I've finally finished trekking, I'm now at the end of my 5 weeks of trekking in Nepal having just arrived back from the Annapurna Circuit. It was nice on some days, and um, not so much on others.. We had half a new group, 4 of us remained from the Everest trek plus 4 new people and a new guide, Indra. We started at a much lower altitude than on the Everest one, starting our ascent on the first day from Besi Sahar at 850m, so the beginning days it was hot and jun...

I'm back from my first trek now which was the Everest one, it wasn't quite what I expected but it was quite nice for most of it. There were 9 people in the group, mostly from oz and nz, it was a good group, everyone was nice to talk to and hang out with. We started off from Kathmandu 2 weeks ago, very early in the morning, on a scary little Indiana Jones type propellor plane, which had to land at Lukla half way up a cliff at 2800m altitude- the runway started o...

hi everyone, i've had a nice first week, hanging around in kathmandu on my own and visiting temples mostly. its hot in the day here but chilly at night and will be a lot colder i expect once i get to the mountains! you can only just see them on the horizon here, the air pollution's so bad. kathmandu is hectic but not too hassly, the dust and traffic fumes are nasty and everyone is coughing and spitting on the street because of it, lovely. there's lots of piles...

hello, i've arrived ok and am now wandering round trying not to get winged by motorbikes and cars. well not right now. will try to find durbar square later, and then my hotel again.. :)

Hi everyone, nearly happy new year! to save money, don't text me between January 3rd and February 16th as I won't be able to receive texts.. and maybe not after that either! Better to call me if its an emergency (warning- expensive) or email me if not! :)