Profile
Blog
Photos
Videos
A much quieter day spent mainly relaxing in the surroundings of the beautiful Dwarikas Hotel having had a quick trip back to Thamel to get some money and teeshirts, only to check the weather forecast and find the area we are trekking to is expecting rain ! That'll teach us. And Guess what Nigel's forgotten ..... A raincoat !
The leader of our trek is called Lapa and met us to run through our itinerary and what to expect and then we drive out through the chaotic roads of Kathmandu into the Gokarna Forest Resort where we are staying tonight.
Nepal is currently experiencing a fuel crisis so the taxi prices are higher than normal due to demand on the black market and there are intermittent power cuts. The resort we are staying at normally runs shuttle buses into Kathmandu but have stopped them due to a fuel shortage so will have to think about transport arrangements when we return.
The hotel has an abundance of monkeys and we are required to keep our windows shut otherwise they will come into our rooms. There are also deer outside our window.
It's an early start tomorrow of 04.30 for a 0600 flight to Lukla which Nigel is very excited about ( it's one of the most extreme airports in the world). Then we begin our trekking properly xx xx
- comments