Hotel Blue Heaven Pokhara

... cette equipe de branquignols coaches par un bouffon.<br>Puis vais me changer et me rends a l'agence. Attends 10 mn et la une belle blonde arrive avec un vautour blanc sur la main, puis un mec avec un noir. En fait apres trois ans ils blanchissent... Les bestioles sont assez impressionnantes.<br>On monte dans deux taxis, moi avec un photographe anglais qui fait un reportage sur le parahawking, et qui va organiser des voyages ici pour ca en collaboration avec le club ...

... on ne sent plus rien. L'americain etait a cote de moi, et malgre sa soi-disante experience, il n'a cesse de valser dans tous les sens. Au bout de tros minutes il etait deja en dehors du raft, avec juste un pied accroche a l'interieur, et un gros rocher arrivant juste derriere sa tete, j'ai juste eu le temps de changer ma pagaie de main et de l'attraper par le bras pour le tirer sur moi, sinon je pense qu'il aurait percute le rocher. Il a pas arrete par la suite de me remercier ...

... and occasionally, Cass dozed off to sleep.<br><br>The morning came slowly, but eventually the time came when the medi-vac team announced the chopper was on its way. It was about 9am. Excited, we finished packing Cass' bags, got him dressed, and helped Cass up the hill to the helipad. <br><br ...

... all her travel tales. There was also a swiss girl and a polish mathematician, currently writing his research papers in the mountains, we sat sharing facts from around the world. For example the oldest forest from the ice age is in Poland and a Belgium guy found a dog tied to a tree and took it back to Belgium where it now does tricks &#8211; told you she was a crazy Belgium woman!<br><br>Day 9<br><br>8th November 2009<br><br>Chromrong (2170) to Suyar Bazar (1220m)<br><br ...

... for my new fandangle altitude, barometer, thermometer and compass watch&#8230;.Oh yes! Debs, our guide, the porter and taxi driver were getting 2 minutely updates; slightly irritatingly we travelled up from 820m to 1600m, only to head back down to 1050m for the start of our trek, it was a steady 950hPa, range of 26-20oc and we were heading in a NNE direction&#8230;..ok you get the picture!<br><br>Nice and steady first day warm up trek of 4 hours from Nayapul ...

... let us jump over board and float down the river with the raft. One of the guides was in the raft with us and the other was in the safety kayak ahead of us. We stopped off for a lunch break at a deserted beach, the guides were the chefs for the trip and they prepared some amazing food. <br> <br>After lunch the rapids became a bit more frequent and stronger and we were just getting the taste ...

... reached the pass!!!! It was such an amazing feeling to have finally made it but it was worth it as we were so proud of each other for not giving up. The views from the pass were breathtaking and we just chilled there for a while eating frozen twix's. We didn't want to leave but the strong winds were really picking up so we started the 4 hour 1600m descent. The snow on the way down was even worse as it had started to ice over so was so slippy. Em ...

<br><br><br>Afternoon all its 9:20pm here and we are currently in Pokhara in Nepal.<br><br>We cannot think where we got up to last time but we remember mentioning<br>about taxi fares. Well after we last wrote we headed to the little Taj<br>and went down to the ganges where we saw the sunset over the Taj Mahal.<br>A little disappointing as i expected it to glow pink but still it was a<br>sort of small gathering with people waiting for the sun to go down and<br>we got talking to a couple who ...

... It was snowing, it was cold, I was having a physically and emotionally a difficult day but I will never forget the beauty of that valley. <br>The lodge in Pheriche (called Himalayan Hotel) is stunning (14010 feet = 4270 meters). It is owned by a sherpa who has traveled extensively to the US and specifically to Colorado. I do feel like I am in Colorado. Everything is made out of wood and looks so neat. The place is decorated in a tasteful way, there are books in ...

... along with most of the others) we sat in the roof restaurant drinking beer with our new-found companions, three Swiss girls and a couple of Swedish girls, celebrating the fact that we had made it into Nepal.<br><br>It was an early start again the next morning and we jumped onto a bus to take us to Pokhara. This time it was a normal bus and not of the 'tourist' variety that had taken us through India. Inside it, the seats were mostly permanently fixed in the reclining position, making ...