Destination: Nepal

Gallery: Swayambhunath Temple

Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Paradise Found

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1615] | 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

Gallery: Langtang

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Garden of Dreams

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Views [3445]

The Garden of Dreams is a walled-off garden in Tridevi Marg at the entrance to the Thamel area in Kathmandu. It costs 160NRs for foreigners to get in ($A3), but it is well worth it if you take a book or the newspaper and spend an afternoon relaxing. The ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: Garden of Dreams

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

What to do in Kathmandu

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1805] | 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

Gallery: More again of Nepal

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By tommygirl | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Patan (Lalitpur), Kathmandu Valley

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Durbar Square, Kathmandu

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Alive & Well...

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 | By eve | Views [929] | Comments [12]

I don’t have any good excuse for my failing to maintain regular blog updates!! I’ve just been busy & then lazy by the time I get home. Also, you know when you leave something so long that it turns into this big deal & a bit of a monkey on ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

Trekking Annapurna, Nepal

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By tommygirl | Views [1086] | Comments [1]

The Annapurna Circuit Trek We fitted everything we needed into one bag and headed off for the trek. It took a full day of travelling on the bus, 10hours, just to reach the starting point. Yes Tommy and I were late and missed the first bus which got ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Arriving in Kathmandu

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By tommygirl | Views [778] | Comments [1]

Our arrival in Kathmandu was as bigger culture shock as arriving on Ko Sarn Road in Bangkok at mid night. We were mobbed by about 60 taxi drivers even before the heat had hit us as we stepped out of the airport. We took shelter in an ATM booth with a ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Languishing at Lakeside

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1039]

The next days were spent slacking around Pokhara. Visited the Mountaineering Museum (very modern and worth the time), Green Pastures Leprosy Hospital (lots of great work being done in facilities that are nothing like Alice Springs Hospital) and untold ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

You know you've been in South Asia too long when...

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1205] | Comments [1]

1) You enter the toilet, there is an Asian and a Western toilet and you choose the Asian (squat) toilet. 2) You order chiya (Nepali tea) or chai (Indian tea) and want to add more sugar. 3) You know it is 11 Nepali Rupiah on the local bus from Lakeside ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

The Bat Cave

Tue, 5 Jun 2007 | By over-40 | Views [2760]

Tuesday we woke up to rain, rain, rain. Raj (our trusty AC guide) had booked us up for 9am to go to the Bat Cave and Mahendra Cave just north of Pokhara. The rain backed off at 10am and Raj turned up (we thought he had given up on the day like us). Being ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures