DAY 84 – DAY TWO OF TREK. TREKKING ACROSS THE VALLEY TO TOLKA! When we awoke the rain and thunder had thankfully disappeared and the skies were clearing, such an amazing feeling to wake surrounded by a panorama of mountains that we had only seen a few of the night before, it was just magical! We walked round the little village looking up the valley at the staggering mountains on our left, then visited the local museum they had made demonstrating the farmin...

DAY 83 OF OUR WORLD TRIP! DAY 1 OF OUR 4 DAY TEA HOUSE TREK! Pokhara to Diamir, Ghandruk at 1940 metres! On awaking after praying all night, we looked outside to see a lovely cloud filled sky and not a mountain in sight….boo! Sitting round the reception area with all our trek bags piled in the middle we were finally off, excited but also nervous as to what was ahead and I for one was pretty worried if I would make it as I was still weak. On leaving...

Day 81 – The Start of our 'Mountains and Plains Gecko Overland Trip! ' Buddhist Temple - ‘Bodhnath Stupa', Hindu Temple and City Tour 8.30am start, we all piled in our minibus and after another hectic journey across the city we arrived at the largest Buddhist temple in Nepal, peaking between a gap in the buildings on the side of the road it was absolutely stunning! White stupa, those staring Buddha eyes and a bright gold top surrounded by brass turn...

FLIGHT TO EVEREST!!!!! The very early start was all abit mad, our 5am alarm didn't materialise, then our taxi to take Ian and Ads to Everest with another girl Emma who was on our trip plus take me and mum to an Everest viewing point to watch the sun rise (we had both seen the size of the plane to Everest and thought 'no can do’ sadly!) consisted of the usual miniature Suzuki with 5 of us plus driver to fit in!! The driver spoke no English and a local s...

DESTINATION 5 – NEPAL DAY 77 – Bangkok to Kathmandu! 6 hours on our Thai airways flight (our fav airline at mo, they are fab!), and lots of valium and gateaux for me later, we were finally descending into Kathmandu through the stunning Himalayan mountains, it was beautiful and we were very excited about our next destination, fingers crossed I can manage the hike though…. Landing at the airport was quite a different experience to others, we...