So after a few days in Kathmandu recovering from our Everest Base Camp (EBC) hike we left Kathmandu and headed across to central/western Nepal. We started our journey on a tourist bus to cover the 136 kms, which took us 7 hours (and cost us 1,300 Nepalese Rupees each (NZD17.30)) – the roads met our …
Visiting the hill town of Bandipur and Pokhara (Part 1 of 2) Read More »
Big news is that we made it to Everest Base Camp – we hiked 141 kms and up to an altitude of 5,364 metres (or 17,598 feet)!!! (We are aware of the number of photos in this blog update, but is was so stunning) Well what a rollercoaster ride of a journey it’s been since …
The day we posted the last blog, we found out the deposed King of Nepal was visiting Bhaktapur for the first time (Nepal became a Republic in 2008 after 200 years of monarchy). Of course that meant we had to forgo packing our bag, and instead head to Durbar Square, Bhaktapur one last time. What …
The ‘Last King of Nepal’, Nagarkot and exploring more of Kathmandu Read More »
After a short 2.5 hour flight from Mumbai, India we arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal – it was so fantastic to see see the snow capped Himalayas as we flew in. We started our time in Kathmandu by spending a couple of day orientating ourselves and exploring the city and observing the Nepalese way of life …
Experiencing Nepalese life in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur Read More »
Well this blog update details of our final two locations visited in India, one in Northern india and one in Southern India.. In Udaipur (Northern India), we spent our time visiting Lake Pinichola, and the old city. The city is located on the banks of Lake Pichola, which is the city’s own artificial lake. This …
Leaving Northern India (Udaipur) and a ‘taste of’ Southern India (Goa) Read More »
This is the supplementary blog about travelling in Northern India only – and sorry for some of the photos. The following are our personal view of our time in Northern India, during the 8 weeks that we spent there. Please note, unlike other visitors we stayed in locations longer than some other travellers who may …
So our journey through Rajistan has come to an end (well we are now staying in Udaipur for a few days), with us visiting Jodhpur, Pushkar, Ranakpur and Kumbhalgarh in the past 10 days. Our stop at Jodhpur was partly interrupted with Alan coming down with a 48 hour bug – so we have saved some money on …
All the Purs – Jodhpur, Ranakpur, Pushkar (still has ‘Pu … r’ in it) and Udaipur Read More »
We left Jaipur, but on the way we called in again to Neemrana Fort to finish off our visit, and to climb the 368 steps to reach The Darshan Shrine. Afterwards our journey into Rajasthan State continues staying at Bikaner and Jaisalmer which are in the Thar Dessert – although due to monsoon there was lots …
The Rats of Bikaner, Jaisalmer and the Thar Desert Read More »
So we have now spent more than 4 weeks in India and we left Rishishek on train #22458 from Hariwar, which was a modern and clean train – with breakfast provided!!! The 3.5 hour journey (covering 230 kms) took us to 2.5 hours where we met our driver DK, who would stay with us for …
The Taj Mahal and the ‘pink city’ of Jaipur (well some parts are pink’ish) Read More »
The past week has seen us visit two towns/areas; Dharamsala and Richishek. The first stop (Dharamsala) took us back to an altitude of 1,800 meters into the foothills of the Himalayas, which we reached following a 5 hour taxi ride covering 235 km. The hotel base for us had outstanding views (although as almost everywhere …
The wise man of Dharamsala and ‘Transcendental Meditation’ in Rishishek Read More »