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Travel Blogs from Pokhara
'Quick guys, get a photo of me with the mountain'
Excitement was at an all time high on Friday morning as we realised we not only didn't have to go to school, we were going on a weekend excursion! Sarangkot is a hill that overlooks pokhara, and from the top, one has an uninterrupted view of the Himalayas and the Annapurna mountains, the closest of which are only 25 km away. From the bottom, Sarangkot doesn't look that big. When you start walking up it in the middle of the day carrying backpacks, ...
Nepal Trek - Day 3 Chyamche to Bagarchhap
... turned out to be a very wise course of action as we ascended into the cold. In the afternoon we crossed paths with a Nepalese woman carting around a massive basket of bananas suspended across her forehead just like the male porters. We stocked up on bananas as they would no longer be available as we climbed. Our guesthouse in Bagarchhap had a beautiful garden which contrasted magically against the mountains as the sun ...
End of Pokhara Days
... older relatives must put the tikkas on the younger and they should be worn all day to bring luck for the year. He put some special yellow flowers behind our ears and we ate a banana to complete the blessing (even though Ed loathes bananas!). For the rest of the day bits of bright red rice kept falling off our heads, and we felt a bit silly. I hope this doesn't detract from the amount of luck we get as we could really do with some luck right now!
Wednesday ...
No rest....
... the latest was a physio from iceland.. she was very nice... her friends brought us lots of goodies for the ICU.. suction catheters, laryngoscope, lots of dressings as we only have elastoplast and gauze! she also left 10 towels, as we have none for the patients.
i ventured to the public hospital yesterday... went to their icu.. out of 5 ventilators, they have only 2 working. they only have one functioning syringe driver.. the place is ...
Auf dem Dach der Welt und dem Dach vom Bus
... den Sonnenaufgang über dem Annapurna- und Daulaghirimassiv angeschaut haben. Saugeil, saukalt und sauviel andere Trekker.. :D Danach noch schlappe 7 Stunden bergab zum Startpunkt des Treks und das wars dann auch schon wieder.. Oder auch nicht! Ich hatte schon auf dem Weg die Idee den Busfahrer zu fragen, ob wir auf dem Dach mitfahren können und das haben wir dann auch gemacht :-) Die ersten Kilometer waren noch auf einer ...