Clare Valley South Australia

Australia day weekend 2019. We decided to take the long the weekend in a state we had not explored yet, South Australia. We left straight after work and caught our flight to Adelaide. We arrived very late and decided to just crash in a private hostel room. We had a few hours in Adelaide the …

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Bye Bye Nepal

Flying in Nepal is a experience just like everything else. Due to the weather changing all the time flights do get delayed a lot. We were lucky leaving Pokhara as we only had a short delay. I am not the best flyer and flying in Nepal is pretty scary at times. The clouds are low …

Pokhara

As we arrived back into our hotel in Pokhara after our 10 day hike the hotel reception handed us two big trash bags to put all our clothes in to be washed. As our main luggage was still in Kathmandu MK and I were room bound until we got our clean clothes back. We both …

…2021

What a 18 months it has been for everyone! I took a break from blogging due to many reasons but now I have the itch back to write. We are still living in Australia and have lived through the whole disaster of 2020 here in Sydney, Australia. I will finish my blogs about Nepal before …

Annapurna Base Camp Final

Day 18 (Continued...) After taking in sunset and breakfast we packed our bags up to make our way back down. You go back the same way for most of it but then you turn off at Tadapani and make your way down to Phedi. MK was eager to get going, he walked so fast we …

Annapurna Base Camp Part 2

Day 16 We woke up at the crack of dawn. I walked outside to be greeted to a view of mountain peaks. It was incredible. I had never seen anything so beautiful. After breakfast we had to pack up and head out for our day of walking. This was the biggest town we had stayed …

Annapurna Base Camp Part One

Day 11 (continued) We were on a flight and in Pokhara in the blink of a eye. MK was very quiet, our guide was still smiling and I was trying to keep conversation going. It was just soul destroying after a year of dedication that we were not even going to attempt the Everest Base …

Getting to Lukla

Day 8 The day was finally here. We were up early at 5AM. I had actually been awake since 3AM with nerves about our adventure ahead and the flight . The flight to Lukla ( the start of the hike to Base Camp Everest) takes off from Kathmandu and in a short 20 minuets you …

Kathmandu Take Two

Day 6 We had a very lazy day. We just chilled out watched some movies in the hotel room. Late morning we ventured out to Thamel for a coffee and some postcards to send home. In just two days we would be starting our hike so we were just trying to relax. In the evening …

Shakti Mat

My sister bought me a Shakti Mat for my birthday. I had a rough idea on what they were about as I knew she had bought one to help her with migraines. A Shakti Mat is a foam mat with spikes on it. It is essentially a portable acupuncture mat. The mats are made by …