Sunday 20 December We decide to do some sight seeing today. I want to go via hot breads for some savouries first. Then we stop at a travel shop. They are they cheapest we've seen for the 3 day hike we would like to do. the man is a bit confusing in his information so we end up not confirming anything. I check out some gifts and things along the way. It's a good idea to compare prices. There is a surprising difference for the same items in different stores. We l...

Saturday 19 December We spend a quiet day on our room before check out. We use the wifi in the lobby a short while. Malcolm gets an return email about a volunteer place. They can offer us a position. But at £1000 per person for 1 week. We don't have $4000 to spend like that. It's seems they are really after money. They should have just said. We walk to our new accommodation and there is a nice vibe about the place. But for some reason they cannot take us, so ...

Friday 18 December It was a good sleep and I'm glad we have time before we have to be up to attend breakfast with the group. We go to hot breads. The food is pretty good! We order mint tea. Which turns out to be tea with a few fresh mint leaves. If it's not plain tea or coffee or chai it's often not right. It's kinda funny. We arrange a time to meet for our momo dumpling lunch and then part ways. We go researching hiking trips and get a few different quotes and ...

Thursday 17 December When we leave to meet the others for breakfast we are pretty much ready to leave. We have breakfast at a little organic vegetarian cafe. It's good food. We discuss morning options and decide to take the boat across the lake to the path up the mountain to the peace pagoda. Is a lovely morning. The walk is nice. I'm terrible at hills, but eventually we get there within time! It's lovely and peaceful at the top with potential good views. Appa...