Nepal

Nepal is beautiful with the Himalayas stretching across the northern part of the country. Kathmandu is a big city and most of it is just like any other city, not very interesting, there are a few places which you should visit though including Paton, Thamel, Basantapur, Durbar Square / old royal palace and the ancient […]

Days 183 to 188 – 6th / 11th October – Kathmandu

Over the past week I’ve been in Kathmandu chilling out, repairing the bike and waiting for an important letter to arrive from England. Oli left after two days to fly back to England for work, he stored his bike for 3 or 4 months and we said goodbye for now. Oli and I travelled together […]

6 months away…

I’ve been in Kathmandu over the last few days, the city isn’t great, full of tourists, in fact it’s the most touristy place since Istanbul. There doesn’t seem to be much to see here, I imagine it’s just the start and end of everyone’s trekking holiday? On arriving here I pulled over in the main […]

Day 178 – 1st October 2014 Varanasi

Up at 4.45am to go on a boat trip along the Ganges as the sun rises. Although I was tired it was well worth getting up early to see the dawn activities as Varanasi wakes up. A lazy day back at the hostel sorting IT.