Himalayas, Nepal Travel Blogs

The Annapurna Circuit
Sep 29, 2007 (39 photos)

Well, I arrived at my last "new" country to go to. After this its only countries I've been to before while on my three week detoured trip back home. While flying into Kathmandu in the distance above the clouds you could see Mt. Everest. The world's ...

the times of your life
Oct 31, 2006 (9 photos)

... it's how you feel for a moment in your life. and if you find that moment; it will last forever." walking through the himalayas for days, talking about love, life, drama, family, the future, the past.. makes you wish you could walk on forever. whenever ...

Trekking to Everest Base camp
Apr 30, 2007 (10 photos)

Hello All , Yes it is me back in the land of the living, after spending 14 days trekking 120 kms into the Himalayas to see Mt Everest in all its glory as well as visit Everest Base Camp. Sasha has compelled me to give a lengthy account of my travels ...

Base Camp Mt Everest
Oct 19, 2007 (11 photos)

... ; It took us about 6 hours to reach the shabby town if you can call it that.  Remember as you get higher into the Himalayas the fewer places there are to stay and the dirtier things get.  Not to mention the inflation in prices.  A roll of ...

Continuing the hike, wearing down
Oct 18, 2007 (5 photos)

... of snow.  We woke up the next morning to find the landscape covered with snow, we hiked for hours through the Himalayas into the glacier region.  We were now above the tree level.  The views were impeccable, absolutely amazing.  What ...

Mount Everest
Oct 15, 2007 (5 photos)

Back to our hike...  We left Namche on Day two  to hike to Khumjung (3,780m).  It was supposed to be our day of rest to acclimatize.  We decided to hike three hours instead.  We both felt great and to be honest, there is ...

Tale of a monkey-bitten trekker and MP3 porter
Jan 16, 2006 (1 photos)

It was cloudy this morning which made me quite grateful that I'd climbed Poon Hill the morning before. We left at just after , headed for Tadopani. The first part of the trek was uphill about 500 meters. It was grueling but I did it in about an hour. ...

Villages in the Himalayas
Jan 11, 2006

Day 5. another early morning trek, probably the hardest part of the journey, we trekked up 6 hours to cover 8 kms to Dingboche (4410m). The trail was extremely steep, it was cold and dusty. The mountains looked so close, and the snow capped mountains ...

Have you seen any Maoists lurking around?
Jan 15, 2006 (4 photos)

... of the small shops. There's a small Buddhist stupa and a Hindu temple in the village - equal worship opportunities in the Himalayas - NICE!! After a small lunch of a cheese & tomato sandwich, I finished reading my book, "Fall on your Knees" that I'd ...

To Ghorepani I go go go
Jan 14, 2006 (3 photos)

Woke up at about 6:30 and looked outside to see if it was cloudy and it was. :( But later at about 7:15 some mountain peaks became visible and were nicely illiminated by the rising sun so I took my tripod up to the rooftop viewpoint tower and shot some ...

Climb every mountain
Jan 13, 2006 (2 photos)

Dipak and I started off my car at 7 AM and arrived at our trek starting point - Naya Pul 950 meters - at about 8. The day was lovely weatherwise throughout the morning, sunny, but in the afternoon, the clouds obscured the mountains and got chilly. We ...

A day of rest in Ghandruk
Jan 19, 2006 (2 photos)

Woke up for sunrise and was utterly blessed with clear skies. Took plenty of shots and then just relaxed the early morning away reading. Dipak and I took another village walk around 11. This time we explored the older part of Ghandruk where some of the ...

I spy with my little eye monkeys in the trees
Jan 17, 2006 (4 photos)

Awoke at about 6:30 and slowly prised myself from the toasty comfort of my two thick blankets and greeted the day in good spirits. My stomach had felt fine the day before and continued to. I took a few pictures of the mountains this morning, but I don't ...