I actually hate trekking, but now I’m in a country real trekkers would be envious of … Nepal. Well, I’m here now and it would be rude not to take a closer gander at the monstrous Himalayas towering above. I was delighted to meet a Dutch girl who exuded the same if not more negativity as me…
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Trundling into Nepal
Time to trundle back down the mountainside to make the 24 hour journey across the border and into Nepal. After 4 hours squeezed in the back of one jeep, I then transferred into another… with 12 others… who knew it was even possible to fit so many adults into one very ordinary sized jeep? I…
Final Stop in India…
The only time I ever feel nervous when travelling is before a night journey – this time I get dropped off at a large, dirty and crowded Calcutta train station for the night train up past Bangladesh towards Nepal. The train rolls into the station at exactly 11pm and I begin the search for my carriage and…