Category: Travel

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

The good thing about being stuck on a bus for 13 hours is that you get to meet people, as I have already mentioned. Someone else I met on that … Continue readingAnnapurna Trek

The journey to Pokhara from Kathmandu is supposed to take 7 hours and we left the bus station at 7 o’clock in the morning, by 2 in the afternoon we … Continue readingRoadblock

A word of warning, it is very easy to get lost in Thamel. Nepal is poor, even poorer than I thought; and Kathmandu is dusty and smelly. Our first night … Continue readingKathmandu

I always thought there was something odd about rickshaw drivers, and now I’m sure. They are just nuts. Certainly if you halve their quote you find that you are still … Continue readingRickshaw

On the Sunday I went to watch Besitkas play Bursaspor a team I had never heard of but who are currently riding high in 6th place in the Turkish league. … Continue readingIstanbul (the game)

We arrived in Istanbul a day early on the 16th April, due to the train that we wanted to get being full, this wasn’t really a problem since we were … Continue readingIstanbul