Going on from our last update we did go kayaking, amazing! had such a great time and would definitely do it again. Scary as hell but its an adrenalin sport so yeah...
the trek, the 14 day base camp trek...yeah well that was too much, so we settled for 4 days. Much better, although not easy, at one point we had over 3,000 stairs to climb all in one go...nice first day that was in the driving rain too!
Luckily for us the skies cleared and we had some great views over the Himalayas, awesome. Did the trek with Bart and Inge from Holland, absolute stars.
Got back to Pokhara and the next day spent 9 hours sat in the cabin of a tourist bus to Kathmandu, the same kind that had been trying to kill us on the RR. Not fun in terms of comfort, there was no in flight entertainment, but the views were really incredible. Seems like i am repeating myself but honestly there can't be many places in the world that are more naturally beautiful, except for maybe Elland Road and the Lurpak stand...
Kathmandu drove me mad! It was find for a day, maybe two but after that the constant hassle sends you loopy! I was pretty damn glad to leave even if thta did mean heading back ot India and into the chaos of Kolkata...
Wrong again, this place is lovely. I mean there is still the gut wrenching sights of the dirt poor on the streets. A guy today may well have been dead, and nobody cared as he lay across the pavement. But i think there is something slightly different about this place. There seems to be more greenery, the Maiden in the middle of the city is a huge park, with a great big monument to Victoria. Flying in and we thought we were flying into Leeds & Bradford with rolling hills all around us, (Except that at closer inspection these hills were infact fields of palm trees )so yeah just like leeds & Bradford!
We've met a lovely Irish couple and shared a cab from the aiport, apparently there is a lovely bar with very cold beer that would be devastating to miss so we've got to pay a visit tonight. We've got 3 more days before heading to the calm and tranquility of Bangkok...hhhmmmm.
Incase you don't already have them the links to our photos are:
www.flickr.com/photos/nattyandnick
www.flickr.com/photos/nawade
Nat's are just about half way through the trek, the one of me is at 4 in the monring before heading up to the viewpoint...and mine are up to the end of the rickshaw run...when we find a mo we'll add the rest, or more, but don't hold your breath!
Love you all and hope everything is going well back home
Just an update on travel plans. We're heading to thailand,then Lao and Cambodia before heading to Oz for xmas and new year with the Hough's ( What have I done to deserve that!?!?!) then heading back to thailand for a few weeks with my mum and dad... ( What has Nat done to deserve that!??!?!!) WE'll then be heading to Korea to start work about the middle of Feb...
Much Love,
Nick
xxx
Guys this is all amazing!! Just looks like you're having the best time. Get in touch when you have a chance once you get to somewhere with better internet!! We need to get on Skype to catch up. Glad you get to be with family over Xmas and hopefully speak soon. Keep up the blogs, we love them!
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