Trip: Indian Subcontinent
There are [54] stories from my trip: Indian Subcontinent
INDIA | Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | Views [539]
This latest epic journey, and in fact our longest non-stop, started with it taking an hour just to reach Kathmandu’s outskirts. We had to pull into a couple of places to collect more passengers and in between time we crawled and stuttered ... Read more >
NEPAL | Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | Views [503]
Back in Kathmandu again after the spectacular and scary flight from Lukla, however, I can’t really tell you much about Kathmandu as we didn’t venture very far but I’m sure if you look in our worldnomads archives you’ll find our ... Read more >
NEPAL | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Photo Gallery
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NEPAL | Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | Views [3536]
Lobuche 4910m > Shomare 4010m > Upper Pangboche 4000m
We awoke in such painfully cold conditions that we didn’t hang around. I was feeling rotten again but in a different way – I thought I’d had an allergic reaction to ... Read more >
NEPAL | Friday, 22 Mar 2013 | Views [2186]
Kathmandu 1400m > flight to Lukla 2840m > Phakding 2610m > Monjo 2835m
We weren’t entirely convinced this trek would ever happen as the agency we used in Kathmandu didn’t fill us with confidence. The lady in Metro Everest ... Read more >
NEPAL | Friday, 22 Mar 2013 | Photo Gallery
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NEPAL | Saturday, 16 Mar 2013 | Views [613]
The tourist bus station in Pokhara has a beautiful mountain backdrop and this nicely set the tone for the scenery along the way; paddy fields and banana palms leading up to 7000m peaks. The journey was smooth and enjoyable until we were within ... Read more >
NEPAL | Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013 | Views [1439]
Following a few months of very little exercise and 3 weeks socialising in England would ABC be as easy as; 1, 2, 3, doe, ray, me, as the song goes? Mind you, I’ve a sneaking suspicion that The Jackson Five weren’t singing about the ... Read more >
NEPAL | Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013 | Photo Gallery
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NEPAL | Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | Photo Gallery
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NEPAL | Wednesday, 6 Mar 2013 | Photo Gallery
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NEPAL | Wednesday, 6 Mar 2013 | Views [562]
We relaxed in Mr B’s lovely garden in Bardia until it was time to jump in his jeep and rattle along the track to the main road. Seats had been booked for us and the 14hr journey to Pokhara cost Rs1000 (about $12 now that we’ve moved on to ... Read more >
NEPAL | Sunday, 3 Mar 2013 | Photo Gallery
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NEPAL | Sunday, 3 Mar 2013 | Views [537]
Mr B’s is quite a basic place but the rooms are spacious, comfortable and spotlessly clean. They’re set around lovely gardens that attract a whole host of birds and the entire area is very peaceful. The food we had was very tasty but we feel ... Read more >
NEPAL | Friday, 1 Mar 2013 | Views [738]
We started the day with another civilised, relaxed breakfast in the garden of Hotel Fairhaven before embarking on our day’s travel. First of all we employed shanks pony to get us to the cycle rickshaw stand at our end of the lake. For ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 | Views [545]
We were up early again to catch the 7.30am bus to Nainital just 65kms away. On being dropped at the bus stand we were instantly bundled onto a Nainital bus that didn’t conform to any times we’d been given! We had great seats at ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013 | Views [372]
Luckily Corbett Motel had a room so we dumped our bags on the floor and crawled into bed for a couple of hour’s kip – well it was only 5.30am. The room is very basic with concrete flooring but is clean enough and the bathroom is pretty ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 24 Feb 2013 | Photo Gallery
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