Thoughts from the trail

Thank you for following my blog posts so far. If you have travelled a bit you’ll realise that it is hard to journal and to really...

Photos and videos at the end. After breakfast, we visited Zutulpuk monastery, next to our guesthouse. The monastery was originally built...

Photos and videos at the end. A few of us decided to set off a little later after breakfast, so we could catch the sunrise over Kailash....

Photos and videos at the end. We started walking in the dark from the hotel around 8am, up the market street, shops just opening. When we...

Photos and videos at the end. A wet and dreary start to the day leaving Saga. Low clouds hung to the hills. Cooler today. We have been...

Photos and videos at the end. Everest Base Camp (EBC). It was cloudy in the morning, but we did manage to catch a last glimpse of...

Photos and videos at the end. Onto Everest Base Camp (EBC). The courtyard between the accommodation block of our hotel and the breakfast...

Photos and videos at the end. After breakfast, we left Lhasa along a four lane expressway, passing a set of craggy mountains to the...

Photos and videos at the end. Today’s plan is to visit Potala Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, followed by Jokhang Temple in the...

Photos and videos at the end. At breakfast, I started to meet more of my tour group. We were 12, Ziggy and Chandra were in a different...

Photos and videos at the end. I had a reasonable sleep on the train to Lhasa and woke at 7am. I was in a sleeping compartment with 3...

Photos and videos at the end . After breakfast, I wandered around the nearby Tibetan market for a while. An amazing variety of goods for...

Photos and videos at the end . Today I say goodbye to Shanghai and fly the 2,220 km to Xining in the western China, where I’ll board the...

Photos and videos at the end. See also narrative for Day 1 . I didn’t have any specific plans for my second day in Shanghai. I’d read...

Pictures and videos are at the end. Day one in Shanghai, and what a fabulous day. It’s one of those days that feels like time has slowed...

Am very excited to be off an an overseas adventure. To China, Tibet and Nepal. I’ll post when I can, but between Chinese internet...