Down in the hollow

Yikes, 6 weeks camping

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November 8th 2005
Help, I must be mad having signed up for 6 weeks of camping, but I guess I had to start the trip and bit the bullett. Having said my good byes to the Intrepid boys at 7.00am I headed over to the smart hotel where Kim, my tour leader, had parked the 12 ton beast that was to be our home. Initially there were meant to be 17 of us on the tour but one person never left the UK so we ended up at 16 and ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more