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
The Joy of Learning
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
Tomorrow’s a New Day
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
When the Light Returns
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
When Reality is so Much More
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
Finding the Beauty in an Adventure
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