We couldn’t go on. The path was blocked and if we attempted to go any further, we could be in serious trouble but we had already climbed over 1000 steps and I wasn’t one to be defeated. ‘It’s only a load of bees,’ I said. ‘Let’s do it.’ ‘They’re hornets Lisa,’ I was told by… Continue Reading…
This has to be the most iconic image of Bhutan, one which stirred my fascination for Bhutan many years before. Now six years later, I am trekking my way up the mountain to experience Tiger Nest Monastery for myself. Perched on a hillside, this monastery stands over 2000m above sea level and it is said that Guru… Continue Reading…
Picture the scene: a scruffy looking English girl running aimlessly through the streets of Nepal, closely followed by a long-haired bearded fellow in a flowing orange robe. We were Nepal’s answer to Batman and Robin only instead of searching for crime, we were searching for the tourist bus to Pokhara. It was 7.20 am and… Continue Reading…
‘Have I got a leech?’ asked one of our group calmly. Our tour guide lifted up her trouser leg to the sight of congealed blood that covered her sock. ‘Yes,’ he said. ‘You have.’ Leeches are really common in Nepal and the worrying thing is that you don’t even feel them. The only way to… Continue Reading…
PART ONE ‘Good?’ he shouted from the seat of his horse in front of me. He didn’t turn around to see the panic on my face and the whiteness of my knuckles as I held on for my life. ‘No,’ I wanted to yell. ‘I’m not good. My neck was burning from the sun, I… Continue Reading…
Bring On The Wall ‘Has anyone ever been blown of the wall?’ I asked Chen, our Chinese guide. ‘I don’t think so,’ he replied, sounding a little unsure. I had visions of being carried off like Mary Poppins, holding my Chinese hat up into the wind, like an umbrella. Now, a nice breeze to cool us off… Continue Reading…
“Left, left,” Mario shouted. “Good. Hold it.” I held my arms in the air and enjoyed the weightless sensation of my body gliding over the sandy dunes; the ocean in the distance. ”Pull down,” came his booming military voice. I thrust my body into a penquin dive and felt the sand between my toes as my… Continue Reading…
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