If you had to remain silent for every minute for every Ghurka soldier that has died in combat while serving with British Army in WWII, you would have to be silent for two and a half weeks. So says the Ghurka Welfare Trust that looks after the welfare of veteran soldiers. Work out that number and it is a huge amount of men that have fallen in combat! And for country not even their own! But Pokhara is not just a jump-off point for treks into the mountains, it is a...

We couldn't understand why the bus blokes were getting so upset with us. We had arrived with 15 minutes to spare after all and it was at only 0600 that the bloody bus was leaving! After much shouting and swearing at each other, we had our bags tied on the roof (AGAIN! - Will this ever end?) and we sped off down the road for about 15km to the next bus station. For breakfast. I kid you not, we applied the old military thinking of HURRY UP and wait! We left our poin...