Vaf-fa-Nepali - "Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times though." If Rita Rudner had been a Gurung woman living in the Terai part of Nepal, she would have said: "Before I met my husband, I wasn't allowed to do anything, and now I'm married I'm not really allowed to do much more."We were lucky enough to be in Nepal for the Festival of Teej, a day for Nepali women to part-ay. Kathmandu turned into a sea of red, green and gol...

Run DNC - Picture the scenes: On our first day volunteering at the disabled children's charity - the Disabled NewLife Centre (DNC), supported by the Nepali Children's Trust - James attempts small talk with a nine-year-old boy whose feet were amputated after he fell into a fire: "So, do you walk to school?" On our second day, James asked a boy born with no hands: "Do you want to play catch?" On our third day, James says to a mentally-slow girl with short hair: ...

Live from the Finishing Post - As we stretched, lunged and star-jumped on the starting line (by which we mean a pot hole in between a cow and 157 Honda Heros) of yesterday's Great Kathmandu Marathon, we were approached by a Kathmandu Post correspondent writing a piece on foreigners coming to the capital for this, um, prestigious event. Very cool! So this is his draft copy that he's just sent us. It will be published next week and we'll post the link when we...

The Great Big Beard Vote - Yes, The Beard deserves its own entry. Even before we'd decided to definitely do our Great Escape, "Chance to grow the biggest beard of my life" was already jotted on the 'Pro Travelling' list for James. By the time our offices gave us the green light to dig out the money belts and re-Deet the mossie nets, the razor had been stored in the loft and The Beard had its Visa and had booked its one-way ticket to Bali. And, other than a brief ...

The Red Carpet Moment - The films you've all been waiting for... 12 short vlogs from our 12 days on Everest. Click on the "Videos" tab and crack open the popcorn...