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 Kathmandu Marathon (www.justgiving.com/james-and-nicola) Now why on earth do we need a blog with this title? Yes, you guessed it - we'll be running in the Great Kathmandu Marathon (actually to be precise, James in the half marathon and Nicola in the 5k) on 24th September and we're asking all our avid blog readers - and those with less time and/or more sense - to sponsor us. If you have even a limited knowledge of our individual sporting persuasions, you ma...