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Wandering the World

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Category: Nepal

Found 13 posts.

Mount Everest

Nepal Day 14

The trip was over, but with a bit of luck I could fit in one last sight...

December 3, 2016

Monkeys

Nepal Day 13

It was going to be a long drive all the way back to Kathmandu...

December 2, 2016

Indian Elephants

Nepal Day 12

Today was mostly about seeing more wildlife, and a cultural show.

December 1, 2016

Rhino

Nepal Day 11

Today we'd be heading closer to the Indian border than we'd been so far, and was hoping to start seeing more wildlife.

November 30, 2016

Annapurna

Nepal Day 10

Today we hiked to the Australian basecamp for Anapurna before breakfast, and then headed to Pokhara for some paragliding.

November 29, 2016

Nepal Day 9

A delay in waiting for a group from another company would cause other delays, and problems for the rest of the day. It was however all part of the adventure.

November 28, 2016

Monkey

Nepal Day 8

We all now had to part ways, and head to wherever we would be going next. For me it was back to Kathmandu before a week of adventure.

November 27, 2016

Running the Nepal Marathon

Nepal Day 7

The time had come. Today was the Nepal International Marathon - likely to be the hardest race I'd do.

November 26, 2016

Stupa in Kakani

Nepal Day 6

Today was a free day to spend however we wanted, so my plan was to go find things to photograph.

November 25, 2016

Night over Nepal

Nepal Day 5

The end of our volunteer work, could we finish the pipeline in time?

November 24, 2016

Volunteers in Nepal

Nepal Day 4

Today was our first day of digging a water pipeline for the village we were staying outside of.

November 23, 2016

Clean up Nepal

Nepal Day 3

Today we all went off to work on projects, and then met up afterwards headed up into the mountains, to the athlete's village at the scout hut in Kakani.

November 22, 2016

Kathmandu

Nepal Days 1-2

As soon as I arrived in Kathmandu I headed out by myself to explore what I could before the busy week ahead.

November 20, 2016

Recent Trips

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Recent Races

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