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Day 17 – See you in Kathmandu
Earlier in the trip, our CEO indicated there was a flight from Pokhara to Kathmandu that was 20 minutes instead of the drive we were planned to do, which was 10 hours. Derek and I jumped on that immediately. It… Continue reading
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Day 15 -Arrival into Pokhara
Farewell to the Barauli homestay: The drive to Pokhara was a crazy drive in the mountains along narrow roads, twists and turns, and trying to pass other vehicles as much as possible. Bathroom break: The drive seemed a lot quicker… Continue reading
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Day 14 – Chitwan Safari
This morning we got to sleep in, as breakfast wasn’t till 9. I had a lousy sleep because the bed was rock hard. There were two thick blankets on the bed, so I decided the next night we would sleep… Continue reading
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Day 16 – Hiking and paragliding in Pokhara
It was a very early morning. We had to meet the group at 5 am to go for a sunrise experience. We took our bus way up a hill/mountain to a place called Sarangkot. We had tea, which was not… Continue reading
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Day 13 – The birthplace of Buddha
We woke up in Butwal to an amazing view from our hotel room. We could see the mountains in the distance, the sunrise, and we had a great view overlooking the city. Breakfast at the hotel restaurant was like dinner.… Continue reading
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View from our room.
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Day 12 – Into Nepal
We left Varanasi super early, at 4 am. Our train was already at the station. We were going from the first station of the line all the way to the last station (Gorakhpur). I think we sat at the station… Continue reading
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Day 11 – Varanasi – The Ganges and a surprise rooftop patio
We met the group at 6 for our sunrise boat tour on the Ganges. Again, just incredible and surreal. Our CEO explained about the bacteria in the Ganges that eats other bacteria and viruses, which I had seen in a… Continue reading
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Day 10 – Waking up on the train / Varanasi
We all slept well on the overnight train. I was woken up by hands under my sheet, which freaked me out, I lifted my eye mask and it was just Derek. Phew! It was 6 am. I slept for a… Continue reading
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Day 9 – Orchha and the Overnight Train
We didn’t have to meet our group till 11 am, so we all figured it would be great to sleep in. 6:30 am hit and speakers came on with a man speaking Hindi. Followed by a female singing. It stopped… Continue reading
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Day 8 – Orchha, The hidden city
The group met at 7am to head to the train station. We would get some food on the train, so we wouldn’t be having breakfast at the hotel like we had been every day so far.We got to the train… Continue reading
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