Rob’s India and Nepal blog

And so, here we are. The last blog, and 29th, of the trip! Although we have several days to cover, this will be a bit of a short one for several reasons. Firstly, we only have an hour and a half to write it and upload it before we head off for dinner and then Read more

After our ten days in the historic Kathmandu valley areas of Patan and Bhaktapur, we had booked to stay three nights in Budhanilkantha. Budhanilkantha is tucked up beneath the northern foothills surrounding the valley, which stretches east to west. We were staying in a glamping style tent in Shivapuri Heights, one of our more expensive Read more

By Monday, it was time for us to leave Patan and head towards Bhaktapur, another district within the Kathmandu valley to the east of the city centre. We had three nights booked in Shiva Guest House, and in this blog we will cover our arrival in Bhaktapur as well as the two full days we Read more

Friday –  When we woke in Namaste guesthouse, the storm of the previous night had passed and it was a beautiful blue morning sky. We ordered our breakfast from Prem – I (Rob) obviously opting for the large option including eggs, potatoes, buffalo sausage, and tomatoes – who brought it up to our room along Read more

Tuesday – We had chosen our breakfast the night before at Newa Chen, and when we came downstairs were shown to a little low table with cushions to sit on in the hotel’s garden. We were the only guests for the first two nights, and the hotel had a slight air (as so many places Read more

We still had two full days in Pokhara left before we headed back to the Kathmandu valley, and we were in full swing of making the most of the time we had. In this blog, we will cover those two full days as well as the travel day between Pokhara and our next stop in Read more