(Tuesday 22/09) The bus back to Kathmandu wasn't as early this time so we had a bit more of a leisurely start. I (Podge) was a little apprehensive about the journey back as this time, we'd be on the side of the massive drop into the abyss…(probably making it out to sound worse than it is - parents, please try not to worry!). James took the window seat and thoroughly enjoyed the ride, often instructing me not to look out the window when I poked my nose out fro...

After what seemed like a few hours sleep, we were up again and wolfing down breakfast to leave at 6.30am for the bus. There were a few other people travelling that day as well, so Khem walked us all to the bus stop…like a mother goose with her offspring all in single file behind. We were the only ones travelling to Chitwan from our little group and once we found our bus, settled in for the ride. The bus we were on was a Tourist only bus, so all of the seats w...

As our visas were going to take a week to come through, I thought it would be a good idea to try and escape Kathmandu for a few days and suggested we head down to Chitwan national park for a bit of break from the hustle, bustle and pollution. Having had our fill of cities around Europe, we thought it might give us the chance to unwind a little so set about making plans. We managed to change our booking from 7 nights to 3, with the promise of coming back to sta...

Today's mission was to get our Indian visa application form submitted. After a lovely breakfast where we're staying, we went in search of a) an ATM and b) the embassy. Getting cash was interesting as you can only take out a limited amount each time, so had to keep putting the card back in…this worked a few times and then just stopped so we had to go and find some more…annoying that these ones seem to charge for taking cash out - but when needs must. We had ...

It's been a little while since we blogged, but it's been pretty hectic! After Stuttgart, we spent a few days with James's old school friend Karsten in Germany, we went to the zoo for a day which was brilliant - they had loads of big pussycats! Then we travelled on to James's sister's place in France. We had 4 nights there which was the longest we'd stayed anywhere so far on the trip and it was lovely…spent some time playing football with the nephews and relax...