nice beard Hi Ash & Ade,
Just a quick note to say it looks like you're still having a great time
& I love Ade's Robinson Crusoe look!
Keep the travel blogs coming
El
Cardinal Sin! Hi guys! Just stumbled across your write-up. Calling a Welshman English is usually a cardinal sin, but we were all under a lot of leech-and-rain-induced stress so in this instance I'll let it pass! :)
Tyson was an excellent guide. If anyone's looking for a guide for some independent trekking in Nepal I'll gladly forward contact details.
Keep up the good blogging!
Ian.
Hey, great photo's looks amazing, you must be havin a ball. Never thaught you'd be treking across Asia, you moaned so much about trekking across campus!!!!!!!!!!
RE: About the cow splatterings... As u r probably aware, the cow is sacred to Hindus. So any thing to do with a cow is, notionally,... useful. The dung was found to be useful (i) when fresh (and applied to the required surfaces), in warding off insects (especially flies and mosquitoes) and (ii) when dried, as a substitute to lumber/ fuel in creating a fire for the household cooking and certain Hindu religious ceremonies (mostly ceremonies known as "homams", pronounced ho-mums).
After scientists got into the act, they've decided that the dung is actually very effective in keeping the creepy crawlies out. Here's a time tested home remedy u guys might wanna try some time...
What A Trip Just a note to say hello and thanks for all of the great insight regarding your trip. As someone noted in another comment, I'M JEALOUS -
though I don't know if I could be as adventurous as the two of you are. Keep the info coming and have a safe trip ( is that possible?).
Mark - Rochester Hills, Michigan
He ya Hi guys, Just wanted to say a quick hello, glad to hear your having a ball, poker nights are not the same without ade's burps and getting pissed too early! Keep up the writing
Hey yu guys!! Still no post card! only messing! Any idea when you'll be in Thailand? I've booked me flights- Heading the other way though, going to Austrailia for a couple of weeks, then New Zealand for the best part of a year (If i Last!!) then onto Singapore and Thailand for a few weeks on the way home. Can't wait, but i guess i'll have to, not going untill September! Chaoi now Buddies (not Buddas!
Duly Impressed! Hi guys!
I see you've not posted a trekking entry yet, so I'm putting my comment against this one instead!
It was really good meeting you on the road to Landruk last week. I hope you got to Base Camp and back okay, and that the weather and leech conditions weren't too problematic. I was lucky with the rain on the Gandruk/Gorepani loop, but didn't get any views comparable to those we got from Landruk.
I've been having a read of your posts, and must say I'm pretty impressed with how many different destinations and activities you've managed to squeeze into your trip. It makes me feel as if I've been very lazy, with the many fewer things I've been getting up to!
Enjoy the rest of your trip, and good luck with the 'new life', whichever happy city it happens in!
cow dung in buckets hi ash and ade ,
this is somnath - a travel crazy Indian guy . doing a god job with your blog. what you saw - the woman carrying buckets of cow dung and sticking them up her wall - well that is bio fuel . The cow dung is made into cakes and pasted on walls to be dried under the sun (to remove the moisture content) and use it as cooking fuel.
Enjoy'n yerself i see! Well aren't you just havin a ball of a time! But sure that's what tis all about! Lovin the photos by the way. You do realise that this blog doesn't count has a postcard, i want boobies from india on my doorstep before you get back!! When is that anyway?
Keep it real (really easy!).
Chat soon,
Conor.
reading your adventure from the start, i've just realized i could place a comment! Wonderful stories with plenty of funny anecdotes and pictures (the "cow from hell" one was pretty funny!)! keep it on, i can't wait for the next report!! ;)
domino's hello lovely- looks like your still having a blast despite the fear of leprosy and litter. those dogs that yousaw are all over thai beaches too and are real nasty if you go anywhere near them but it was quite funny to see the moo cows lapping up a bit of sun. we've just been brushing up on hinduism in bali and man we saw the most beautiful old tempes here that are also indianna jones style too with cascading waterfalls that you are allowed to climb- i will put some photos up soon- ill be going home in a month- the compuers here would drive me insane! we have come back from the gillie islands in lombok whichif you are going to indonesia you must stop at- the only transportation being horse and cart and the island culture is so friendly- maybe because they have the best mushrooms in indonesia so they are always giggling! i do love the hindu temples though-all open plan- the only diference in bali is that they do not put statues of the trinity inside the temples as they dont like that but do have the evil spirits outside to sacre us all away! went to a monkey santuary in UBUD, Bali yesterday which was cool despite bad reports- evil spirit statues everywhere covered in the pesky fiends- a monkey stole my fruit salad for brekkie this morning but i wasnt going to fight him for it! i really love going on those sunrise tours- the pictures that you have are surely amazing. anyhoo when are you of to thailand? i want to give you all my knowledge before you depart! love andie
Wigan The BLOGS are very interesting and remind me of my travels a few years ago. We had a great time in NZ, now a married man. A bit depressing being back.
On the football front, opinion is that Wigan will be going down. West Ham are now in form and will surely over take Wigan soon.
Take Car
Crikey! Dear Ash Cake
Wow what a fabbo time you seem to be having. It's great getting your blog. Cake I think you suit the beard. India looks ace - much more civilized than smelly old UK.
Love Bakes xxxx
Elliot
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nice beard
Hi Ash & Ade, Just a quick note to say it looks like you're still having a great time & I love Ade's Robinson Crusoe look! Keep the travel blogs coming El