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CurseOfTheTraveller

Travel diaries and stories by Fergus Blakiston.

Category: West Asia

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

Thursday March 12th – Monday March 16th.

Time seemed to pass quickly in Hong Kong. We usually slept in, which helped the days to pass, and spent … Continue reading Thursday March 12th – Monday March 16th.

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

Wednesday March 11th – Dragon Air to Hong Kong.

We paid 40 rupees extra to stay in our room until 3 p.m. on the day that we left Kathmandu, … Continue reading Wednesday March 11th – Dragon Air to Hong Kong.

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, Travel Stories, West Asia

Thursday 5th March – Monday 9th March

So…we relaxed in Pokhara for five days, occupying our time doing pretty much nothing. After months on the road in … Continue reading Thursday 5th March – Monday 9th March

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

Wednesday, 4th March – K’MANDU – POKHARA

K’MANDU-POKHARA At 7:30 AM we caught one of the “tourist buses” [these so-called luxury buses were, in fact, the same … Continue reading Wednesday, 4th March – K’MANDU – POKHARA

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

Tuesday, March 3rd

Tuesday, 3 March We were all up at 6AM and watch the sunrise on the still hazy but more visible … Continue reading Tuesday, March 3rd

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

Monday, March 2nd – NARGAKOT.

After a leisurely breakfast at one of Thamel’s many restaurants, we packed up a few things for an overnight trip … Continue reading Monday, March 2nd – NARGAKOT.

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

THURSDAY 27 – SUNDAY, MARCH 1st.

We hung out in Kathmandu like hippies, lazy and indolent, doing not much more than swapping our expensive hotel in … Continue reading THURSDAY 27 – SUNDAY, MARCH 1st.

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

Wednesday, 26th February – KATHMANDU.

The bus trip from Sonali to Kathmandu was long and uncomfortable, but took us through some spectacular country, with steep … Continue reading Wednesday, 26th February – KATHMANDU.

ADVENTURE, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

Tuesday, 25th February – Out of India

We caught a local bus from Varanasi to Sonali on the Nepal-India border. The trip was long and dusty but … Continue reading Tuesday, 25th February – Out of India

ADVENTURE, India, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

Monday, February 24th.

We were out on the river again at dawn. In the eerie, ethereal light of early morning, the fires of … Continue reading Monday, February 24th.

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