Argentina had spoiled us with quality bus travel.Our 7 hour bus ride to Pokhara was definitely NOT an Argentinian style bus!Although we had booked a "Tourist Super Deluxe" bus, it was a pretty ordinary with no on-board toilet, and not a western tourist in sight. As it made lots of stops instead of going direct, we knew that the people on board were locals getting from A to B - not tourists. We had paid for an included lunch which was supposed to be at a resort al...

 Kathmandu - it sounds exotic and heady as it rolls off the tongue. Visions of holy men, breathtakingly beautiful mountains, hardy Sherpas and hippies spring to mind.It is this, but much much more. It's quirky and full of contradictions. The sounds, colours and smells assault the senses. The many UNESCO World Heritage sights are bustling and full of Nepalis going about their business, rather than being overloaded with tourists.   Kathmandu is amazing, int...

 "If nothing ever changed there'd be no butterflies" (author unknown) is a good philosophy when plans unravel and new plans need to be made!We needed to make new plans. We had return flights booked from Dubai to Khartoum, Sudan, for a 4 day visit due to leave 2 days after we arrived in Dubai (from South America). We had booked these after Ebony's January Emirates work roster had come out and we knew she would be away for these days but back after wards w...

Avan writes about some trip observations on South America.Back to Sao Paulo and as we are arriving by bus at around lunchtime and flying out to Dubai that night (well 1.30am), we have decided it is not worth checking in anywhere or trying to do anything with our luggage. We have opted to simply transfer from the bus terminal to the International airport and wait out the time until our flight. Not much of a story in that so since it is our last day in South Americ...

A glitch in our plans….Now, most things go to plan when we are travelling, and just happen like they should, but sometimes a glitch causes us to have to come up with an alternative.Saturday the 15th January was one such day.We left our hostel (and Argentina - for the last time) in a private taxi to take us over the border and to the bus station in Foz Do Iguacu, the town on the Brazilian side of the border. The first part went to plan with the border not ev...