Kathmandu: “These eyes are considered very beautiful.”
Kathmandu. I have always wanted to come to Kathmandu, though I didn’t really know anything about it. The name alone convinced me it was somewhere I needed to see. What did this Cat Man look like?
Read MoreChitwan National Park: “If we see a tiger, we are quiet and meet him eye to eye.”
“If the rhino runs, we must run in a zig zag or climb a tree.”
We shuffled our feet nervously in the leaves on the jungle floor.
Read MoreTatopani to Beni to Baglung to Pokhara: “Happy Jerni to Pasanjar.”
On four wheels instead of two feet at last. Now I could relax. Yes, there I was relaxing. Enter disaster, stage right.
Read MoreSikha (1935m) to Tatopani (1200m) – Trek Day Four: “My name is Large Joyous Wisdom.”
Brushing your teeth with a quietly buzzing electric toothbrush while standing outside at a water tap with a view of Annapurna One, and being observed by several curious water buffalo in the field next door, is probably one of those moments where you feel like the luckiest person on earth.
Read MoreGhorepani (2870m) to Poon Hill (3210m) to Sikha (1935m) – Trek Day Three: “Are we nearly there yet?”
It is 4.30am. It is very, very dark. It is very, very, very cold. What in the hell am I doing climbing 340 metres of perilous rock stairs with only a headtorch for light?
Read MoreTikhedhunga (1540m) to Ghorepani (2870m) – Trek Day Two: “Golliwas in the mist”
I worry that I am slowing everyone down, and we’ll all get eaten by Nepali mountain forest wolves before we reach civilisation.
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