Hello !!!! Nous revoilà sur les ondes après un mois d absence.... et oui on ne peut pas dire que le Nepal et l'Inde soit les champions de la bande passante suffisamment grande.... et donc impossibilité de charger des photos. Mais miracle, oh Miracle, nous venons d en trouver un a Manali assez rapide.... Pour ceux qui pensaient que nous avions DIS - PA - RUUUE, et bien rassurez nous sommes toujours là ( quoi que ca a failli mal faire en Inde, mais nous vous raconterons cela plus tard). Donc commençons par le Nepal, aventures qui se sont déroulées il [View Full Entry]

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I woke up with a headache and felt a bit nauseous so I decided to take Diamax 125mcg. I told my guide about this and although he didn't seem too happy about it that was my decision. It was definitely the right thing to do because these are symtoms of AMS and I felt so much better having taken the medication. We made our way to Gorak Shep, which is the last village. This is 5,140m/16,863ft above sea level and the oxygen level is 52%. We arrived in good time, checked in to our guesthouse and had lunch. After that my [View Full Entry]

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Ive been robbed!!! Ok… well not literally maybe, but by walking through Kathmandu it certainly feels like you have been…… Everywhere you look you are surrounded by shops and bazaars selling absolutely everything you don’t want or need and yet the unbelievably cheap prices simply compel you to dive into your wallet time and time again …… you need to have the will power and thriftiness of my ex wife ( I was going to say, stinginess, but she probably reads these blogs and that will only get me a slap!!!) to get through this place unscathed, mind you, that [View Full Entry]

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Two months of hard work but back to bizznizz Thirteen hours can last forever. Especially when waiting for a next plane at flashy Bangkok airport. Kicking off our shoes to stretch our legs on three chairs, listening to dodgy music, freezing under the air con and practicing patience does not prevent us from being utterly bored. Then again, the airport is high class, modern and full of expensive duty free shops, all selling the same. We decide to pay 8 dollars for two coffees at six in the morning. A celebration because we made it through the night. The coffee tastes [View Full Entry]

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I woke up realising that there is nothing that I can do about the house. I couldn't contact anyone so there was no point worrying about it. Today was a rest day in Dingboche and that is exactly what I did. It was wonderful. I had my first hot shower in a week. I can't believe I was able to hold out that long but I did. I know it sounds disgusting but I did wash when there were adequate facilities - honest! Anyway, the weather was lovely. The sun was shinning and there was a clear blue sky. The shower [View Full Entry]

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Greetings once again from rural Nepal! I had a new partner in crime this week: Sonal, a doctor from Atlanta. We broke out our maps and attempted to hike various trails in our part of the Kathmandu Valley. There aren’t many roads…mostly a bunch of footpaths, so we made do with that. Sonal speaks one of the many languages from India, which is similar to Nepali, so she was able to ask for help when we were lost in random villages. Thank God for that, or I might still be wandering around looking for Bungamati! After finishing up our respective activities [View Full Entry]

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Driving the Elephant Royal Chitwan National Park in southern Nepal, is home to an impressive array of wildlife. Birds, deer and boar are joined by tigers, rhinos, bears and crocodiles and seeing it all from the comfort of an elephant is pretty exhilarating. My resort was quite simply the most amazingly comfortable and luxurious place in the World. In reality, it was probably just “very good”, but after several weeks of eating only Dhal Bhaat every day and a cold dribble of water for a shower, I was suitably impressed. With the promise of exciting jungle safaris and wild animals [View Full Entry]

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The night before, I was convinced that my trek would be over and that I would be returning to Lukla to get a plane back to Kathmandu because of how I was feeling. However, this morning, when my guide asked what I wanted to do, I said that I would like to try to continue. It's the determined bit in me, I think. I was feeling better than the previous 2 days but didn't know how far I would get. So, we had brekkie and set off for Tengboche, the next destination. As we left, I started getting pins and needles [View Full Entry]

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A lightweight with a heavyweight’s punch I've hired a guide/porter in Kathmandu, a guy named Bikram Lama. At 1m65 (5'4") and 54kg (120 pounds) he’s half my size. My back isn't in bad shape, but I can’t carry my full pack up and down the mountain without pain, so that's partly why I hire him. The pack volume is 70 litres and weighs about 12 or 15kg. He also carries his own small pack, while I carry a 25-litre one that in Bikram's eyes probably weighs about as much as a bag of air. Bikram is a really good guide and [View Full Entry]

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I didn't sleep well last night and I definitely had a cold. I couldn't face brekkie (which is very unusual for me) so my guide said that we could stop on route to our next destination, which we did. Today's trekking was no fun at all. I felt sick and had a headache. I really struggled with the trek which was mainly uphill on uneven surfaces winding and bending in different directions. I didn't take any notice of the scenery because I felt awful. My legs and buttocks were aching and I was trying to concentrae on not falling over. We [View Full Entry]

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