Blog 110 Rested up, we jumped back onto our bikes for our final uphill of our trip. A 1 hour steep assent to the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Namo Buddha monastery revisited the sore bottom situation. Finally arriving at the top, a coke and a bag of crisps staved off the hunger while we explored the hilltop. The monastery and stupas at the top adorned with prayer flags overlooking the mountains made for a nice little bit of camera action. I found my largest s...

Blog 109 Day 2 began with a steep 4km climb up to tower hill. On weekends this place packs out with local picnickers who come to enjoy the view; we arrived on Saturday and didn't quite find the level lookout we were looking for. 2 cups of tea and we were back on our bikes to what we hope would be a downhill cruise to Dulikel. Unsure of directions (1:125000 scale map) we asked a couple of armed soldiers guarding the barracks down the hill. Having been sent th...

Blog 108 After a slightly delayed start, mainly due to needing a lie in, we collected our bikes, loaded up at the ATM on Nepalese Rupees and set out on our mountainous 3 day bike expedition. Day one was a b*****! The first difficult bit was getting out of the dust and fumes of Kathmandu and on the right road with the use of a pretty crumby large scale map. We soon realised that what looked like a highway of the map was more often than not a dusty track. Afte...

Blog 107 A rocky landing into Kathmandu with the tail end of Typhoon Hudhud making it wet and windy. A nice cool surprise, after leaving the heat of Mumbai. Almost homely weather! Suppose we should be getting used to it...2 months and we'll be back in the middle of an English winter! Exploring Kathmandu was essentially a right off with the weather conditions, so, we pretty much spent our first day in Nepal drinking Everest beer, chatting to other travellers ...