Destination: Nepal

Day 9 - Where Are Thou Pippa?

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By counsell | Views [402]

Today's introduction to Nepal was much nicer and a hell of a lot less scary than last night. I woke early due to jet lag and uncertainty of when Pippa would be picking me up. It was freezing cold, but my light had stopped flashing. I soon found out that ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Gallery: Nepal 2

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 | By suse | Photo Gallery

First message

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By donny77 | Views [525] | 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 >

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Sanothimi

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By rustyballs | Views [485]

I will have to update this but the power is about to cut. just wnated to let yall know i put labels on the pictures on flickr and hopefully i can write about my life here soon. peace and love

Tags: Adventures

Far from Om

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By andrewalex | Views [1465] | Comments [2]

So we have busted out of the ashram, and er...well India too, but that is for a later blog.   Before travelling to Rishikesh, we spent about 24 hours in Delhi.   We had to pick up our tickets for travelling to Kathmandu in person at ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: Nepal

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 | By suse | Photo Gallery

Squat Toilet by Candlelight

Sat, 9 Feb 2008 | By rustyballs | Views [1151] | Comments [3]

I have to apologize to anyone who was hoping for a daily journal. Life here has been way too much fun to spend the time it takes to adequately summarize what I have been doing. The last two weeks I have been living on the edge of Kathmandu proper in ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Arrival in Nepal

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By josdent | Views [1447] | Comments [3]

The flight from Singapore to Kathmandu was pretty uneventful for the most part. I was given a sheaf of forms to fill in which kept me quiet for a while anyway. They actually make the immigration process sound rather scary. The back of the Arrival Card ... Read more >

Tags: airports

Happiness

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By rustyballs | Views [677] | 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

Gallery: Nepal and such

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By rustyballs | Photo Gallery

Toilets

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 | By cookie | Views [501] | Comments [3]

Through my travels I have seen many toilets and I would like to note some of my thoughts. These are my observations... The world is made up of many people, many adventures and many Toilets: They come in many different forms... Natural (in the forest, ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Arrival

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 | By rustyballs | Views [706] | Comments [10]

WHOA. Let me start at the beginning Wednesday night I flew to London and spent about an hour at Heathrow. The flight was pleasant; there were alot of empty seats and I got a whole row to stretch out on. Also I enjoyed a couple Heinikens courtesy of ... Read more >

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more trekking

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By cookie | Views [414] | Comments [2]

okay I'll try to write but it may fail before I finish! Ummm okay so we got down Poon HIll and then had to head off again. Soon after we began we encountered the snow...this time it was everywhere....it was like a winter wonderland. I enjoyed the crunch ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

trekking

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By cookie | Views [528] | Comments [1]

So we just finished our 5 day trek in the Himalayas. We got back and I had a beautiful woman, now feeling like a woman again, instead of a stinky bushman. So basically it was an awesome adventure...straining on the body but feel like I've shed some of ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

TEAR

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By cookie | Views [541] | Comments [2]

So we're about to head off on our trekking experience for 5 days which will be great fun but we're so unfit that I'm sure it'll be a challenge! I've heaps of stories but feel like sharing one in particular with you at the moment. We were in Nepalgunj ... Read more >

Tags: People