🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 Distance Ascent Descent Time Day 1 - Surke to Phakding 9.3KM 604M 288M 4 hr Day 2 - Phakding to Namche Bazar 16.32 KM 1211M 366M 5hr 58m Day 3 - Namche Bazar 15.01KM 792M 783M 7hr 18m Day 4 - Namche Bazar to Thame 9.19 KM 645M 299M 3hr 42 Day 5 - Thame Monastery and Thame to Lungden 15.21KM 969M 372M 6h 46m Day 6 Lungden Day Hike 10.82KM 402M 390M 4h Day 7 - Lungden to Gokyo Via Renjo La Pass 12.95KM 1104M 683M 10hr 44m…
🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 It was dream for many years to embark on this epic trek, probably the most comprehensive trek of Khumbhu Region. Day 1: Kolkata to Kathmandu: My day started with an early morning flight from Kolkata to Kathmandu. There is just one Nepali airline , Budha Air which operate a direct flight on every alternate day. It was just under 2 hrs and I was well in time to check-in my hotel and then found a nice restrurant in Thame area for a traditional Nepali Lunch. It was interesting to…
🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Pedalling from London to Brighton is a classic 55-mile journey that takes you from Clapham Common down quiet country lanes, up the steep Ditchend Hill, and straight to the vibrant Brighton seafront. Journey starts from rolling away from Clapham Common through south London suburbs. Then cruising past green fields in Surrey and Sussex before stopping to catch your breath on the massive climb at Ditchling Beacon. After that its coasting down the final hill into Brighton and finishing right by the beach. …
🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 I had a tight iteanary and managed to spent very little time in these cities . But these are worth exploring for couple of days Salento Salento was my first stop before starting the trek in Los Nevados national park. It is nice little colourful town . I reached here after a long bus journey from Medellin . Reached at late evening and there was a fisco at the hotel , they given me a wrong key and I was pretty much locked out. Walked around the town center…
🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Day 1 Valle de Cocora to Finca La Argentina Length: 9.9km Alt. start: 2,400m Alt. end: 3,400m Departure: 8am Lunch: El Bosque I met my guide at Salento around 8:00 am to be ready to leave by 8:30 am and hop on a Willys Jeep for the 12km drive to Valle de Cocora where our Trek starts. Valle de Cocora is a natural cloud forest and home of the Colombian national tree Palma de Cera. This giant wax palm tree, the tallest in the world growing up to 65 meters, was near extinction…
🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Day 1 Bogota was my last stop in Columbia before flying out. My flight from Santa Marta arrived mid morning . I had to pay little extra for early check in . Latter in the afternoon I booked a city tour to cycle around Bogota and learl some of the fascinating history. We rode bike to traditional food markets, a coffee factory, the bullfighting stadium, the Central Cemetery, the historical center and through Bogota's many plazas, parks, and neighborhoods. …
🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Day 1 I arrived Medelline pretty late in the evening . The hotel was modest but comfortable . Took a taxi and reached at the hotel and went to sleep. Next morning I had booked the trip to Guatape. Guatape is one of those post card perfect place which is hard to miss. We stopped at a small town enroute and had our breakfast then we were dropped at El Penol with some free time and option to climb the rock. It has 740 steps and $6 ticket per…
🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Day 1 I was picked up from my hotel and was driven to the company office to pay up the dues and after that it was long and bumpy ride to starting point of El Mamey town . This drive took about 3.5 hours. We then had our lunch at El Mamey. From El Mamey hiking starts , it was about 4 - 5 hour hiking to Adam Camp . The evening was spent in chit-chatting with group . There was a good dinner in the evening and…
🇦🇲 🇦🇲 🇦🇲 Day 1 : Tbilisi to Yereven by road I decided to take a private transfer . I was picked up from my hotel around 7 in the morning .Our first stop was Sevanavank monastery, located in Lake Sevan. Lake Sevan is the pearl of the Armenian mountains. A volcanic creation of blue eyes beauty located 1900m. above sea level is the second highest sweetwater lake in the world rounded by beautiful mountains. Sevanavank monastery is one of the most beautiful monasteries in Armenia, located on the pick of Sevan…
🇬🇪 🇬🇪 🇬🇪 Day 1 Batumi I flew from Baku and landed at Batumi in the afternoon . It was easy to get Uber all over Georgia, I got a Uber and reached to Orbi Aprtments , these were huge apartment blocks built in new boulevard. Though I had a booking through booking.com , my booking was not honoured and I ended up paying double price for a similar apartment with someone else. Nevertheless Batumi is very popular resort city and it is quite popular with locals. Batumi often known as "Pearl…