FLIGHT TO EVEREST!!!!! The very early start was all abit mad, our 5am alarm didn't materialise, then our taxi to take Ian and Ads to Everest with another girl Emma who was on our trip plus take me and mum to an Everest viewing point to watch the sun rise (we had both seen the size of the plane to Everest and thought 'no can do’ sadly!) consisted of the usual miniature Suzuki with 5 of us plus driver to fit in!! The driver spoke no English and a local s...

DESTINATION 5 – NEPAL DAY 77 – Bangkok to Kathmandu! 6 hours on our Thai airways flight (our fav airline at mo, they are fab!), and lots of valium and gateaux for me later, we were finally descending into Kathmandu through the stunning Himalayan mountains, it was beautiful and we were very excited about our next destination, fingers crossed I can manage the hike though…. Landing at the airport was quite a different experience to others, we...

Bangkok is a frenetic place and blooming hot but what it does have is a pizza hut and that's what nik was ready for the evening we arrived. Course of antibiotics finished she could eat what she liked - Pizza it was! Unfortunately she was still struggling to do long days so plans of river cruises to see floating markets, more temples etc.. became a thing of past. The day before we were due to leave we did manage to get out and about to the grand Palace after getti...

On passing through the thai border we headed to a cafe for breakfast! It actually felt quite nice to be back in Thailand as we were familiar with the country so knew what we were doing/expecting for a change! The plan was to head to Chiang Mai ready to undertake another 3 day tribal trek, rafting, elephant rides etc.... From boat to bus that was the idea and after a wonderful Spanish omelette (plus visiting the most bizarre cafe toilet - western toilet in the mid...

Decisions decisions how to move on next? Both of us were ready for our next journey but what was it to be? The only pressure for us is what else can we do before we fly out of Bangkok on the 13th March. Here in the north of Laos we have two options to get to the Thai / Laos border - the easy option, take a 4 hour minibus taxi straight there or take a slightly indirect rather expensive route involving a two day boat trip via a homestay on the river where no one sp...