Our next stop was the lakeside town of Pokhara. We spent a few days chilling out, eating nice food and planning our trek in to the Himalayas. We went on our trek with a rough plan and a really good guide, our only criteria was 7 days! With our bare essentials and hiking boots on (no porter!) we headed to the start of our trek at Naya Pul. The first day was tough, climbing very steeply up a stone staircase to Ulleri where we spent our first night in an old teak ...

So on to Royal Chitwan National Park to clear our lungs and have some jungle adventures! Some of the most endangered species in the World are found in Chitwan, including the Indian one-horned rhinocerous, the Gharial crocodile and the Bengal tiger once again. Whilst there we spotted Marsh muggers crocodiles and Gharials on a canoe trip, a huge black bear 10 metres away on a jungle walk (will try and upload video) and the one-horned Rhinocerous whilst on an elep...

Kathmandu is a crazy, heavily-polluted vibrant city and we loved it straight away. We were thrown in to the chaos of Shivaratri when we arrived - the biggest Hindu festival in the calendar - so it was even more chaotic than usual. When we could drag ourselves away from our beautiful hotel, we got lost amongst the side streets full of markets, motorbikes and mystical temples. Further afield in the Kathmandu Valley we visited the historic town of Patan and walked ...

Our train to Darjeeling was supposed to take 10 hours, bus as usual took 15 and didn't even get us to Darjeeling! Darjeeling was still a scarey 4 hour jeep ride away up through the Himalayas. The driver stayed in 4th gear all the way! We weren't sure if this was to do with the 2 passengers sitting on the gear stick, or his style of driving, but either way it was a white knuckle ride and best just to keep our eyes closed! So in to the land of tea plantations....D...

Hi everyone! We've been out of touch with the modern world for a while now due to various planes, trains and automobiles, but now we're back, here's what we've been up to over the last 2 weeks.... After being lazy on the beach in Gokarna, we decided to head inland to a place called Hampi. This can only be described as 'Bedrock' with some 15th century temples dotted around the place aswell.....very chilled out with stunning scenery. Our journey there wasn't so c...