Well I had a boys own experience in Darjeeling with a run in with terrorists. I arrived in Darjeeling fairly late in the arvo and had to get local cab to guest house. Just another rip off but hey it is India. I booked into Andys guest house. What a god awful place it is. It is clean, but it is freezing, with no heating anywhere. There are no facilities at all, you cant even get coffee and no food so you have to go out for it. I walked about 20 min and couldn't fi...

Well the last day in Bhutan has been pretty big. We stayed at a pretty good 'resort' just near Paro and in the morning when Phuntsho was coming to pick me up his car broke down. Tenzin and I waited for about an hour then walked into town where I did some shopping. Then we caught a taxi to the museum. The museum is in the watch tower of the Paro Dzong and like all museums some stuff was good some pretty ordinary. We had lunch in Paro and headed for the border. The...

The Icon photo opportunity in Bhutan. Let me tell you the story of Taktsang. Guru Rinpoche is said to have flown here from Tibet on the back of a Tigress. He landed here and meditated in the caves for a long time and now they have built a Monastery. The monastery was built in the 16th century but burnt down in 1998, I believe watched live on BBC2, and has been completely rebuilt to what you see today. This is the Icon walk and photo opportunity  and everyone...

From Trongsa the drive back was the same, you come back the same way so the same postcard scenery etc. Today the clouds were rolling in over the hills and the weather was decidedly cooler. The drive up to Pelela pass was up through the clouds and there was more snow than yesterday and a bitterly cold wind blowing. When Tensin tried to start a snow fight Phuntsho and I jumped back into the car and we all got going again without some pics cos it was too cold. The d...

Today I drove over the Himalaya's and the highest point on Earth I have ever been. We headed East from Thimpu heading for Trongsa which is about 200 Km and about 7 Hr drive. All the roads here in Bhutan are the same. They are narrow mountain roads, and they are the most winding roads I have ever been on. We had to cross two passes the Dochla and Pelela at about 3600Mt this will be the highest point I have ever been. Just after Dochla we had a funny incident ...