Up an at em at about 8 even though I could have easily enjoyed a few extra hours sleep. We had some porridge we had bought last night as we had a kitchenette & then went catch the ferry. On our way out the door I quickly checked the pier number only to discover the ferry was a hour later than I had thought so instead we had to return to the BART train then take a bus to Vallejo where we had time for a coffee before Leah picked us up. After some waiting in the...

A hot day of 36 degrees as we left for colder climates. A 3pm flight out of Melbourne on Qantas direct to Lax & the 13.5hrs went reasonably quickly. At first the basket style foot rests seemed we would be in for a comfortable ride but inevitably the seat became uncomfortable and I only had about 3hrs sleep. The food was quite good for airline food with the extra chocolate & ice team snacks a welcome distraction. We got through immigration surprisingly qui...

This morning it nearly felt like a sleep in as we didn't wake up until 7 and weren't meeting Bikram and the horse & cart until 8.20am to go to the bus park for our non aircon $5 bus to Kathmandu. We had been assured it would only take 5hrs but knowing Nepalese roads we expected longer and longer we got taking about 6 hours of the bus roaring around corners and shaking and rattling all the way to Kathmandu. Getting a taxi straight to Hotel Happy Home we were g...

Our big day of jungle adventures started with breakfast at the hotel where they bought us way too much food then we met Bikram at 7.30 to begin our day with a canoe trip down the river to see marsh mugger crocodiles & a variety of birds. Still a little cool it was an enjoyable hour as we slid through the shallow water past flowering lilys & locals cutting grass on the shore. We ended near the Mississippi bridge & the horse and cart whisked us to the e...

Our Greenline bus left at 8am bound for Chitwan. The bus ride was uneventful as long as you didn't watch the drivers overtaking on blind corners. For lunch we stopped at a nice resort for a quick buffet lunch inc. in our ticket and we could feel that the temperature had increased. It was another 2.5hrs to Chitwan, 6.5hrs in total so once we arrived and were picked up by our hotel we went in search of some cheaper deals on all the activities we wanted to do here. ...