After a glowing recommendation from my parents, the Pashupatinath Temple area in Kathmandu was on the agenda but our initial rather half hearted attempt to hail a taxi had lost out to the lure of a rooftop beer garden...We are glad we made a 2nd attempt- what a strange place! We had flown back from Pokhara in the morning on a rickety little plane where it actually felt like all 16 passengers were in the cockpit! So having already reached my target heart rate for...

When you mention Nepal you would normally use trekking in the same sentence. An Initial plan for a shortish trek was in place but this of course assumed we wouldn't both be struck down with Nepalese Belly Ache or that I would stub my toe during a rather heroic climb up a local mountain. Still, with Borneo and Peru to come later in the trip we accepted there would be other opportunities. Approximately 200km East of Kathmamdu, Pokhara is situated on the shores of ...

An 8am knock at the door from a very excited Alex signified it was departure time for her 2 week Himalayan adventure. We met in a cafe in Xining, central China after she answered a travel forum request for a companion to share the costs of our Tibet Tour. She didn't turn out to be the braided hair, smoking, tree hugger we were expecting and we all got on really well from the start. 2 weeks later after spending many hours couped up in a land cruiser travelling a...