The Trek to Nagarkot

After a couple days of rest and a bit of sight seeing, we are off on our first trek.from Sundarijal to Chisapani to Nagarkot to Changu Narayan. Its a 3 day trek which takes us through a number of villages along a "path" that has connected the villages for over 1000 years. We cover about 60 kms and the first day most of that is straight up stairs carved out of the side of the mountain. If looks could kill I would be six feet under...Cathy was not impressed. We climbed from about 3500 ft to 6800 on day one. Cathy's weight loss program is under way. Besides the exercise, she refuses to eat anything. On the night of day 2 of the trek we were having a meal in a restaurant of the lodge that we stayed at. There were two cats playing in the dining room and they would jump up onto the vacated tables and eat off the dishes. The waiter noticed Cathy was a little upset so he promply removed the cats to the kitchen! The next day we stopped for some momo's (a steamed dumpling filled with buffalo meat) . We sat down a a dirty table...the waiter came over ...picked up a rag from the floor under the table and wiped it off. Cathy's diet continues.