Alysha is today’s correspondent: It snowed! We woke up at 5:45 to everyone yelling, “It’s snowing!” And it did snow! The landscape that had previously…
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Jack picks up the story: We left Kumjong in the early morning and set off down the hill to “Funky Town” where we stopped for…
Leave a CommentToday’s correspondent is Rita: Today we made the trip from Namche Bazar to Khunde. We started out by walking up yet another steep hill until…
Leave a CommentIt’s known as the Namche Bump. A climb of about 600 meters elevation. It starts with a mind-numbingly terrifying (for me anyway) crossing…
1 CommentUp at 4:00 and on the bus to the airport with a team of very sleepy teenagers at 4:30am. Finding the entrance to the domestic terminal…
Leave a CommentArriving in Katmandhu yesterday was as painless as it could possibly be. I was met by John Gully in the immigration hall, handed my…
Leave a CommentThe Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award has a presence in more than 140 countries worldwide and, as its Secretary General, I get the opportunity to…
Leave a CommentI decided to start the year with a 25km run (or amble, depending on your point of view), following the route of the Circle Line…
2 CommentsI last saw the real Father Christmas when I was six years old. It was very late at night on Christmas Eve, or possibly very…
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