Hi all, Apologies that it has been a little while since I wrote last. I'm now on to the fourth country of my trip, currently writing from Sapa in the far North West of Vietnam, so there is rather a lot to catch up on since my last blog from Kathmandu. Here goes... I spent my last day and a half in Kathmandu practising at being a proper solo traveler after Nelly's departure. Luckily, Kathmandu was now starting to feel rather familiar so I was happy to potter abo...

Hi all. Hope everyone at home is well. It's been a week since I last wrote but I've been a busy bee, so, here goes: Our amazing, but exhausting trek came to an end, where it had begun, in the mountain town of Lukla last Friday. Although situated at 2700m and with only a pretend "Starbucks" and one pub it was a welcome relief after the eleven preceeding days. We'd walked 109km and had gone to levels where there was less than 50% Oxygen so it was defini...

Hi all, So I'm back in Namche Bazaar after a LOT of walking. We've stopped off here for lunch on our penultimate day of trekking before heading back down the valley to Lukla where will fly back to kathmandu on Saturday morning (weather permitting). Just to back track once again on what I've been up to since leaving here early last Thursday morning... We set off early and headed out round the mountain to follow the 'mountain highway' a relatively wide, level p...

Hi all, Here goes my first blog from my travels! I'm currently staying in a place called Namche Bazar which is 3400m above sea level and is onlyreachable two days into the eight day trek to Everest base Camp (5500 m above sea level). But just to back track a little bit... After leaving the Uk on Sat night I had with a pretty long flight to Delhi then a short stop over for a couple of hours before boarding a flight to Kathmandu. So far, so good. Arriving in ...