Wasn't really sure how to approach a blog covering 18 days of trekking in and around the Everest region - "Woke up at x am, trekked for about y hours, it was [new superlative]" - didn't quite seem to …
Kathmandu
Where do you start to explain what Kathmandu is like?! - errrmmmm firstly it wasn't as manic as I was expecting but that is not to say that it isn't manic....in fact compared to China it is utter …
Flight from Kathmandu to Lukla
The start of the Everest trekking region for most people is the small town of Lukla so before we left China we'd booked our flight ready for our planned 3 weeks of trekking. Arriving at the domestic …
Leaving China
Instead of doing the sensible thing and catching the bus from Lijiang down to Kunming the day before we were due to fly out we thought it would be a good idea to leave it til the day we actually were …
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
I don't think it's named in honour of the ex-gob-shite chav princess from Essex but just outside of Lijiang is Jade Dragon mountain range and it is here, just as we were due to leave China, that we …
Lijiang
Lijiang old town is beautiful! It is full of charm, character, old buildings, cobbled streets, canals, bridges, old and new parts of life (hand-making silk scarves to wifi cafes!)....it is the perfect …