by travellingbag | Sep 1, 2015 | Get Motivated, Nepal, Travel Talk
Okay – a bit of a random post here. Adventure travel has become so much more available in recent years and more people are heading off to undertake more extreme adventures. Recently I’ve been considering the whole question of why some of us do the adventurous/extreme... read more
by travellingbag | Aug 12, 2015 | Asia, Everest Trek 2015, Nepal, Trekking
As some of you may know I was in Nepal when the country was rocked by the major earthquake on 25th April this year. I’d completed my trek and was sitting in the lobby of my hotel when the earth, quite literally, moved and it’s not an experience I’d ever want to... read more
by travellingbag | Jun 15, 2015 | Asia, Nepal, Trekking
It’s almost impossible to define when a hill becomes a mountain. I’ll not go into the differing opinions (you’ve got Google for that) but in my opinion any peak that stands over 5000 metres above sea level is definitely a mountain. And when that peak is in the middle... read more
by travellingbag | Apr 29, 2015 | Asia, Nepal
When I woke on Saturday morning, Anzac Day 2015, my plans for the day included a wander into Thamel, one of the busiest tourist areas of Kathmandu, a bit of last minute shopping and lunch at one of my favourite spots – The Roadhouse Café. This was to be my last day in... read more
by travellingbag | Mar 20, 2015 | Asia, Get Motivated, Nepal, Trekking
I don’t know about you but there are so many places in the world that I’ve visited that I’d love to go back to. I’ve been there once … or twice … or several times, and still there’s a pull that they exert on me to keep... read more
by travellingbag | Feb 25, 2015 | Asia, Nepal, Picture Perfect, Trekking
The countdown is definitely on. It’s nearly two years now since I did the Everest Base Camp Trek and would you believe, it’s only 30 days now till I head back up into the Himalayas to have a go at the slightly more strenuous Everest Circuit Trek. Fingers... read more
by travellingbag | Feb 9, 2015 | Asia, Nepal, Trekking
Continuing on from my post on ‘What to pack for your Everest Base Camp Trek: Part 1′ in which I gave you a list of the tops that I took with me on my trek a couple of years ago, and which I’m intending to take with me when I head into the Himalayas... read more
by travellingbag | Feb 6, 2015 | Asia, Everest Trek 2015, Nepal, Trekking
It’s 7 weeks today till I fly out to Kathmandu and 8 weeks today till I step onto a little plane that will navigate its way up through the lower slopes of the Himalayas to deposit me on a little runway in Lukla, 2,860 metres above the height that I normally... read more
by travellingbag | Feb 3, 2015 | Asia, Nepal, Trekking
A few people who are planning on doing the Everest Base Camp Trek in the near future have asked me recently for advice on what to pack in the way of clothing. How many t-shirts or pairs of trousers they’re going to need and what’s best in the way of... read more
by travellingbag | Jan 22, 2015 | Asia, Nepal, Trekking
As the time gets closer to me setting off on my second trip to Nepal and as I contemplate the daunting task that will be the Everest Circuit Trek, I can’t help but sometimes ask myself why I’m doing it again. Why on earth am I subjecting myself to the... read more
