Profile
Blog
Photos
Videos
HannahandTom
- blog entries
Syange, Nepal
The main thing we wanted to do in Nepal was the Annapurna Circuit which is a two to three week trek around the Annapurna mountain range. This trek goes up to a height of just under 5500 metres through one of the highest mountain passes in the world called Thorung La and then continues back down the other side. No walk in the park by any stretch of the imagination and we expected a lot of beautiful scenery and tiring days. I'll briefly explain what we did on e...
Pokhara, Nepal
After Varanasi our plan was to go to Pokhara in Nepal. This meant 1 overnight train, 2 buses and a border crossing! Our train from Varanasi to Gorakhpur, a town 3 hours from the Nepalese border, was scheduled to leave at 12:30 at night. We arrived in plenty of time and all the announcements and boards told us the train would be on platform 1 at 12:30. A train arrived at 12:30 onto our platform and of course it was a totally different one! So for the next 2 hours ...