Destination: Nepal
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Fri, 19 Oct 2007 | By annanderson | Views [389] | Comments [13]
OK!!! I am actually here in KATHMANDU!!! After a nearly disastrous event in the Lufthansa plane bathroom – I accidentally bumped the toilet paper holder (with my foot) into the toilet just seconds before it would have been sucked into never-... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By remlaph | Views [262]
Well after a very long and uncomfortable flight I arrived in Kathmandu a couple of days ago. There is currently a transport strike going on here, so luckily I had a friend arrange a private car to pick me up from the airport, or it would have been quite ... Read more >
Tags: nepal, kathmandu, pashputinath
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By whereintheworld | Views [193]
An early morning rise and a local bus to Begnas Tal...now what?! We weren't sure either. After a minor "detour", the first of many I'm sure, we began to follow a gravel road which we hoped would take us to our first stop...Sheklung. What ... Read more >
Tags: people
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 | By rickshawalas | Views [437] | Comments [5]
Total road kilometers traveled: 5,255km Dearest friends and family – and Merry Christmas! We have just spent an amazing 2.5 weeks in Nepal and have come back to India in disbelief about all the amazing things we did and crazy things ... Read more >
Tue, 9 Oct 2007 | By baba | Views [474] | Comments [5]
Am Samstag hab ich den Trip fuer naechste Woche gebucht. Mit einer Gruppe geht's in Richtung Pokhara und dann auf dem Annapurna Sanctuary Trek bis zum Annapurna Base Camp. Fuer drei der fuenf wird dort die Tour wieder zurueck gehen. Fuer mich sowie einen ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 | By tim_and_sam | Views [444] | Comments [5]
Due to a scarcity of internet at 3000-5000m, the blog has been a little neglected of late. We have now completed our three week trek around the Annapurna Circuit. Here are some highlights / observations: GENERAL INFORMATION Over the three weeks we have ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By rustyballs | Views [262] | Comments [5]
Don't have much time to make this post and I think the power is going to cut any moment but here goes. The last few days have been like a dream, only my dreams usually aren't good, and that it has been real. Two days ago I taxied to Bodnath with Nima.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 | By annanderson | Views [473] | Comments [4]
Actually, scared was just the beginning...I get to TERRIFIED later! I can now (Wed. afternoon – in Kathmandu) calmly recount the details of the events of our days at "The Last Resort" while sitting at a safe internet center, but ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By donny77 | Views [199] | Comments [4]
Donny and Petie will leave for Nepal on 24/03/2008 and arrive in Kathmandu later on that day. Then fly to lukla and start walking to Everest national Park. We will add a more detailed account as it gets closer to the departure date. ... Read more >
Tags: work
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By annanderson | Views [835] | Comments [3]
Rafting the Bhoti Kosi! After the worrying about, but surviving (although still nursing a bruised/cracked left rib), the exciting ‘canyoning’ adventure, we’d had a day of rest – reading & writing postcards in the sunny yard surrounded by ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Thu, 11 Oct 2001 | By stowaway | Views [1707] | Comments [3]
Hi Everyone, I'm Back in Kathmandu, Nepal, after wandering up & down a few small hills to have a bit of a look at Mount Everest. Before that I did a week long trek to the Annapurna ranges (kinda at the other end of Nepal). It started at a fairly ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, nepal, mt everest, trekking, annapurna, chitwan, ballooning, himalayas, kathmandu, thanboche
Thu, 10 May 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1223] | Comments [6]
After Bardia Adventure Resort, we were taken to the Mahendra Highway to catch a bus to Pokhara via Kohanpur, Butwal and Tansen. This is supposed to be a 16 hour journey. The bus was already over an hour late due to a banda further west on the highway.... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 | By baba | Views [746] | Comments [3]
Day 01 (10.10.2007) : Bus Ride from Kathmandu to Pokhara On Wednesday the 10th of October our group met in Kathmandu and drove with a tourist bus about 6 hours to Pokhara. During the ride we stopped twice for lunch and toilet break. Actually, it ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Mon, 27 Apr 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [301] | Comments [6]
We have just spent 3 weeks
trekking in the Himalayas, doing the Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Lakes
trail. What can we say but WOW,
what a totally amazing experience!
The trip started with a “meet and
greet” where we were introduced ... Read more >
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [33] | Comments [1]
I have wanted to visit Nepal for a very
long time. It started when I was in high school and college, learning
about and becoming inspired by the simultaneous social justice and
spiritual movements of the 1960s. (This is why I always proudly
declare ... Read more >
Sun, 15 Jul 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1087] | Comments [5]
We caught the local bus from Tansen down to Butwal, then changed at the bus park to a Nepalgunj bus with no trouble at all. This time the bus was smaller, so there was no room for goats or potatoes. We got to Nepalgunj without any 'banda' interruptions ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 18 Sep 2001 | By stowaway | Views [917] | Comments [2]
Hi All, Well I'm here in sunny Kathmandu, Nepal, about 28 degrees and not too humid (unlike Bangkok). It's nice here - like a big friendly village (except the airport which is surrounded by hundreds of touts & taxis to take you everywhere you ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, nepal, kathmandu, rafting, trekking, thamel, landslide, kathmandu valley
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Views [557] | Comments [2]
Kathmandu - a city of contrasts. From the crowded, oldworldly, potholed alleyways of Thamel to the wide heavily trafficked roads and glass fronted shopping malls of the newer city, from the over 300 year old architecture of temples, lion statues and ... Read more >
Tags: People
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By tim_and_sam | Views [542] | Comments [2]
Having relaxed from the 3 weeks of trekking Sam decided that it was not enough to see the mountains from the ground and that we should book ouselves a morning paragliding over Pokhara. After signing ourselves up we hopped in a jeep and bumped up the ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | By over-40 | Views [331] | Comments [2]
The Langtan Trek - apart from the hairy 9 hour bus ride to and from the trek and the toll that walking up and down hills has on your knees this would have to be the highlight of our visit to Nepal. As you can see from the photos the scenery was just ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Wed, 9 May 2007 | By over-40 | Views [305] | Comments [2]
Doesn't that sound romantic? Our accomodation for the next three nights was the Bardia Adventure resort, staying in mud wall and thatched roof huts around a large central dining area cum meeting place also with mud walls and high thatched roof and a ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 4 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Views [264] | Comments [2]
Sorry folks about the boring photo but since pictures speak a thousand words this could be our journal entry. We took 20 days to complete the circuit with the aid of our energetic, singing, guide and porter, Raj. Raj carried Jenny's pack, Phil carried ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By baba | Views [581] | Comments [1]
2.11.2007 - 5.11.2007: Very Short Version... about Nepali Organisation. The first intention of this trip was to climb Chulu East (6584m)! Afternoon walk to the end of the Jini Khola valley. Setting up the Base Camp with two tents, one for the three ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By baba | Views [568] | Comments [1]
28.10.2007 - 1.11.2007: Besi Sahar - Humde After some days in Pokhara, waiting for Barbara to arrive I decided to make another climb. Finally, she left one day in advance because I had to organize some more things. The taxi ride out of Pokhara brought ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 | By realeyes | Views [336] | Comments [1]
I spent three nights in the Tibetan area of Kathmandu, Bodhnath, which was a lovely place- probably one of the only places in the world where Tibetan culture is uninhibited and so, therefore, one can see the real thing, mixed with modernity, of course.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
