Ok, so I'm hearing some of you are asking where we are and what we've been doing.
Sorry for going quite...!!
After our successful return to Kathmandu from Lukla, we quickly organised an escape to lovely Pokhara (Nepals 2nd largest city) for some well earned R&R&R (recovery from illness). Only the 5 of us Vic's as the QLD lads had spent some days down there before the trek. We booked a van to drive us down there and set off last Tuesday for the 5 1/2hr drive through the real country of Nepal.
By now, we had all come down with the chest and throat infection that young Andrew had been battling throughout the trek. We decided to buy some no brand cough syrup and pumped some double dose into each of us for the drive down. Result? Greg, Ray and I almost knocked out cold for much of the drive...! No warnings on the syrup, but we suspect it may have been one of those night time formulas that put you to sleep.
The next day I had totally lost my voice (more humor for Ray). Greg and Ray perhaps not quite as bad. Nicole still battling a bad cough, and Sue at this stage spared of any symptoms.
All 5 of us had a terrific paraglide yesterday afternoon from one of the high peaks above Pokhara. Brilliant. Due to ongoing Maoist strikes throughout the country, most main roads were blocked and closed yesterday, so the paragliding company had to drive us to the top of the mountain via an alternative "secret" track. We were seated in one 4 wheel drive with an all up 16 on board...!! Yep, 6 in the dual cab, 6 in the rear ute, 2 hanging from the back and 2 from the sides, all edging the vehicle on and climbing steeply on switchbacks for 45min....! Wow...! Finally we got to the top, met our pilots, buckled in and commenced our 30-40min flying like a bird back down. All of us loved it.
We flew back to Kat this morning (30min flight) only to find another political party had called its own strike in Kathmandu...! Again, no shops open and limited taxi services. This makes a total of 3 days of crippling strikes since we have been here. Lucky we hadn't planned to do much today anyway.
We again tried to bring forward our departure from Saturday to tomorrow but still no available seats, so further rest and recovery tomorrow.
Hoping we can continue to gain some strength and recovery overnight.
Sorry for going quite...!!
After our successful return to Kathmandu from Lukla, we quickly organised an escape to lovely Pokhara (Nepals 2nd largest city) for some well earned R&R&R (recovery from illness). Only the 5 of us Vic's as the QLD lads had spent some days down there before the trek. We booked a van to drive us down there and set off last Tuesday for the 5 1/2hr drive through the real country of Nepal.
By now, we had all come down with the chest and throat infection that young Andrew had been battling throughout the trek. We decided to buy some no brand cough syrup and pumped some double dose into each of us for the drive down. Result? Greg, Ray and I almost knocked out cold for much of the drive...! No warnings on the syrup, but we suspect it may have been one of those night time formulas that put you to sleep.
The next day I had totally lost my voice (more humor for Ray). Greg and Ray perhaps not quite as bad. Nicole still battling a bad cough, and Sue at this stage spared of any symptoms.
All 5 of us had a terrific paraglide yesterday afternoon from one of the high peaks above Pokhara. Brilliant. Due to ongoing Maoist strikes throughout the country, most main roads were blocked and closed yesterday, so the paragliding company had to drive us to the top of the mountain via an alternative "secret" track. We were seated in one 4 wheel drive with an all up 16 on board...!! Yep, 6 in the dual cab, 6 in the rear ute, 2 hanging from the back and 2 from the sides, all edging the vehicle on and climbing steeply on switchbacks for 45min....! Wow...! Finally we got to the top, met our pilots, buckled in and commenced our 30-40min flying like a bird back down. All of us loved it.
We flew back to Kat this morning (30min flight) only to find another political party had called its own strike in Kathmandu...! Again, no shops open and limited taxi services. This makes a total of 3 days of crippling strikes since we have been here. Lucky we hadn't planned to do much today anyway.
We again tried to bring forward our departure from Saturday to tomorrow but still no available seats, so further rest and recovery tomorrow.
Hoping we can continue to gain some strength and recovery overnight.
