Nic writes… When we first decided to visit Nepal, three tourist attractions came to mind: trekking in the Himalayas, searching for tigers in Chitwan National Park and being 'spiritual'. With this in mind, once we got back from trekking we sought to complete the list. The first few days after trekking were very relaxed. We got a couple of massages, bought tat from the tourist shops (we will need to buy a big house when we get back to accommodate all of the stu...

Rich writes... Leaving Africa was a bit of a milestone for the trip; we are now 1/3 of the way through and have made it to Asia. The first stop (really just a stopover) was Mumbai for a few days, before we headed to Nepal for a month. We were looking forward to India for two particular reasons. One was our awesome hotel which turned out to be everything we had hoped for (not many backpackers on our budget get an afternoon turndown service), so thanks Manu. The ...

Tonight we fly out of Africa and start the Asia section of our trip. We can't believe how quickly the last thirteen weeks have gone past and how much we have done in that time. Africa is an amazing continent with such a complicated and difficult history and, of the countries we visited, most still have a challenging future. Despite this, nearly everyone we met was happy and friendly and made us feel very welcome. We definitely recommend Southern Africa as a holid...

Nic writes… The last couple of weeks have been very varied in all senses. When we last wrote we were on the drizzly south coast of South Africa, ending our time on the Garden Route. Since then we have travelled several thousand kilometres and we are currently sunning ourselves in Tofo, Mozambique. Firstly, we spent a day at Tenikwa, which is a wildlife rehabilitation centre that is also home to various wild African cats to attract visitors and funds. As my (e...

Richard here. The last week and a bit has been fairly busy but very relaxing. Compared to the rest of Africa, South Africa is very developed and very easy to travel round! We have been driving from place to place, enjoying great weather, beautiful scenery, and fun activities. This blog is going to be fairly tame in comparison to some of the others. After leaving Cape Town, we drove south down the Cape Peninsular. We saw a load of penguins (which Nic loved and e...