I personally don't think that anyone should be climbing Everest any more. Human beings have no right to be there, in my opinion, but I can't ever see that happening as there is so much money to be made from climbing the mountain.
But anyway, I spent most of this evening taking out old photos from an album and scanning them onto my laptop. Here are a few of them:
Kathmandu airport |
Our transport to the start of the trek in Pokhara |
My trekking companions, Corrie (left) and Matthew |
Testing the loads. We had a female porter on our trek who was lovely. |
At the Tibetan Refugee village - an ideal opportunity for them to sell us stuff! |
Little Nepali girl |
Having a breather. Note the heavy load next to Corrie... |
Me, after a very steep climb! |
Preparing dinner! |
The Annapurna range |
The mountain I travelled to Nepal to see - Macchhapuchare (The Fish-Tail Mountain) |
Our guides Ninja and Dawa |
One of the terrifying rope bridges! |
Nepalese village house |
Several of our porters |
Little Nepali boy |
I trekked for ten days and then returned to the Kathmandu Guest House before embarking on a seven day river rafting trip down the Trisuli river. Here are some more photos:
Sleeping under the rafts was great until the night it rained! |
Riding the rapids was exhilarating! |
After the river rafting we visited Chitwan National Park and rode elephants while on the lookout for tigers!
Setting up camp |
Stunning scenery |
Visiting Nepal on my own when I was 19 was a turning point in my life. I felt like I grew up on that trip. It's certainly a time I look back on with enormous affection and one day (one day!) I'd love to go back!
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