Departure day
2017年7月21日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Phoebe and I are off on our travels. We will post some photos and updates via this website.
Kandy
2017年7月23日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Enjoyed our first home cooked Sri Lankan dinner. Stayed with Kushana and his family. Spent our first day walking around Kandy.
Sigiriya aka "Lions rock"
2017年7月24日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
An old archeological site dating back over 1500 years. How people managed to climb up there in the first place is quite amazing. Today's modern staircase was tricky enough. Good views of theもっと詳しく
Dambulla caves
2017年7月24日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
More climbing up a hill to visit the 5 cave temples filed with Buddhas of all shapes and sizes.
Phoebe had cultural overload and promptly fell asleep on the journey back to Kandy.
Little Adam's peak
2017年7月25日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We went for a short stroll up Little Adam's peak to take in the views of Ella and its surroundings.
Our journey to Ella
2017年7月25日, スリランカ ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
We took a bus to Nuriwa Ella, a tuk tuk to Nuna Oya then train via one of the world's most scenic train routes to Ella. A total travel time of 8 hours at a grand cost of £8, for both of us, whichもっと詳しく
Ella rock
2017年7月26日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
We woke at sunrise to trek to Ella rock. We beat the heat and tourists to the top and enjoyed the views. Back at the homestay our hosts had prepared a breakfast that was enough to feed four or fiveもっと詳しく
Kataragama & Yala national park
2017年7月27日, スリランカ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Kataragama is a famous pilgrimage site for Sri Lankan Hindus and Buddhists. We arrived at the start of the 2 week celebrations. During our safari in Yala national park, we saw hundreds of peopleもっと詳しく
Unawatuna rest day
2017年7月29日, スリランカ ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Yesterday we took the bus to the beach town Unawatuna. The bus was super busy, really sweaty, so Phoebe conserved energy by being the quietest she's been all week.
Today we relaxed on the beach andもっと詳しく
Galle
2017年7月30日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A morning trip to the old Portuguese / Dutch / British Fort town and our last dinner in Sri Lanka. Phoebe has had her first glass of wine in over a week but it wasn't her fave NZ sauvignon blanc.
Colombo airport
2017年7月31日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Who knew you needed proof of onward travel before being allowed into India? After a bit of stress I booked an onward flight and we were allowed to check-in.
Next stop, Delhi.
New Dehli
2017年8月2日, インド ⋅ 🌫 29 °C
I thought Times Sq in New York was noisy, this place is on a whole new decibel level. Phoebe is struggling with the spiciness of the local cuisine....
En route to Jaipur
2017年8月3日, インド ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Early start for us to catch the 6am train to Jaipur. Phoebe opted to pass on the train food after reading a recent BBC article about how its not fit for human consumption. I suspect it was the 20 oddもっと詳しく
Jaipur / Amer fort
2017年8月4日, インド ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After a quick spin around the Pink city yesterday we decided it was time to go up to the hills of Jaipur to visit Amer fort as well as a few temples and tombs. Apparently there are more temples thanもっと詳しく
Agra / Taj Mahal
2017年8月5日, インド ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We traveled to Agra today, home to the Taj Mahal. Indian tourists kept asking us to be part of their photos, mainly for Phoebe's blonde hair but I did have an audition for an Indian boy band. Humidityもっと詳しく
Rest day and THE NIGHT TRAIN !
2017年8月6日, インド ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We experienced our first day of heavy rain and thunderstorms. Instead of going to wander around the local fort in the rain, our homestay host recommended the local hotel bar that overlooks the Tajもっと詳しく
Varanasi
2017年8月7日, インド ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
This is the holy city where Hindus come to die. The place is full of old people waiting to make their way to nirvana.
We found an organic restaurant that served some tasty veg curry. Afterwards weもっと詳しく
Boat trip along the Ganges
2017年8月8日, インド ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
An early start for a sunrise boat trip on the Ganges. Our captain was a very old man and I was skeptical that we would go very far in his row boat. However he was as strong as an ox and rowed upstreamもっと詳しく
The journey to Nepal (via night train 2)
2017年8月9日, ネパール ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We left the hostel at 10:30 last night to catch the night train. After experiencing the 6 berth non-AC sleeper it was decided that we will never do that again. We then took a bus to the border, aもっと詳しく
Pokhara
2017年8月11日, ネパール ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
After the long journey from Varanasi we enjoyed a couple of rest days in Pokhara. It's rainy season here so not many tourists about which means no queues at the bars and restaurants.
We bought someもっと詳しく
Trek to Ngadi (13km)
2017年8月12日, ネパール ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
4 hr bus to Besisahar. We met Sigva (Norway) on the bus who was planning to walk the same route.
3.5 hr walk to first tea house. Fed, watered and passed out.
Trek to Jagat (25km)
2017年8月13日, ネパール ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We were joined today by Xavier who wants to complete the trek in a similar time. We are slightly ahead of schedule this evening but with a few extra blisters and aches.
Trek to Dharapani (40 km)
2017年8月14日, ネパール ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today our group grew to 10. If we count the blisters and leeches then that number grows to over 100 (except Phoebe who somehow managed to escape the bloodbath).
28000 steps later and we reached theもっと詳しく
Trek to Chame (55km)
2017年8月15日, ネパール ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A steep climb to 2700m today. It's starting to get cold! Phoebe has four layers on and wants my fleece.
Trek to Pisang (70km)
2017年8月16日, ネパール ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Today we saw our first glimpses of the Annapurna mountains. The scenery is more alpine like, with orchards, fields of pepper and plenty of log cabins scattered about the hillsides.
We are now aboveもっと詳しく






































































































































旅行者Safe flight!