Blog 115 Day 1 - Today started with a squishy ride up to Nayapul where we were to start our trek. With apprehension I waited for the driver to announce we were there and the trek began. Finally we had started. Days of 'getting ready', planning and sending off itineraries to parents had made me increasingly nervous, especially after the cyclone Hudhud which had killed so many just a week and a half ago. Anyway once we were off, the excitement started! First ...

Blog 114 How many people can you fit in a Citroen Saxo? The answer...at least 7, and probably more if our bags weren't on the roof. Maybe we'd have been better jumping on the buses. Safely(ish) and quickly into Pokhara though. If you've seen the shops in Kathmandu, you've also seen the shops in Pokhara. More rip off hiking clothes and knitted socks and hats gathering dust outside shops. We had a bit of stocking up to do before our trek. We wandered in a...

Blog 113 Sleepy little Bandipur with its pedestrianised cobbled streets was just what the doctor ordered after a dusty few days in busy Kathmandu. After being lured into a cheap as cheap gets guest house for the night, we dropped our bags and headed out for our dinner. All that paddling made us pretty hungry for a good Dahl bhat. Unbeknowing to us we'd arrived in the village for the Nepalese equivelant of Christmas and festivities were in full swing. K...

Blog 112 The title of this blog should be 'Chinese people are mental'! The pied piper of Kathmandu made his early morning rounds, collecting tourists from hotels to hotel which included a gazilion Chinese people (one on an electric unicycle) and two bleary eyed white folk from England. A quick stop at the egg vendor, the cook demanded 250 nrps for an omelette, we laughed in his face and said "you can't be serious", he sniggered and told us "this Chinese price,...

Blog 111 An easy couple of days in Kathmandu after the bike trip was just what we needed. Drinking beer, starting the Christmas shopping, eating Israeli, Nepalese and Tibetan food and preparing for our next adventure. Another beautiful Buddhist temple ticked off, and this time at sunset overlooking the city. Rafting tomorrow! Love Jo x