Dexta

power is about to cut so this is all for now more soon......................... read more

i am going to make this the shortest blog yet as i have been extremely relaxed to say the least recently with concern to blogging and would rather do short ones than not at all. after a week in Kathmandu the hotel owner told me that there were 3 ozzie girls doing a package trip that included rafting, safari and a short trek into the Himalayas, which happened to be the exact part of my trek that i missed due to going to Kapils village for the festival. by this point we had become friends and he gave me an amazing offer that was just enough to cover his costs, as he was already making money from the girls and pretty soon we were on our way. we caught the bus to the depature point for ... read more

we set off for the village of Yak Kharka situated an hour or so past the village that people used to stop in, but that had suffered servere landslides and according to kapil was still not safe. we stopped in upper Manang and i bought a very ornate Gourkha knife with a hand made sheaf that was apparently from Tibet. it seemed everything was from Tibet according to the stool owners, they were obviously aware that this was somewhat of a novelty for the average tourist, as was yak bone jewelery, that was infact a cheap synthetic resin mix made in moulds that were being passed of as hand carved. some pieces were still very nice tho and a lot cheaper than the same thing in kathmandu. the closer we got to Yak Kharka the more ... read more

i apologise for my lack of recent blogging but with power cuts being a regular occurance and also spending too much time on skype, email and facebook, my blog has been neglected. this will cover my 2-3 weeks in India and i will try to also do my Himalayan blog as soon as poss. Chapter 2 :) i boarded the plane in Bangkok with no guide book and not having even ever read a thing about Calcutta, but fate sat me next to a couple from Oz who had done their research and when the plane landed the 3 of us plus another girl from Wales we met at baggage were outside getting into some banged out old yellow taxi that must have been built in the 70's. (this is how every taxi in Calcutta is). ... read more

Ok i'm gonna make this blog short as there hasnt really been much goin on in all honesty. Mui Ne is a one road town that hugs a never ending strip of beach, an average one at that, with a sea full of jellyfish. i spent my first day takin it really easy at my hotel on the beach, met up with an English guy and girl that i spent a bit of time with, mainly Gav the guy. he had spent the last 3 months in the Shaolin Academy which was interestin to hear about. we spent the first night at a bar/club and had a few drinks where i reaffirmed the fact that beer gives me a killer headache the next day. the next day was spent pretty much the same chillin, readin, talkin, ... read more