Hello semuanya! Udah lama banget gak main-main ke blog ini. Sepi banget yaaa hihihi. So, hari ini aku mau berbagi cerita perjalananku dengan Marcio ke Kathmandu, Nepal! Yesss, Kathmandu! Excited banget kami kesana, walaupun cuma 4 hari aja hahahaha. Sedih ya, jauh2 liburan tapi cuma 4 hari aja. Yah, tapi gpp, apa daya kami berdua dikejar tugas dan tanggung jawab di Jakarta. So, dinikmati aja liburan jauh yang super singkat ini.
Ohya, karena ini hari Sabtu (14 April 2018), dan Marcio ngajakin jalan, jadilah aku ga bisa nulis banyak. So, ak kirimin kompilasi post2 ku di Instagram ya. Karena ini kompilasi, silakan dimaklumi bahasanya campur2, Inggris, Indonesia, Balinese, Portuguese hehehhe enggak ding! Inggris Indonesia aja. Disimak ya!
First time we arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport
Surprising thing when we arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport was almost all passengers that went to baggage reclaim area were male!! 99%!! We didn’t see a lot of girls at the airport here. It’s a bit weird. And among those many guys, can you spot a Portuguese? LOL
Suasana saat kami tiba udah mulai sore, kami stay di daerah Lazimpat. Situasinya cukup di tengah kota dan di pinggir jalan gede banget. Udaranya kalau malem hari udah mulai dingin walaupun di siang hari matahari cukup terik.
Our first meal in Kathmandu
So after we arrived in Kathmandu, kita jalan2 cari makan malam (atau makan sore?) di daerah Lazimpat. Jadi aku insisted banget untuk mau cobain lokal food. Setelah jalan2 dan liatin restoran dsekitar sana, akhirnya kami memutuskan untuk makan di Taj Mahl Resto (maybe ini restoran India ya, bukan nepal hehe…Karena udah capek jlan, udahlah kmi masuk aja).
Aku pesen Mutton Khaja Set, yang notabene ada curry kambingnya (pic1). Setelah dateng tarrraaaaa… aku kira yg putih2 itu nasi lo, tapi enggak ding, ini ternyata kyak oatmeal gtu yang tentuny masih bisa dimakan tapi bukan preferensiku banget (setelah di Google namanya Chiura or rice flakes). Dihidangkan dengan potato yg ampun pedesnya, mutton khaja set ini bisa bikin ak sakit perut abis makannya. Ini serius 😭 sedih banget karena kukira perutku bs hantam apa aja, ternyata masih terlalu lemah utk makan2n lokal ini (yang menurut mereka gak pedes 😭😭). Curry kmbingnya enak, rasany mirip2 curry india di resto2 Jakarta. Yang paling nancep selain potato pedesnya, adalah acarnya yg whuussh rasa cukanya langsung naek ke kepala. Baiklah! Ehya ada kacangnya juga yang ditambah potong cabe en bawang mentah, ak suka krna berasa kaya makan sambel matah di Bali 😍
My travel mate, Màrcio gak seberani ak coba2 makanan, dan lbh memutuskan pesen Chicken tandoori (sebelumnya ga tw itu apa, tapi at least chicken, jd okelah) dan french fries yg rasanya (dan jg namanya) BEDA sama yg kita sering makn. Keduanya enak banget! Ayamnya dateng dengan saus hijau yg doi ogah coba “I don’t trust that green stuff”, dan ak si pemberani yg sakit perut setelah makan, langsung colek sambelnya dan yaaaa rasanya enak. Organik daun2 gtu HAHAHA
Total makan kami ini cuma Rs. 740 atau sekitar 90an ribu rupiah aja. Ini plus minum juga ya (coke, sprite dan air mineral). Oke juga kan harganya 🙂 Karena pulng makan ak langsung sakit perut (asumsi krna potato yg pedes banget) ak jadi harus hati2 bsok makannya, jangan asal pesen en sapu bersih 😓
Foto ke 3 dan ke 4 itu Indian sweets, rasanya maniiisss banget. Satuannya seharga Rs. 25 (sekitar 3000an). Enak kalau ga dimakan banyak2.
