Nepal Day #11 & #12 – Nagarkot, Kathmandu & Home
November 18, 2018TW Share:The alarm went off well before 6 am. We got up. Opened the curtains. We were greeted with…. ….fuck all! Just fog, smog or mist – you can never tell. It was effectively a ‘white-out’. Yep, we had added another day, night, travel and hotel onto our trip, to see sweet FA. Himalaya’s my…
Nepal Day #10 – Kathmandu & Nagarkot
November 17, 2018TW Share:Well, this was a long but very good day. After breakfast, we were met by our guide for another tour of a different part of Kathmandu – Bhaktapur What a pleasure this was. His English was excellent & he was very interesting. We saw many temples and historic buildings. This area was famous for…
Nepal Day #9 – Himalayas & Pokhara
November 16, 2018TW Share:The morning view of the Himalayas was another blinder. Better than the 1st day I would say. This was the last part of our ‘Trek’ & was potentially even shorter than the already ‘joke’ short treks up to now. Needless to say, we had a late start to try & eek it all out…
Nepal Day #8 – Day 2 of the Trek – Australian Base Camp
November 15, 2018TW Share:We got our phone call at 6 am. It was cold but it was well worth it. The Himalayas. It was stunning. We stood there for ages & watched the sunrise. We could see Annapurna II & Fishtail (Machapuchare) The latter has never been climbed to its summit. We were told that lots attempted…
Nepal Day #7 – Day 1 of the Trek – Dhampus
November 14, 2018TW Share:Okay, so I have called this Day 1 of the trek but quite frankly that is a piss take. A lot of Nepal based holidays are Treks that can last from 1 to 3 weeks & that is all they do. We didn’t want this, we wanted to see a lot of Nepal but…