Category: landscape
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A Tale of Three Bus Rides
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In September 2010 I was in Nepal as part of my grand overland adventure (I made it from Cambridge in the UK to the southern tip of India with no planes). Part of that journey involved getting a bus from Pokhara (where I had been trekking) to Lumbini (the birth…
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Water / Honey
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There was one morning in Pokhara when I went to a little local café for breakfast. It’s one I had been to before. Quite a local place, though the menus are in English. The staff were great but not particularly confident in English (nor should they be, we were in…
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Prices increase with altitude
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While trekking, we stop at various tea houses / guest houses for tea, lunch, dinner, overnight stays. The tea houses have meals (dal bhat, pasta, chow mein, momos, etc). They also serve tea, coffee and bottled drinks (coke etc). And they serve snacks – packets of crisps, chocolate bars, etc.…
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Country Type
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When it comes to countries, it appears I have a type. While I love lots of amazing places, I am particularly fond of tiny countries that are very green and have lots of hills. For coastlines, I seem to be quite all-or-nothing – either landlocked or an island. Sri Lanka,…