Hi Guys On our last morning in Pokhara and the mountains came out to wave us off and although there was cloud you could make out most of the Annapura range bathed in the orange glow from the morning sun, it meant that in the last 4 days we had seen all the range even though it was not all at once!!! We are now back in Kathmandu after a relaxing time in Pokhara, although the bus journey to get here yesterday took 8 hours to travel 120 miles but at least the bus ...

Hi from Nepal Yesterday we awoke to a grey day and it was damp and drizzly so activities were on hold and we still had no view of the Annapurna range from our window. Spent the day wandering around Pokhara looking in the shops and drinking coffee with hopes that things would improve. This morning it was much better the sun was shining and we got a fairly good view of Machhapuchhare (fish tail) mountain and some of the range before the cloud swallowed it all up ...

Hi from Pokhara, Nepal Sorry we havent been in touch for the last 4/5 days but it has been hectic with not a moment to spare. Our last day in Kathmandu was spent visiting one of the worlds largest buddhist stupas. Bodhnath is a very religious place and is still used by all the Tibetan refugees that live in Nepal. It was a crisp day and the prayer flags looked really nice blowing in the wind against the blue sky. The following day we set off early on the bus fo...

Hi from Nepal Well today was another pre 6am start for our once in a lifetime flight to Mount Everest. The cab driver took us to the airport with two other guys who just happened to live in Wyke, about 5 miles from where we used to live, they say it is a small world!!!! At the airport we were immediately brought down to Earth with a bump when we checked in the flight had been delayed due to fog. So our 7.30am flight had been put back to 9am. The 9am time came a...

Hi from Nepal We are loving it here as it is so much quieter and more relaxed than India so far. Last night we had to sit in the dark for 2 hours as the electric had gone off in town (a common occurence here, twice a day!!) But we did get to make some good shadow puppets for a while. We got up and hiked to Swoyambhu Temple (Monkey Temple) about 3km out of the city centre. Although we did not know when we arrived that you then had around 200 steep steps to climb...