Temang (2400) to Koto (2600) MI: we were joined in the dinning room last night by with some Gerkars from the British Army here on holiday. Little fellas but didn't want to point that out to them! The accommodation was the best yet, with the rooms all timber lined, although you could hear the neighbours speaking (and snoring). Swiss Chalet like, with less insulation. We woke to a 2 degrees morning, and our -10 sleeping bags purchased in pokhara had surprisingl...

Tal (1700m) - Temang (2400m) HB: another fantastic day, started the day temp 10 degrees starting to cool down a bit as we are starting to climb to the height we had trained in NZ. We crossed 4 bridges, one was an old wooden bridge John and I decided to cross. It was an optional route which we thought was a good idea. The mountains around us are getting closer to us and we are getting nearer to snow level! The views are getting more spectacular. Lots of intere...

Ghermu (1130) - Tal (1700) MI: finished last night with banana pancakes and apple fitters (spelling as per menu). Really roughing it! Learnt from our guide how to play a Nepalese card game called 'tens', then Chris and I skilfully smashed John and Harm. Will be a different game tomorrow! The power continues to turn on and off randomly. John created a charger that can plug into light sockets which has been genius. Both Chris and John are very apt at getting th...

JB. Again awake pretty early(5.00am) but a really good nights sleep. The others varied from Chris with very little sleep to Mark and Harm who slept ok. The river roared all night which Mark said competed well with Harms snoring. Bumped into Harm leaving the toilet (squat) before dawn after he discovered he's anatomically challenged (legs too long) when it comes to using these (no more detail required, this is a family show)!! Views out the bedroom window up the...

MI: great start to the morning with Gobinda, Himal and Dipesh meeting us at the hotel at 6am to kickoff the trekking. Stepped outside the gate and were met with a street vendor selling pastries, beautiful. A 10 min walk to the bus station where we boarded a local bus for the 5 hr ride to Besisahar. A bit of a commotion as people had tickets with seat allocations but all the seats were taken. Bad luck! The bus stopped and started with people getting on and off mos...