!

As the monk has a new mobile I expect he will be in touch as soon as you land.