Destinations

Entering Namche Bazaar It’s dark when we round the corner and spot the glistening lights of Namche Bazaar. They twinkle through the mist which swathes the properties perched on the top of the village. A Buddhist pagoda signals the entrance to the village and a row of prayer wheels line …

A crowd gathers around the rear of the car in the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. The door opens and a body swathed in orange is lifted deferentially from the rear and slowly carried to the side of the Bagmati River. Tourists congregate on the opposite bank, trying to keep a …

The spider incident Jason and I cower on the bed giggling hysterically as Simon chases the most ginormous spider I’ve ever seen. The bugger is clinging to the curtain above my bed and looks like a character in a horror movie. It has a big bulbous body and huge stringy …

During our recent trip to Nepal, we had a 15 hour layover in Dubai. As you can imagine we weren’t keen to spend that time at the airport but saw it as an opportunity to reconnect with a city that we haven’t visited in 11 years. We were keen to …

Before I arrived in Nepal to take on our Everest Base Camp trek, I have to admit I was a little clueless about what to expect in the mountains. Would there be toilets? Would there be electricity? Heating? Fresh water? And so many more questions, so this post aims to …