finally got a chance to update me blog. am currently in Xi'an the ancient capital of China, and home of the Terra-Cotta Warriors. im sitting here at the computer, with our new accomplice the Austrian Astronomer to my right, and shayd in between regularly endulging into the large bag of salty peanuts, of which i am totally addicted!! My last entry was after my return from Trekking in Pokhara. We were ever so lucky that we were in Kathmandu for Holi Festival, a M...

So here we are, back in kathmandu! I am thoroughly enjoying my time here in Nepal even though this thamel area of kathmandu city, where we are staying, is a cross between a humble cultural nepal and butlins at bognor. Still its very nice here and pretty easy going, which is why we fit right in. We arrived back yesterday after a 7hour busride (if you can call it that) from Pokhara. When we arrived in Pokhara, like everywhere weve been it seemed a whole world bett...

Nameste! when we arrived in Gorahkpur we were swarmed by the notourious tourist touts,screaming at us "sonauli!sonauli!!" we swerved the mob and moved over to the calmest bus driver in india, and booked a seat on his coach. we met some guy from israel, at one of the Chai Tea stands on the street and discovered he was comeing with us. He was older than us, and wiser with a greater knowledge of travelling, these attributes combined with that fact he was a...

day 9 the train journey wasnt bad atall.we shared a sleeper cabin with a couple of danish girls who were cool,or so we thought; after meeting up with them in varannasi we soon discovered they more than odd..still we feel so much more comfortable here and met loads of fellow travellers,the hotel was a great atmosphere,more like a busy family home. the restauranteur was called Dada(which means elder) and he was a saint, quite the humblest of men and a very sweet ma...