Yeti Lumbini

Hola! Holla Holla Holla Holla........my friend Greg always says that and it cracks me up. So we made it to Pokhara, it's quieter here and we can see the snow caps from the street. Okay so I think Rachel and I are gonna make trip shirts, we've made some really funny sayings, in our stress and sleep dep......like okay, you know how the spanish pronounce their j's as y's....well we have decided that we have become Yeti's, instead of Jedi's....hahahahah. And oh my, get ready......."Fellow Yeti, m...

DAY 5 Phortse Tenga (3680m) to Dole (4090m) We walked out of jail and went onwards and up, passing more yellow rhododendron forests and some mini waterfalls. Some of the path had been blasted out of the cliff face where it was to steep and steps had been made from large rocks, the steps were always uneven and different sizes. You could get your whole foot on some while just your toes of others. Today was a short day, we only walked for around three hours because we were quickly climbing high,...

Nepal is a beautiful country to escape from all that's wrong with the modern world. On our arrival in Kathmandu we were met by our guide, Bimal. You could not hope to meet a more wonderful, friendly person - let alone dream that they would show you round their fantastic country, but that was what he did for 3 weeks, with lots of smiles and laughter along the way. There were 16 in our group, led by Richard - a man who has been to Nepal many times before and who organises this trip each year. T...

Day 18: Hille (1500m) - Sudame (1340m) - Birethanti (1025m) - Nayapul - Pokhara (850m) Yay we've made it!! I've successfully completed my very first trek and Oliver's managed to put up with me the whole way!! Who would have thought eh? Hahaaaa Woke up at standard hour of 6.30 and made tracks. Skin incredibly itchy from pesky little bug bites. As mentioned previously we were fascinated by these tiny little bugs which would land on you and feast on your blood. We weren't entirely sure it was th...

i said in my annapurna entry that chronological writing would be boring, so i thought i could test that theory in this belated scribble concerning our trek up to gokyo ri. it's going to be written mainly for other potential trekkers who are interested in walking this route, but hopefully the rest of you will find it entertaining enough to read to the end... hmmm, i may even put an table of contents into it... fancy schmancy eh? table of contents (there you go...) 01. List of stops (inc. altit...