Karen P

I cannot wait until the body clock adjusts to Nepal’s clock, because waking up before 6am is not great when you’re not a morning person. What was even more shocking was that I could see it was already bright outside. Doing a sunrise hike has just gone up a notch Continue Reading

Today was our scheduled orientation day for volunteering which was due to commence at 10:15. Did I get to sleep in? Yes, today I woke up at 6am instead of 5am. 😑 I popped down to breakfast and was able to properly meet and speak with three other volunteers. Only Continue Reading

The alarm was horrifyingly set for 5:45am and while I fell asleep quickly, it was a very disjointed sleep with dreams blurring with reality, including a man outside yelling, I’m hoping at the loud music which was still going at 2:30am. We were picked up at 6:30am to be taken Continue Reading

Although I had made the claim to backpack Nepal for my 50th birthday 20 years earlier, it was only late November last year when I thought I need to turn my mind to actually doing it. At that point though, it was really only researching the country to determine where Continue Reading

It has become custom now to get up in the morning and look out the window and hope that it has rained to help clear the haze from the skies and be able to see the beautiful mountain scape of  the Annapurna range. I don’t think I have ever wished Continue Reading

With the aid of ear plugs and an eye mask to block out the 5:30am sunlight, I had a fairly decent sleep. It wasn’t this though that was bringing joy upon getting up, it was the high winds and promise of rain. Finally, I thought, the skies might clear from Continue Reading