The Feeling You've Cheated Death My eyes opened as my watch made its final chime for the morning. Four hours wasn't much but an hour up on yesterday. I rushed over to the window to inspect the weather, all I knew was that I couldn't hear rain and that's what mattered. I had a nice hot shower and a good clean before the trek then readied my bag for the flight. As I did so, I thought I'd left the shower running but I was mistaken, it was the rain pouring down. Rar...

Nepal The Land of the Sherpa After three hours sleep I was questioning whether I should have bothered with a hotel. My bags were packed – I was going to Nepal! I only had a ten dollar note which I thought they would accept due to it being worth more than the equivalent in rupees for a taxi to the airport. I was wrong but was able to change it at the hotel. I asked them to order me a taxi but they dismissed my request and wanted to send me over the bridge from...