Blogs from Manang, Nepal, Asia

Hi everyone, We are delighted to let you know that Donald and I got engaged 2 days ago !!!!......here's the details ........ We hired a guide took a 4 day detour off the main Annapurna circuit into the restricted Nar Phu valley in order to visit the high desert like plateaus and traditional tibetan villages. Night 2 was spent at 4100m in a small village where we were the only visitors. I had a bit of a sleepless night with altitude sickness symptoms ( feels like a real bad hangover) and endured the all night thunder storm. We awoke next morning to find 4 inches of snow had fallen resulting in clear blue skies and brilliant sunshine with amazing views of surrounding mountains. D suggested we go for a wander to the top of the village ... read more

The last time i sat down to write about our travels, we were sat sizzling in the approaching monsoon heat of Southern India. It is fair to say we have been through the whole range of weathers and emotions in the weeks since I last wrote. From Kerala, we took an overnight train to the state of Karnataka where we were due to arrive at our stop at 3.08am. Knowing the poor reliability of Indian trains, I had visions of Alex waking us up at 2.50am (She always has to be early for everything!) and then the train being delayed for 6 hours and us having been sat up all night waiting for our station. As it turned out, it was on time and we jumped off into the pitch darkness into a very un-Indian scene ... read more

Ahojte, .....tak po studenej noci (ako inac, ked v Nepale kurenie nepoznaju pokracujeme 18.11. do Manangu hlavneho to mesta celeho regionu. Stupame do sedla (3640 m.n.m.) a asi po hodinke mame vyhlad do celej doliny kde lezi dedinka Humde. Na policajnej stanici kde sa registrujeme zistujeme ze dnes preslo okolo 29 turistov....moc sa nezdrziavame a pokracujeme dalej ...."az na vrcholky hor". Na obed sa zastavujeme a ako obvykle varime si na plynovom varici nudlove polievky.....poobede cestou pozorujeme bielozlte orly ako nam plachtia nad hlavami a snazima sa ich vyfotit, cestou este stretavame dvojicu cechov ktori sli z Prahy do Nepalu 3 mesiace autobusom cez Pakistan a Afganistan....no co asi maju hodne, hodne casu a nikam sa neponahlaju.... okolo piatej sme v Manangu v hoteli Gangapurna view.... Vecer zistujeme ze tu maju kino tak nevahame a za ... read more

Hiking was fun for a day and a half, climbing in the wet heat by the river and waterfalls. Then I met my two companions for the most of the rest of the trek - Tim from Melbourne and Jules from Oxford. Jules had left the British Army as a Captain 6 months ago and Tim was traveling after quitting his job. As soon as we met we continued together, Tim is a very good cards player who taught me some variants on 500. We heading up into Manang which was very Tibetan and nice and found some great places to stay while talking lots on the trek.... read more