Kathmandu Valentine

This year we actually celebrated our Valentine's Day a week early at this hotel

which is named the Yak and Yeti.  We highly recommend it!  We knew Ramon was not going to be able to take any time off this week (a team is here now from Colorado doing many surgeries and I will post about that soon) and we had both been very busy, so we planned a stay in Kathmandu surrounding our day off. 

Here is the reception desk.

When we got to our room, we found a nice fruit dish and some cookies!

"Who sent you a message?"  "Why, it's the front desk--welcoming us!"

In the morning when we looked out of our window, this is what we saw to the left,

straight ahead,



(here's a closer look at the flag)

and to the right.



We had fun relaxing and wandering around.  There was live music. 

Yes, that's a dessert bar in the background.  It was right next to the "regular" bar.  No, we didn't try anything, but it was pretty.

Here is a view of the bar from the outside looking in.  Enlarge the picture if you can't see what is written on the sign by the rock!

Nearby was this cute payphone.

Also nearby was the business center, which had this near its door.

If you enlarge this to see the prices, you'll see why we didn't sign up for a trip!  Maybe another time!  :)

Down near the lobby was the entrance to what I like to refer to as "our" restaurant, since we liked it so much that we ate every meal there!

This buffet bar, which was set up beautifully for each meal and was a real treat.  We even had guests for breakfast Wednesday when our new Nepali field director and his wife joined us.

We took a walk and found this poster about Bryan Adams' upcoming concert

(We read in the newspaper that he had to be convinced to swing by while on this side of the world!
I'm convinced he will want to come back to Nepal to visit on his own!)

and many little shops

that sell the same things you see in the hotel's shops, but of course, for a better price!  The hotel's shops were quite beautiful I must admit though!

The buildings weren't too shabby either!

They have conference rooms, banquet rooms and a ballroom too!

We strolled around the area we had seen from our room, which was one of those with a balcony.

The pool looked inviting, but it was a "little" too cold to swim!



A pleasant place to stroll...

...with your Valentine!

We're thankful to the Lord for the chance to relax for just a short while in the middle of a very busy work schedule!