Because of my slow pace and the fact today’s journey was 6hrs of walking, my guide had said we would depart at 7am. I had no problem with that as I wanted to beat the heat. I needn’t have been concerned. Around 2am, I heard it start raining and again Continue Reading
Karen P
The Mental Challenge of Walking
I have said this before after my one and only camp with Ange on the Great Ocean Road walk, but I am NEVER camping again. Unless you can get me a proper bed, it isn’t happening. I managed to fall asleep when I first went to bed, purely from exhaustion, Continue Reading
Street Cred
I fortunately was not sick and woke up after sleeping nearly 12 hours. I’m sure there was an element of feeling motion sickness too because every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was stepping down the rocks on the ground, like a weird form of room spinning Continue Reading
Craving the Calm
I think Nepal is conspiring against me, forcing me to have to come back to see the many things I wanted to see but was unable to. My original plan was to do the Ghandruk trek over three days, two nights, but with my legs the way they were, I Continue Reading
Those Who Dream Can Fly
It felt like I had just closed my eyes before the alarm was going off at 5am to head up the mountain. Why do I do this to myself? As I walked outside though and saw the clear skies, I was glad I had, as it improved my chances of Continue Reading
Bouncing into Heaven
Once again, the alarm was set for an ungodly hour to make it to the bus station for the trip to Chitwan. My ticket said 6:45am and you needed to be there 30mins earlier, so I turned up at 6:15am, only to discover that apparently the time on the ticket Continue Reading