(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 07-09-2014 - Sunday It was nice to be woken up with a hot drink, a morning ritual. The weather was fine so we had an Al fresco Breakfast (photo by Helen). There was an option of cereal/muesli or nice (not
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 06-09-2014 - Saturday After packing our luggage into the bus at the Yak Hotel we rode along the main street for a group photo outside the Potala (must get got that shot, thanks Kirsten!). (L to R) Ollie, Paula, Me (behind)
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(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 02-09-2014 - Tuesday – Arriving in Lhasa The flight was great with only minimal turbulence in a thin cloud layer on ascent and descent. From the lush green hills and swollen muddy rivers of Nepal we climbed to the true alpine plateau
Adventure South
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 30-08-2014 – Saturday – Kathmandu Arrival I’ve never flown through Kuala Lumpur before but, like a Vietnam flight, the trek across Australia seems endless. You cross the Tasman on a curving course from near Sydney up to the Northern Territory. It'
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Somehow I had it in my head that I was flying around midnight Saturday. The itinerary said Saturday but it was late on Thursday night that it dawned on me 00:15 is actually bloody early Saturday, more like Friday night! Luckily I had sorted everything out so packing the
B's email said it all: This does not look good... Landslide in Nepal Kills at Least 8; Hundreds Are Missing - www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03 KATHMANDU, Nepal — A major landslide early Saturday morning near Nepal’s border with China killed at least eight people and left
Auckland
Headed for Muriwai, via the back roads, in search of gravel and hills. I knew there would be hills but found somewhat less gravel than expected as several roads had been sealed. I suppose the folks who live there don’t miss the winter mud, summer dust! Found enough to
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Took 'Rapid Rob' on our first real ride yesterday. From home headed up to the Scenic Drive where I went off road on the centennial Exhibition Drive track. It is a closed well formed gravel road which follows a water supply pipeline towards Nihotupu Dam for a couple
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I hope trip leader Bas approves because it’s too late if he doesn’t and who knows where in the world (on his bike) he is! My weapon of choice for the worlds steepest downhill* and a few uphills on the way there. * Trip Notes days 19-21: From the
Adventure South have launched a new website for their international tours. I really like the design but felt compelled to add a few annotations of my own. NZ & Vietnam done, Tibet/Nepal next in September 2014! Remarkable Adventures - www.remarkableadventures.co.nz Welcome to Adventure South’s Remarkable
Watching this puts a little bike ride from Lhasa to Kathmandu into perspective… [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U&w=640&h=480]
I haven’t done any serious cycling beyond day rides around Auckland recently. My last real distance was on a trip around the top end of the South Island with Adventure South just before Xmas 2012. As that trip came to a close there were discussions on what to do
