Category: 2020 Singapore, India, & Nepal

Today was our last day on tour. We were booked for a flight to see Mount Everest in the morning with our flight out to Singapore in the evening. Our plans for the rest of the day were fluid. Pickup from the hotel for the Mount Everest flight was set for 5:15 am so we were up at 4:45 am...

This was to be another long day of travel to the final destination on our GAdventures tour, Kathmandu. It was expected to require 8 hours on the bus with a few breaks along the way and some time for exploring at the end of the day. This morning could hardly have been more different from yesterday. It dawned bright and...

The literal highlight for today was to be the view of sunrise on the Himalayan peaks from Sarangkot, above Pokhara. Sadly, morning cloud and rain hid the sun but we did enjoy the view. We had to rise at 5:00 am to meet at 5:30 am for our bus to the sunrise viewing. Rain had been forecast and it was...

After the peace and quiet of our community home stay this was to be a day of travel. We would be leaving the plains and heading for the mountains. An early start was required in case of traffic delays so we were up at 6:00 am for breakfast at 7:00 am and departure at 7:30 am. We put our large...

Today had no travel other than local and the major activity, our safari, would be in the afternoon so we were allowed a rare late start. The extra sleep time was appreciated by everybody. Breakfast was scheduled for 8:30 am so rising at 7:30 am left us plenty of time to prepare. After dinner last night we had ordered the...

Almost 15 hours of travel yesterday got us barely into Nepal where we stayed at Club De Novo in Butwal. It was dark when we arrived so we saw little of Nepal. That would change today. We woke at 6:00 am and went down for breakfast at 7:00 am. By that time the sun was shining in a blue sky...