Rob’s India and Nepal blog

We have kept ourselves very busy in Pokhara over the last week or so, so it is only now when we are on our way back to Kathmandu valley that we’ve found time to write the blogs of our time there. Just for ease of reading, we will divide them into two blogs covering the Read more

We are back in the real world after our six day silent retreat. It doesn’t seem quite right or possible to give a blow-by-blow chronological account of our time there like we have done for the rest of the blog. However, we thought we could give an overview of the schedule, an idea of some Read more

After our short stay in Kalimpong, it was time to leave India and make the journey into Nepal. As I have mentioned previously, we had intended to cross the border by land at Panitanki in the East then fly from there to Kathmandu. However, the border has been closed to tourists since COVID, so we Read more

Although the previous blog may sound a little like a catalogue of misfortunes, we had rather enjoyed Darjeeling in many ways, especially our first evening and full day there. It was, however, exceptionally damp (I think even more so than usual, and by the sounds of things it’s normally pretty damp anyway). Next we were Read more

In the last three blogs, we covered our extended stay in the wonderful city of Calcutta. It was time to move on however, and our next stop was up in the Himalayan foothills in the hill-station of Darjeeling. In this blog, we will cover our way up to Darjeeling, as well as the three full Read more

As we approached the end of our lengthy and very enjoyable stay in Calcutta, we had to move to a different hotel in the south for the last couple of nights given some logistics with previous plans. In this blog, I will cover our last day at Culcutta Bungalow and then the two full days Read more