Its all nearly over now! Will be home in a week :s Had good fun in Pokhara for the last few days, chilled out, walked up to the world peace pagoda and went paragliding which was awesome, think i'll be taking lessons when I get home! Off to a trance party in the hills tonight and then heading down to Kathmandu, I'm being guided on a 2 day big wall climb which should kick ass, I get back from there with 3hrs to spare before my flight home. Then its 4hrs sleep and up for work haha! See ya all shortly [View Full Entry]

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Back down in Pokhara from the Safari now. Was brilliant, saw loads of cool animals etc and it was good n hot :) Going to spend a few lazy days before the return to Kathmndu now, probably do some paragliding and sit about next to the lake. See you all in a few days! [View Full Entry]

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I'm down in Pokhara now, finished the circuit, had a brilliant time. Got round it a little fast as a roads been built along some of the last section so caught a jeep along that bit. Tomorrow I'm white water rafting down to a nature reserve with a few guys I met to check out the elephants, tigers, rhinos etc. After that I'll be back up to Pokhara to chill out for a week before I come home. Hopefully going to do a fair bit of para-gliding depending on the weather, and might do a longer (3-4 day) rafting trip if [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, I'm good, in Manang, will be going over the thorong la in 2 days. Having a blast, internet is stupidly expensive though so can't write more. Will be in touch when I get to Pokhara in 9 days or so. :D :D [View Full Entry]

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I arrived into Kathmandu at 11:45 local time, and spent the next hour waiting for my bag to appear out of the depths of the hold. Eventually I was reunited with it and I started out of the airport. I was immediately cornered by a guide named Ram who helped me get set up quickly. For R1200 (about UK10) he got me a taxi for the 5 miles to Thamel district, and a room for the night. I've got a proper bed, private toilet, hot shower and a view from my private balcony looking out over the mountain beyond. Stunning. I [View Full Entry]

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Well, flight number one is over, I'm in Doha airport, which is basically an empty white box with lots of food places I can't use as I have no local currency! (Save the change I got from 5USD I spent in the duty free) Having fun though and met a few randoms - a guy from Manchester who was at BOOM fest last year, a funny french girl, and a californian who will be on my flight to Kathmandu :) Waiting around like this is always strange. I've been heading back into the duty free in stages, grabbing cans of pepsi [View Full Entry]

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I woke early in the morning. The heating in the Youth Hostel, following the 2 freezing tent-bound nights previous, had made for a clammy sleep. I moved quietly, trying not to disturb John in the bunk opposite. He awoke as I was finishing my packing and we went down together to get breakfast. Often I find the food at Youth Hostels to be fairly unappetising, but once again the Keswick cooked breakfast impressed. As started on my second plate of fried bread, egg and beans I glanced out of the window at the grey drizzle outside, eternally grateful I was not [View Full Entry]

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Regrets. Sometimes the only way is to soldier on through. It’s a cold, damp, dark morning and about now is when the first bout of regret always hits. 24 hours and I'll be on my way, cramped into a brightly lit train speeding up the northern mainline. For now though I’m sat comfortable and warm; protected from the harsh outdoors by the double-glazed trappings of an easy life. Until yesterday it was all excitement, to be back in the mountains, to explore new ground, to work towards a goal for no other reason than to see if I’m capable. One of [View Full Entry]

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This morning I woke up to the sound of my phone alarm. Usually when this happens in a tent I'm straight up, what with hard floors and shiver-inducing temperatures not being the best pre-requisites to a good lie in. Not so today. The combination of a new tent, down sleeping bag and fancy self-inflating mattress (back when ah were a laddie, we didn't get any o that fancy crap!) has created the perfect early morning relaxation environment. Only time will tell if its a good thing, or if it will just turn me fat and lazy. As a sign of things [View Full Entry]

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