Jalan-Jalan ke Swayambunath
Wokeh, karena jalan-jalan ini disertai dengan business meeting nya Marcio, jadilah hari selanjutnya Marcio ngendon di kantor meeting seharian, dan aku dikasi mobil dan supir yang baiiiiikk banget anterin aku jalan2 ke Swayambunath. Horaaaayy!
Nepalese Food with Nepalese People
We were so much spoiled by Marcio’s Nepalese acquaintances. We really spent almost the whole day with them and ate the tastiest Nepalese foods around Kathmandu.
धन्यवाद we’re having such a good time here 🙂 .
For lunch, we went to a Nepalese restaurant near Lazimpat which I forgot the name already (I really should keep a note with me!). It was a really good place and we chose to eat outdoor. I ordered local food for sure, yeay! It’s called Dal Bhat. It’s a steamed rice and a cooked bean soup (which at first I found it weird), served also with potato, achar (pickle), vegetables and chicken curry. Annnnnddd IT WAS SUPER GOOD! Like really really good!! You really need to mix them to get the best taste. Yuuummmm, it’s like Padang food, but (for me) less spicy. Cool thing about this food was the yoghurt, they gave you small portion of yoghurt for dessert! They said, it’s good to have it (for your stomach) after eating heavy Dal Bhat. Of course! People here are so considerate. Thank you 🙏 Annndd my beloved Mr. I-prefer-to-eat-food-that-I-know ordered Calzone 😪He said it’s a good one, It’s in the list of top ten calzone he’s ever eaten (which later he admitted that he didn’t eat a lot of calzones) LOL!
.
And for Dinner, we went to a restaurant in Thamel, that’s a touristic area in Kathmandu (so much like Lovina lah). We ate in the restaurant where not many Nepalese ate there, 90% were tourists. They were so kind that they ordered me another local food called Chicken Momo that happened to be Chicken Dumpling with curry sauce, yuuuumm! I could eat a lot. Because some of them are vegetarians, we also ordered veg steak and fritters. Aaaannnd, not enough seeing me happy with all those food, they ordered another spicy chicken food that came with Chapati. Duuh! Thank you. Marcio ordered boneless chicken curry, I didn’t post it here because It’s CHICKEN! And it’s CURRY! Babe, you should be more adventurous 😭
.
And another love I got was the beers! Only 2 people could drink alcohol there, so we shared beer and being more fun people than the others LOL. Fyi, Marcio never really drinks beer and of course not last night, he was busy taking care of me who got tipsy after the second bottle. I am always a light drinker!
.
So thank you, thank you very much for being soo soo kind. I love the food and the people so much! 😍
Strolling around Thamel, Nepal
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
.
But actually in this picture, we’re kinda lost, somewhere we couldn’t even pronounce the name 😅. It was really hot here, but this Singaraja girl was too curious to stop (but yeah, we stopped a minute in front of someone’s house to take this pic. It’s really a thing to remember about Kathmandu ❤️).
Let’s wander more and get lost together!
Perumahan dan pertokoan di sekitaran Thamel District, Kathmandu.
Kathmandu is a really dusty capital, I should say. You REALLY need to wear glasses and face mask, if you’re sensitive to dust. The roads are not in their best condition, many of them are broken and too narrow for 2 cars to pass (at least from my point of view, but they can ALWAYS manage to smoothly pass it). Some of the houses are really old and unfinished (or broken? Since they suffered from the earthquake 3 yrs ago). If you like strolling around clean, neat and modern area, I wouldn’t suggest you to come here. Yet for me, I found it really interesting to walk around and see the architecture of the housing and stores. It’s unique and classic.
Jalan-Jalan ke Basantapur
So we have so much fun in Nepal. Seneng banget dikasi waktu dan kesempatan untuk jalan-jalan ke Nepal. Walaupun cuma sebentaaar aja, tapi sangat menyenangkan.
Thank you, Nepal.
Thank you the nicest people we’ve ever met. We’ve spent such a good time here 😍
Masih penasaran, apa aja yang menarik di Nepal? Check videoku ya …
Leave a Reply