5am and we are out and heading up to watch the sunrise at Sangrakot, which should give us a great view of the Annapurna range. Sadly not today, its misty, cloudy and not great visibility so we don’t even see the sun. We all just stand around freezing waiting patiently, to be honest its a … More Pokhara, from sunrise to hiking and boating
So its time to leave Tibet, we head to the airport to get our flight back to Kathmandu. It starts as always with delays, this time customs delay as this usually only opens at 10am, but today apparently the person we need is not in yet and so we don’t get through till 10.30am. Flight … More On the road to Pokhara
So, the only down side to the Tibet experience so far is the noise in the hotel. No idea what is going on here but it seems everyone is knocking and banging on doors all through the night and into the morning (I am told its the Chinese!). In some instances I was woken with … More Exploring Tibet
I think the one thing that strikes you about Lhasa (apart from its freezing!) is that its not what you expect at all when you envisage Tibet, it truly is a lovely and quite modern city. It has wide streets, looks really well maintained, there is a Chinese part and old Tibetan part which is … More Lhasa City Tour
So as is the norm we are up early for breakfast and thankfully not as crowded today as it was yesterday! Plenty of time for my obligatory omelette, toast and black tea, as usual if I stay anywhere for a while I get into a food routine, god forbid they can’t make me an omelette … More Lhasa, Tibet
Breakfast at 8am, along with it seems the entire hotel so have to wait for seats and then the queues mean it takes an hour to have breakfast and then we need to get going. Today we are heading to Bhaktapur for a bit more sightseeing, it pretty much the same as yesterday but more … More More Kathmandu
Well, we leave Bhutan sadly at 7.45am, another sunny day and we land in Kathmandu just around 9am and start the drive to our hotel. Its certainly back to earth with a bump as we see a car incident in front of us and the door hanging off someone’s van, but everyone just keeps moving! … More Kathmandu Part 2
Tiger’s nest (Taktsang Monastery) Up at the crack of dawn literally, we are in the car by 6.30am and at the base of the hiking trail by 7am. Walking boots on, layered up (although its pretty damn cold at night at around 3C its pretty hot during the day with blue skies and sunshine 18-20C … More Last day in Bhutan
Punakha to Thimpu to Paro Day 2 starts with us heading up Dochula Pass to the 180 Stupa’s (well 108 really), a great view of Everest and the mountains through the clouds its a lovely scenic drive and we are fortunate as well to catch a few Himalayan monkeys playing in the tree’s. We have … More More of Bhutan
Paro to Thimpu to Punakha Well I finally arrive in Bhutan, after a 5am wake up call, breakfast, plane journey with a fab view of Everest, the airport is in a valley in the mountains so its quite an interesting flight in flying so close to the hillside. We meeting with our guide who gives … More Bhutan, finally arrived
Spin My Own Dreams 