This mornings work was interrupted by a pleasurable distraction, we attended a wedding ceremony at the local Christian Church. The bride was a local girl and the groom from Besisahar which is more than 12 hours drive from Majuwa on a rough dangerous road. There was reception at her parents home where everyone gathered for Dhal Bhaat. After the wedding [….]

We woke to another beautiful day, but noticing the increasing haze from villages now forced to burn wood for cooking. Still the border has not been opened, both India and Neoal Givernments are arguing  about the constitution. If they continue within this stand off then in 4 weeks Nepal will be out of food and gasoline, it is a terrible [….]

Another delicious breakfast cooked by Kagi, followed by washing with the locals, our system is slightly different to theirs, where as we just dip ,dip, dip, they go bash, bash, bash on a rock (sheer entertainment for all). We then departed n our day hike to Dangsing and Fulkarkha, arriving at Dangsing temporary school we were greeted by the excited [….]

After a very fitfull sleep n our comfortable tents, we woke to a greeting of namaste Didi (hello sister) and a lovely cup of tea, followed by a hot bowl of washing water. It was a beautiful crisp sunny morning as we strolled to the temporary school for our meeting with the local committee  which was scheduled to start at [….]

After breakfast we set off to 3 other villages to assess the earthquake damage, the trail had been repaired in several places where it had been blocked by landslides both from the earthquake followed by the monsoon. We felt a certain anxiousness as we crossed the river where a new bamboo bridge had been erected, I noticed how much the [….]

We woke early to another stunning  day in this small Himalayan village. The excitement of today’s celebration was becoming infectious, and it took us away from the sadness of the devastation surrounding us, and the continuous fear of the small tremors we have been feeling since arriving. We are not even 100% sure if we are feeling movement under our [….]

We departed Kathmandu at 730 in our jeep loaded with donations of blankets and school equipment. I was surprised to see how much traffic was on the highway considering the fuel situation. We made good time to Dhading 2-1/2 hours were we transferred all the bags and camping equipment to a local truck, which us a lighter load allowing the [….]

On Tuesday the 3rd November  8 very priveledged people will travel with Lyn Taylor’s Adventure Travel to witness the Balck Crane Festival in Bhutan. The Black necked crane is one of the endangered species of crane. About 500 – 600 cranes migrate to Bhutan in winter from the Tibetan plateau. After realizing the crane’s plight the Royal Society for The Protection [….]

This morning we were greeted once again with perfect walking weather, cloudless sky and a mild breeze. Max temp. 21 deg. We first hiked through beach heath for 3 Klm before descending to Cosy Corner where there were wonderful limestone formations, which with a bigger ocean  swell acts as blow holes, amazingly we could still hear the ocean gurgling under [….]

We started today with a short drive and a detour to a lookout to admire the Karri forest, where both Simon and Mike gave us a history lesson on the Forrest industry by way of a comical and cleaver rap, which almost had us rolling on the ground in fits of laughter. We started the hike  where we finished yesterday [….]

Although this is the longest  day  being 25klm  it is not necessarily the most difficult. We started with a short drive from our accommodation to the drop off point. Weather today is predicted rain from midday  hence carrying a heavier pack including our packed lunch. We walked along the ridges above our accommodation and had to negotiate rights of way [….]