Hey guys Thought I'd better write up my experiences of Everest while I have a min!! As most of ya know...I should of been on the plane that crashed, but thankfully the German tour company kicked us off! I still feel a bit odd when I think it could of been me! Anyhow...the departure for Lukla (the airport) becaem a bit like gorundhog day after the crash. Airlines were understandibly a little more cautious about flying in bad weatehr, so we woudl meet at 4am a...

Hey guys I've spoke to my nearest and dearest but for the rest of ya if ya haven't seen or heard the news... I should of been on this flight, but our tour company got bumped by a German one who took it instead! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7658258.stm Still a little freaked, but it's the first time in 16yrs that a crash has took place there. So, its still very safe, apparently the pilot was at fault. We are flying out tomorrow now and just lose a da...

Hey guys..you comfy, cos I have a bit to write! I'm currently in Kathmandu, Nepal, but need to fill you in on Varanasi, India first! Soooo after the journey I found my hotel fine, it overlooked the Ganges and the biggeest bruning ghat. So you always smelt the smell of burning wood... :S I spent my first day getting to know the alleys, cos the old city is like a mze, full of cow sh** and crap! The next day I set off early along the ghats and the ganges. I stopp...

Hey guys Made it to Varanasi in one piece...not without incident tho, but it wouldn't be India if it ran smoothly!!!! Haha I saw the Dalai Lama again on Tuesday with the guys from the camp (I was alone for the first one :)). We managed to get really good seats and were wedge between Buddhist monks and nuns. The Nuns really looked after me making sure I was comfy on the floor and tryin to get me to drink salt butter tea. They were especially impressed with my Ne...

Hey guys Just got back from the Pakistani border. Which also included a visit to Amritsars Golden temple. We had an early start from vcamp to there, 5.30am!! After getting there mid afternood, we went t the border with Pakistan at Attari. Its like a footy stadium atmo with peiople chering, singing adn waving flags. Lots of Hindustan chanting towrds the Paksiatni side, who chanted back. There side was not half as busty as ours tho, and it reminded me on Monty Py...