Nepal

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

I woke up this morning with barely more than two hours sleep, but all of that was forgotten when I opened my door to see my first sighting of the famous Machhapuchhare Mountain, Nepalese for fishtail. After seeing it so often in photos, nothing compares to walking out and seeing Continue Reading

Most people know I am not a morning person, so sunrise is not my friend. To watch the sun hit the Himalayas from Sarangkot though with a hope of clear skies, I would do anything. Besides, 4:30am could almost still be considered night time. As we started up to the Continue Reading

How amazing is sleep? I had the most solid sleep probably since arriving and felt completely recharged. I did wake up at 4am and stepped outside to see if yesterday’s rain had brought clear skies as Kedar, my taxi driver had told me to call him anytime if I wanted Continue Reading