Reasons to go North

An advantage of living in the Lakes is that friends are keen to keep in touch, if they like hills. But the weather, unfortunately, can...

All who are fit enough make the pilgrimage, whether on a trek or culture trail. Our guide told us he would not have completed his task if...

Posted by reasons on Nov 11, 2012 in Blog, UK | 0 comments

Now back in the UK for over a week – already having walked in the snow of the lakes and now having been to our illustrious capital for a...

Kathmandu has been the ‘hub’ of my trip to Bhutan and Nepal. I arrived and spent half a day here before Bhutan, then a day and a half...

… with elephants. The next best thing to seeing a tiger has to be to watch a family of wild Asian Elephants washing and...

Far too much time spent ‘doing’ to be able to keep up with the blog. A few days in Bhutan still to report and time in Kathmandu, but to...