Heading back to where we left off… It was mid-June and we were wrapping up our visit to Hong Kong and heading over to mainland China. China was not really a place on my travel bucket list but Ashraf, my brother, and his partner Aneta are currently living in Shenzhen and we wanted to visit. …
Hi everyone! Steve and I are officially delinquent bloggers… it has been over two months since our last update. We have done a lot since our last post, but instead of jumping right back to where we left off, I wanted to give an update of where we are right now… We made it to …
After finishing our trek in Sagarmatha National Park, we had just under three weeks left in Nepal before our flight onwards to Thailand. We considered heading east to the Annapurna Region for more trekking but ultimately decided not to, mostly for financial reasons. The info from our guidebook (Lonely Planet’s Trekking in Nepal from 2016) …
We took an impromptu rest day in Chukkung because we were so tired. We made a deal that Steve could pay for internet to watch the latest Game of Thrones episode on his phone and I could take a hot shower (they were the same price lol). The next day was clear and sunny – …
Gaining so much elevation in one day meant that we needed to take at least one rest day in Namche Bazaar to acclimatize. Namche is the biggest village along the path with some interesting attractions and side trails so we took two full rest days to take it all in. On Day 4, we took …
The next day we trekked through similar forest terrain with some ups and downs, but no major elevation changes yet. One thing that struck me was the number of pine and cedar trees. The smell of the fallen pine needles and cedar reminded me of walks through the Carolinian forest back home at Pinery Provincial …
The next few posts are going to be dedicated to our experience hiking through Nepal’s Sagarmatha National Park, including Everest Base Camp, Chukhung Ri, and Ama Dablam Base Camp. I thought I’d start out by addressing some of the recent coverage of Everest in the news lately. Specifically, there have been a number of deaths …
Our time in India was coming to an end and we needed to make our way back to Delhi to see the Taj Mahal and get our flight to Kathmandu. I was looking forward to the train ride, which was our second chance at taking one of the “toy trains” I mentioned in a previous …
After our week in McLeodganj, we made our way to the hill station called Shimla. The local bus was our best and cheapest option so Steve booked online the night before we left. When we got to the bus station we started looking for the right stance. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, nothing was marked. Lots …
After our busy days in Rajasthan and Punjab, Steve and I really wanted to move on to a cooler and quieter place. Before deciding to go on this trip, we had watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown that focused on Punjab. In the episode, Bourdain had taken a scenic train ride into the …