Since COVID-19 has curtailed all my travel plans for the foreseeable future, it is now a good time to post about some of my past trips that I didn’t get to write about. I shall start with this amazing trip to Nepal that I undertook in end-2013, which stretched into 2014. Nepal is one of […]
Tag: Nepal
30 October 2017, Monday After resting for most of yesterday, I felt better physically today. In fact, I wasn’t aching as badly as I thought I would. I had a whole day in Kathmandu today so I took it nice and slow. At about 7:45am, I left my guest house to look for a nice […]
29 October 2017, Sunday Rise and shine! After yesterday’s gruelling race, I woke up at about 5:45am today. I had planned to make my way to the viewing area to see the sunrise but my body was aching and I didn’t have enough motivation to climb all the way up there, so I only got […]
28 October 2017, Saturday I felt like I had barely fallen asleep when my phone alarm rang and it was time to wake up again. It was 2:45am and I only had about five hours of sleep. After washing up, I ate my apple strudel and cinnamon bun for breakfast and tried to calm my […]
27 October 2017, Friday This morning, I woke up at about 7am and it was a nice, cool 18 degrees Celsius outside. At 7:45am, EW and I walked to the main street to have breakfast at a restaurant called Boomerang. I ordered a Trekker’s Breakfast set, which cost Rs 325 (S$4.40) and consisted of muesli, […]
26 October 2017, Thursday This morning, we woke up at about 7:30am and went for breakfast at 8am. It was about 16 degrees Celsius in the morning, slightly chilly but still comfortable because it was sunny. The hotel breakfast buffet was not bad and we ate our fill before heading out for one last stroll […]
How It All Began Last October, I visited Nepal for the third time. My previous visits were in 2012 and 2013/2014 and I’d been wanting to go back for some time now. Alongside Iceland and Japan, Nepal is one of my favourite countries in the world. I love the Himalayan mountain scenery and the simple […]
Incredible Asia Day 17: Nepal (Kathmandu) – Thailand (Bangkok)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 13 April 2013. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.] 25 March 2012, Sunday Morning Call: 6:00am It was our last day in Nepal today, and XY and I would be […]
Incredible Asia Day 16: Nepal (Pokhara / Kathmandu)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 11 April 2013. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.] 24 March 2012, Saturday Morning Call: 6:15am It was our second last day in Nepal, and most of it would be […]
Incredible Asia Day 15: Nepal (Ghorepani / Poon Hill / Pokhara)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 9 April 2013. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.] 23 March 2012, Friday Poon Hill Trek: Day 3 route: Ghorepani (2,750m) – Poon Hill (3,210m) – Birethanti Morning Call: 4:35am […]
Incredible Asia Day 14: Nepal (Ulleri / Ghorepani)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 3 February 2013. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.] 22 March 2012, Thursday Poon Hill Trek: Day 2 route: Ulleri (1,960m) – Banthanti (2,250m) – Nangathanti (2,460m) – Ghorepani (2,750m) […]
Incredible Asia Day 13: Nepal (Pokhara / Ulleri)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 14 January 2013. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.] 21 March 2012, Wednesday Poon Hill Trek: 3 days, 2 nights (we did an abridged version; most people will do the Ghandruk […]
Incredible Asia Day 12: Nepal (Gaighat / Pokhara)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 31 December 2012. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.] 20 March 2012, Tuesday Morning Call: 7:30am I woke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed (sleeping bag?). […]
Incredible Asia Day 11: Nepal (Kathmandu / Charaudi / Gaighat)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 10 December 2012. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.] 19 March 2012, Monday Morning Call: 5:30am This morning, I woke up automatically at 5:30am, even before my alarm clock rang. […]
Incredible Asia Day 10: India (Delhi) – Nepal (Kathmandu)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 November 2012. Minor edits have since been made from the original post to update some links and info.] 18 March 2012, Sunday: India (Delhi) – Nepal (Kathmandu) Morning Call: 7:00am Rise and shine, it’s day 10 and our last […]