In a bit of a departure from my usual posts about being a Rev's husband I'm sharing some posts whilst I'm away walking in Nepal.
Fortunately in our local church we have somebody who has several contacts in Nepal and they have organised a trip for 30 or so people to walk there.
Several others have pitched in to help with the administration and this has meant some great guidance and organisation on issues like immunisations, altitude sickness pills, insurance, flights, visas and organising guides and porters.
In summary the trip will be 15 days away with 3 days of so travelling at the start and finish and the rest walking in the Annapurna Sanctuary up to and down from the base camp at 4,130m under the south face of Annapurna. Apparently it isn't a particularly difficult trek although there are some steep climbs and a few narrow bridges.
Last Friday afternoon as a party we got a coach to Heathrow to catch our flight to Kathmandu - with a stop over in AbuDhabi - arriving Kathmandu late afternoon on Saturday and then transferring to a hotel.
The flights went fine and at the AbuDhabi stop over I had the wonderful experience of witnessing an arab gentleman in full traditional garb walking through the airport with a hooded hawk on his arm. On the second flight they seemed very keen to serve us complimentary hard liquor. Arriving at Kathmandu airport there is an entry slip you fill in with details of your already obtained tourist entry visa - and then in was onto a bus for transfer to our hotel and a group meal in the evening.
On sunday we all got onto another bus for a 6 hour ride to Pokhara
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