Category: Travel

Varanasi is a crazy old city, full of tiny winding streets. We had a flying visit but managed to take in the evening boat trip and watch the puja, the … Continue readingVaranasi and Agra

There are 7 sacred places that the Budda is supposed to have stood; sat or walked when he reached enlightenment and my guide enthusiastically told me about all of them … Continue readingBodh Gaya

I?m writing this after the Orissa blog, because although we went there first, we didn’t do much the first time around, but made more of an effort the second time. … Continue readingKolkata

Reaching Orissa overnight to Puri we got an auto-rickshaw to the street with our hotel on it the rickshaw driver looked decidedly unhappy when he realised that he wasn’t going … Continue readingOrissa

Flying to Bhadrapur we met a couple of people making the same journey to Darjeeling so decided to travel together. There is nothing in Kakarbhitta so we crossed after lunch … Continue readingDarjeeling and Kalimpong

Our first attempt to go rafting was thwarted by the Maoists who were striking in the Kathmandu Valley. Our minibus managed to get through the first couple of roadblocks but … Continue readingRaft

The guidebooks tell you that you should climb more than 500 metres in a day once you are above 2500m to avoid altitude sickness, Nigel forgot to take this into … Continue readingSagarmatha & Gokyo

At 5 in the morning we were sitting outside our hotel waiting for the cap to pick us up. Even Thamel is quite peaceful at that time, eventually I saw … Continue readingOff to Everest

When we arrived at Chitwan, I thought that all my worst fears were going to be realised, we were going to be stuck in a big group with a bunch … Continue readingChitwan