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Travel -
Nepal
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Sunday, 29 April 2001 |
 Our trek starts from Nepal's second largest valley, the beautiful Pokhara Valley - with magnificent Himalayan panoramas of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna & Manaslu range. Machapuchare, the Fish Tail peak, stands out majestically.
The trek combines incredible ethnic and cultural diversity and takes us through villages full of very friendly people. We start with a steep ascent up to the beautiful village of Bhumdi, and then continue through woods of Rhododendron and Alpine Meadows. We reach the highest point of our trek at Panchase Danda (hill top 2509m), the most beautiful view point of the area, with spectacular views unfolding across the sweeping panorama from Dhaulagiri to the Annapurna range. It is said that Panchase offers the best spot for dramatic photos of the Annapurna - Dhaulagiri Massif.
Panchase Danda is also a pilgrimage place for the local people, who go yearly to pay homage to their deceased ancestors and make offerings to the local deities and mountain spirits.
This trek is graded 'Intermediate'.
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Travel -
Nepal
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Sunday, 29 April 2001 |
 Two days rafting on the Trusuli River, including overnight camping on the river bank.
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Travel -
Nepal
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Sunday, 29 April 2001 |
 After almost two weeks of trekking and river-rafting we arrive at Gaida Jungle Lodge, overlooking the Dungre river, on the edge of the Rhino Zone in the central area of Royal Chitwan National Park. We spend a few days here and take elephant rides into the jungle to look for Rhino, Tiger and other wildlife. We also take a trip on the river in a dug-out canoe to visit an elephant breeding centre. One afternoon we help to take the elephants to the river for a bath and we all get a good soaking in the process!
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Travel -
Australia
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Wednesday, 31 July 1996 |
 We travelled this journey in May 1996. Starting from and crossing the Nullarbor Plain to Adelaide, then on to Sydney. The complete journey takes 65 hours and covers 4,352 kilometres (2,704 miles). The train can carry a maximum of 106 first class, 32 economy and 104 coach class passengers.
Before our travel we had been unable to find any comprehesive reference for this journey and so were pleased to find a complementary guide book in our cabins. Entitled, 'An adventure that spans Australia', it covers the legend of the eagle (the Wedge-tailed Eagle is the emblem of the Indian Pacific), an history of the development of the route, a description of the train and details of the places we were to travel though. The overview which follows is enhanced with extracts from this guide book.
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