We wandered around Thamel and Chhetrapati and Durbar Marg inquiring about trekking, visiting Chitwan and the FA Cup Final. We found a hotel with a Star satellite TV and decided to leave booking a trek until Pokhara. We walked backwards and forwards between agents offering, usually, the same Chitwan package but at different prices. We eventually booked one for $55 each, paid for it with a $100 travellers cheque each and received the change in rupees at a rate slightly better than the bank.
In the afternoon we went to the National Swimming Pool and as usual checked Poste Restante. The pool was probably very nice when it was built but now the water was filthy and opaque and the walls very slimy. It was also impossible to swim up and down as the locals, slapping and flapping their way across the pool would crash into you every 10m or so. It will be a very long time before the Nepalese win an Olympic gold for swimming.
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In the evening we bumped into Sian and Adam again, who had just arrived after being delayed in Bangkok. We also saw two English lads that had been in the pool when we were. Bumping into people is becoming common. It's a good job it's the low season and there aren't so many travellers around.
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Why oh why did I go in that pool? Top tip - if the pool water is cloudy and the walls are slimy, avoid at all costs.
Nepal still haven't won an Olympic swimming medal.
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