'They say in heaven love comes first/Ooh heaven is a place on earth' Belinda Carlisle Coming to Nepal had never been a definite part of our trip, Foreign Office warnings, jealous STA Travel staff and of course our ever dictating budget all at some point played a part in our uncertainty of visiting this country. Once our flight from Bangkok was booked however there was no turning back, the next decision we faced was which of the highest points of the earth we wanted to scale. Everest Base Camp seemed the obvious option but with warnings against embarking on this trail unguided and the guides charging much more than we could afford we turned to the dark horse of the Himalayas, the Annapurna Range. The Annapurna Range is a series of peaks in the Himalayas, a
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