Buzzing.Ancient.Hidden After all the things people had told us about Kathmandu we were preparing ourselves for a mini India experience. We were quite surprised by what we were greeted with when we got to Thamel- central Kathmandu. There is a maze of streets lined with tourist shops selling clothing, tea and general nik […]
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Exhilarating.Sobering.Wild From mountains to savannahs the journey from Pokhara really demonstrated Nepal’s embarrassment of riches with regards to geography. Located in the Terai region, Chitwan National park consists of dense sub tropical forests and open plains of grassland criss crossed by rivers which act as a focal point for its diverse range of
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Punishing.Rewarding.Breathtaking Before heading to Nepal I had done little reading up on the country but knew that the major attraction for most people is unsurprisingly the trekking opportunities in the Himalayas. Minus for me the distant memory of the Duke of Edinburgh and the occasional walk around the Wrekin we are both trekking
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Comforting.Fun.Beautiful We spent four days in amazing Pokhara before the trek and we both instantly loved it more than anywhere else we had travelled to in the last three weeks. There are still green lakes surrounded by rolling hills of green trees with the backdrop of the Annapurna range of snow peaked mountains.
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Beautiful.Peaceful.Floral. On our overnight train from Varanasi to Gorakphur we shared our bunker with a German brother and sister (Felix and Elena) the four of us seem to get on great and we stuck together on the journey from India to Nepal. After leaving the train station at Gorakphur we got a very
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