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Image: Yaks & a cow grazing at Gokyo Post 6 of 6 6 October 2022 Arriving in Lukla to start the trek, we were enamoured by the lush green mountains looming over the deep long valleys with rapid rivers cutting… Read More »NEPAL – Landscapes
Image: sunrise from Gokyo Ri Post 5 of 6 2 October 2022 Altitude was not a concept I had thought much about before this adventure. For most Australians I think altitude only gets serious in an aeroplane given our highest… Read More »NEPAL – Altitude
Image: Dev at Dzongla on yak dung duty Post 4 of 6 29 September 2022 Potatoes are the principle crop of the Sherpa people. The altitude and climate of the Khumbu Region means that it is difficult to harvest most… Read More »NEPAL – Potatoes
Image: me with Mt Everest & friends from Renjo La. The village of Gokyo is on the far side of the glacial lake. Post 3 of 6 26 September 2022 Never had a thought about possibly seeing Mt Everest been… Read More »NEPAL – Everest
Image: Dev at Gokyo Ri Post 2 of 6 22 September 2022 I have recently recognised that I am a ‘Greeter’. That is someone that likes to acknowledge people coming the other way. Therefore the Sanskrit salutation of ‘Namaste’ common… Read More »NEPAL – Namaste
Image: sunrise from Chukkhung Ri Post 1 of 6 18 September 2022 In the interests of avoiding work, I let myself be talked into going to Nepal to do the 160km Three Passes Trek in the Everest region. I did… Read More »Nepal – Trekking
WA 2022: Post 6 of 6 10 June 2022 Time zone adjusting seems to be much more painful heading east. We jumped 90mins into the future when we crossed the border into the Northern Territory and it took a few… Read More »WA: Tale end in the Territory
WA 2022: Post 5 of 6 30 May 2022 One of the hardest things about this blog is selecting which of the many amazing photos to share. My advice to you dear friend, if you have ever pondered adventuring to… Read More »WA has wooed me well
WA 2022: Post 4 of 6 22 May 2022 Ahoy from crocodile country. Mostly we have been in fresh water crocodile country which means we are less likely to appear like dinner, but I’m ok with not swimming for the… Read More »WA: The Kimberley kranks it up
WA 2022: Post 3 of 6 15 May 2022 Above image: low tide at Cable Beach Instead of making my sock tan disappear, I have found a purpose for it… it is part of my uniform as an amateur twitcher… Read More »WA: Bewitching Broome
WA 2022 – Post 2 of 6 8 May 2022 I am writing this sitting by the Fortescue River in Millstream National Park as 3 black swans float past and I sip my blueberry gin (which has travelled with Aditi… Read More »WA: Colours of the desert
It’s better in the West Post 1 of 6 – 1 May 2022 Why not was my thought when my friend Aditi, about to embark on a road-trip around Australia on her own, asked if I was interested to join… Read More »Western Australia – the north bit
12 January 2020 Post 4 of 4. Our final week in Mexico included the change of year (hello 2020!) and meeting up with some friends – Heather and Frank, and Sourabh and Anne – which was a lovely way to… Read More »Mexico – Hasta luego
31 December 2019 Post 3 of 4. Week three in Mexico contained Christmas. I thought by being in Mexico I would avoid the never ending ear bashing of Christmas carols, but no. I even learnt the Spanish words to some… Read More »Mexico – poco Español
25 December 2019 2 of 4 We have traversed a fair bit of Mexico and learnt much about this lovely country since I last wrote. One fact that boggles my mind is that Mexico City is sinking. The Aztecs established… Read More »Mexico – Si, por favor
17 December 2019. 1 of 4 The holiday started with one of those ridiculously long days when you switch time zones and arrive before you departed and your brain can’t quite work out where the routine of the day is… Read More »Mexico – Arriba Arriba
1 December 2018 4 of 4 I was in Goa when I last wrote, a beach destination on the west coast of India… Read More »India – impossibly possible
26 November 2018 3 of 4 It’s been a week of varied experiences – from the foothills of the Himalayas, to the Pakistani… Read More »India & its Indians
18 November 2018 2 of 4 India is keeping me entertained. Phrases like “the dry wrinkled hills” to describe the landscape and “purity… Read More »Incredible India
11 November 2018 1 of 4 Namaste!I’m hiding from a 36 degree afternoon by writing a holiday brag note… I’m in India this… Read More »India – bahut achcha