Blogs from Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

26.10.-24.11. Ein ganzer Monat ist vergangen seit dem letzten Eintrag, es geht uns blendend und wir haben in dieser Zeit viel erlebt: Wir fahren mit dem Local Bus – diesmal wissentlich und freiwillig – nach Besisahar, dem Ausgangspunkt des Annapurna-Circuit-Trails (ACT). Wieder sind es so was-tu’-ich-bloss-mit-meinen-Beinen-Sitze, die nach ein paar Stunden unweigerlich zu Wadenkrämpfen und Rückenschmerzen führen, wieder sind die Strassenverhältnisse haarsträubend, wieder gibt es diverse unvorhergesehene Halte (einspuriger Verkehr wegen Erdrutschen, ein auf einer Brücke querstehend verkeilter Lastwagen, ein unzufriedener Verkehrspolizist – ein Nötli in die Hand hinter dem Rücken besänftigt ihn schliesslich), wieder benötigen wir deutlich länger als angegeben, diesmal sind es neun Stunden für die rund 120km. Der ACT ist ein Weitwanderweg, der wie es der Name verrät, in einem gross... read more

As always with me, the adventure started before the actual adventure even started; but we'll get to that shortly. Having spent a few days in Kathmandu, it was finally time for me to go and do some trekking. You kind-of have to in Nepal; going to Nepal and not trekking is like going to Egypt and not seeing the Pyramids Of Giza, going to Paris and not seeing the Eiffel Tower or going to India and not seeing the Taj Mahal. Much as I like trekking however, I wasn't about to put myself through going all the way to Everest Base Camp. I did however, want to catch a glimpse of the world's highest mountain. While on a bus in url=../../... read more

Finally made it to Everest base camp - been on my dream list for years. First I heard about this trek in 2001 from some people who had been there. At that time I had no real hiking experience, never really seen snow capped mountains and was not even aware there is something called altitude sickness. That is when I first thought how wonderful it would be to do the Everest Base Camp trek. Of course at that time it was a dream that I thought would never come true. And 15 years later, here we are ... To be more precise, we made it to Kala Patthar (5550m) the highest point from where you can see the base camp, Everest in its full glory and peaks with 360 deg view. A true Himalayan view. We ... read more

My flight is set to land at 9:15pm in Montreal. I've been flying since 7:35am Kathmandu time, so for like a whole 24 hours. Pat is probably already in London. Sunday, Day 9: We took a bus from Arugaut to Kathmandu. Sandy and Nir left without sying bye because Pat and I were paying the hotel charges. The Russians who were in Dobhan also walked out and we saw them a bit along them way. In Arugaut they rented a jeep and had no room for us so Pat and I took the next bus but I did not feel safe doing that because of the one that flipped over the cliff on our way here. That was before the earthquake so what would the roads be like after!? I made a bunch of phone calls ... read more