• Mustang Mally
    Namaste! A little worse for wear... On the right, anyway.
    Kathmandu international airport is not any better than the domestic. Immigration was terrible too!The domestic experience was the complete opposite... Partially because we had helpAt the gate kiosk: snacks were somewhat uniqueIf you are ever here, don't buy the bubble tea. This is matcha!Sneaking a selfie in the no cameras area. Dumb tourists!Our old school twin turbo prop. This is the big plane so we can take all our luggage.Animal Kingdom anyone? Wait. That yeti keeps breaking down..🤔The locals were a bit embarrassed about the skies which have been like this for 2 weeksPokhara airport is modern! India/China tension prevents it from hosting major airlines.En route to Lakeside Pokhara. Lots of white people with tattoos, charm bracelets and hiking sandals.Our hotel is hosting a local wedding reception! It's not all the Byron crowdTriv team: national flower of Nepal = rhododendron. That's the tea. The twig is a bottle brush.!Unique and labour intensive hotel room snack gift1Himalayan trout. Hopefully the pollution is isolated to the skies.

    In a World We Must Defend..

    9 de marzo, Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Pokhara!

    We avoided further major turbulence (both natural and orange-man induced) to finally arrive in Pokhara, Nepal, some 34 hours after leaving Rwanda.

    Unfortunately the pollution is unusually bad today but we are told that 3 of the 10 highest mountains in the world cradle the city. We are due to take a small plane hop tomorrow morning. If it doesn't clear then it's a 6 hr drive to the lower Mustang.

    We will be back here on our return leg so hopefully Pokhara is able to reveal its beauty to us then. Given the pollution and fatigue we decided that the only treatment available was retail. Cashmere anyone?    Leer más

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