Hotel Kantipur Pokhara

... problem i fear the lessons will not go very far. <br><br>Visa update - After all that hassle i went through with my visa (opening the bank account depositing money etc) i found out i'd be unable to get a chinese visa in beijing because it would have taken too long and apparantly it was easy to do in xining which is our last stop before going to tibet. In the end it was really touch and go but sorted it out in xining the same day, without any questions asked. It's very ...

... relativement perdu, mais c'etait excellent.<br>Ouis suis rentre dans ma chambre dans l'espoir de voir la France jouer, mais la malheur plus de cable! Vert. Decide donc de retourner au busy bee voir le foot. En fait ils diffusaient Russie Slovenie. Le bar etait plein a craquer, contrairement a plus tot dans la journee. Me commande un rhum et coke. N'ai parle a personne, excepte un americain un peu trop serieux a mon gout qui revenait de ...

... proper acclimatization.<br><br><br>The group (minus Ben Glenn who is shooting the photo) at our starting point in the village of Bhulebhule. From left to right: Chris Cass, Ben Kunz, Lindsey Saunders, and Greg Chappell. <br><br><br>Crossing the first of many, many suspension bridges!<br>Besides a minor ...

Hi all!!<br><br>It has been a while since I updated my blog, but like I said it was due to a little trek I did in Nepal. In the end I spent 17 days on the Annapurna Circuit Trek including a trip to the Tilicho lake. I started my trek alone, which normally you should not do. Either hire a porter or guide or find someone before the trek (enough good advice for now!). The first hour I already met two Polish people, Basia and Marcin, with who I traveled for six ...

... up there after 2 sleepless nights at altitude and a wake-up call at 4am. We started out in the pitch darkness and followed all the little twinkling headlamps bobbing on the trail above us. As the sun came up the sky was a gorgeous illuminate lavender and although it was freezing cold even in all our layers, it was so exciting to finally be getting up there. Once we got over the pass, it felt like we were in the American West. Very dry ...

... was a good idea before embarking on, what could be, something of a stomach churning ride. At least one person in the group confessed to me after that first day certain fears initially that were soon blown away and replaced by exhilaration and joy at what we were doing.<br><br>I also had another confession from Gotaam (our raft guide) on the final day when he told me that he had deliberately hit the rock that caused me to be bounced out of the raft and into the ...

... br>This afternoon we have had a little pampering as it is so cheap. Danni had her eyebrows threaded and a back massage and Simon went for cut throat razor shave. So we are looking a little more human than before.<br><br>Off to Kathmandu tomorrow where our first tour comes to and end. Onwards and upwards to more great things in Bangkok.....<br><br>As always love and miss you all and wish you were here<br><br>The Gibbons x x x

Astam translates to sunset. Astam is small village with aboot 80 homes with the stunning view of the Himalayas literally at its doorstep. There are 3 major peaks that can been seen from Astam (when it's clear), all of them over 8000m high, one of them called Annapurna, the name of the eco-village.<br><br>Let's go back to how i got there....i was searching really hard in Pokhara to find a female guide for a 2 day trek. I wanted female, one ...

... into shrines, temples etc so I kept on walking. I thought if I kept following my nose it would lead me back to the lake and perhaps a boat crossing back to Lakeside and maybe find the falls another time. That's when I spotted the track up a hill and way up in the distance I could see a Stupa. I wondered if this was the same one you could see from Lakeside. I had nothing better to do and decided some exercise and practice going uphill would do me no harm so off I ...

... he's the liaision between the camp and the Nepal government) who happened to speak French although we chatted the whole evening in English until the lights went off at 10. <br>I turned on my head light, it was snowing hard outside. A weird kind of snow. It makes noise when it touches the ground or the tents. It's more like ice falling. Finding my tent on the glacier in the dark was not easy even with a head light. I was glad to be able to get in there without falling. I put ...