Blogs from Uleri, Nepal, Asia

Sunday 5th October - Nayapul (1070m) to Ulleri (1930m) - Height gain 860m - 7 hours We were up early today to meet up with Dende, Mia's porter, and our jeep driver to head off for the 90 minute scenic trip to Nayapul - the beginning of our trek. As we left Pokhara it was quite cloudy with no views, however, within about 15 minutes the skies cleared and the fabulous Annapurnas were ours to enjoy once again! The journey to Nayapul is gorgeous but quite scary. As we began to climb in altitude the winding, bumpy roads through local villages had steep drop offs into the valleys way below. Pretty, but what my nightmares are made of (I seriously have nightmares of being in cars that go over the edge of roads like these...) At ... read more

My beautiful fiancee has finally arrived! To celebrate I had a hair cut and shave which was an interesting experience, it included a face massage and honking my nose. Also, the communal sponge to wipe my face smelt a bit odd! We began our trek to Ulleri and were followed by manky mountain dogs along the way. This first day was particularly hard as the ascent was pretty steep. We found a tea house to stay the night in and enjoyed pooing into a pit. We entertained ourselves by watching the farmers outside our window go about their daily routines. We coined this show "Farmville". The next day we trekked to Ghorepani which was freezing cold! About -15deg at night. As we arrived early we walked up to the Poon Hill view point. We saw glimpses ... read more