Blogs from Nepal, Asia - page 387

EVEREST..... WOW Because it was there, was the famous speech made by Sir Edmund Hillary when asked why he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest.... our reponse if someone would have asked why we climbed to base camp would have been...because we told people we were going to....that was the only motivation keeping our group going up. The experience started with a short 28 minute flight between two sets of mountain ranges and the plane being a little 16 seater with terrible turbulance and the runway of the airport at about a 30 degree angle and roughly 50 meters long, Scary to say the least. We got off the plane and started our first day a nice relaxing 3 hours walk to where we stayed the first night. This seemed like a piece of cake, ... read more

Here is the 2nd installment from our travels home to Australia in March/April......enjoy! Thursday 22nd March - To Pokhara There were no buses leaving the India/Nepal border for a few hours so we hired a taxi for 1800 Nepalese Rupees ($38 AU) to take us to Pokhara. This was an interesting drive to say the least. Respective parents should skip to the next paragraph! It was a butt clenching 5hr drive, twisting and turning through the narrow roads of Nepal as we dodged children, trucks and animals. When it got dark we didn’t think the headlights worked because the driver sure as hell didn’t want to use them. Eventually he did turn them on (when it was almost pitch black)and we did arrive safely in Pokhara. We checked into Hotel Fewa and after some negotiation ... read more

Nepal (que es diferente a Nopal) es la tierra de los Himalayas, 8 de los 14 picos mas altos del mundo se encuentran en este mágico país. La capital es Kathmandu y es la ciudad ideal para planear un trekking a las montañas y también para relajarse un poquito ya tiene mucho que ofrecer. Llegue a Kathmandu con mi buen amigo Pablo Hdz O'Hagan, quien heroicamente viajo desde México para hacer esta excursion en Nepal y pasear unos días en India también. Vientos Pablo! EL RETO CALLEJERO Si les pregunto 5 capitales del mundo se las saben? Caminando por la calle un joven se nos acerco a vendernos hashis, al decirle que no, no se dio por vencido y nos puso una prueba, nos reto a preguntarle 5 capitales de cualquier pais del mundo, las cuales, ... read more

5:50 pm 3-18-07 from Parasi in Nawalparasi Province, Nepal: Yeah! Finally made it to our final destination yesterday about 4:00 pm. Rode the public transportation for 7-1/2 hours because the land rover was still not working, the mechanic could not find the part. What a story that will be to tell everyone, unfortunately, not now, the electricity goes off in 10 minutes at 6:00 pm. We made it into town today from the Filters for Families headquarters on the outskirts (about 1 km out). Went with Linda to a village about 45 minutes away by minivan ride for a village information session for the water filters. I wish I could upload photos, but just getting logged into the system took 20 minutes, so maybe when we get back to Kathmandu on Thursday. Right now I am ... read more

16 och 17 Mars: 6.30 pa morgonen korde taxin ut oss till flygplatsen varifran var "Mountain Flight" over Himalayas bergskedja avgick. Efter lite forseningar pa grund av vadret kom vi antligen ivag. Alla passagerare fick varsin fonsterplats i det lilla propellerplanet som endast rymde 20 platser. Forst fick vanstra sidan av planet avnjuta den maktiga utsikten varefter planet vande och hogra sidan fick chansen. Vi fick ocksa chansen att ga fram (dubbelvikta i det lilla planet... Johan blev fotad av turisterna) till kockpit for en forstaparkettvisning av bergen. Sofie hade turen att fa ga fram just da planet vande och flog rakt emot Mount Everest (8850m). Nar vi kom tillbaka till Kathmandu Guest House blev vi forflyttade till ett annat hotell pa grund av overbokning. Det gjorde ingenting eftersom vi fick ett betydligt finare och dyrare ... read more