Setting off from Kathmandu, we headed back south to the plains, along the same mountain road we came in – the only difference this time being that it was raining! Our destination was the small village of Sauraha, on…
Kathmandu and Surrounds
We arrived in Kathmandu less than two months after the massive earthquake of 2015, and there was plenty of damage evident – many damaged buildings, and makeshift camps with displaced people living in tents, although for the most part the…
Closed Roads and Country Number 10
Our plan from Darjeeling was to strike north into the Himalayan state of Sikkim – a once independent kingdom that only joined India in 1975. Its proximity to the border with China and its relatively recent annexation means that special…