This is one of the best routes we’ve ever taken, with spectacular, varied scenery and friendly locals. We can’t overemphasize how important it is to go light, however. There is a massive amount of climbing to do (much of it…
Riding Peru’s Great Divide: Part 4 – You say Subidita, I say Subidazo
Cycling in Peru soon teaches you one thing: that the scale of this country’s landscapes is immense. So vast. So huge. A country so vertical that local people can’t even see a 1000m ascent. A climb bigger than England’s highest…
The new ‘World’s Most Dangerous Road’?
Nepal doesn’t have the best road safety record. Seemingly every day the Kathmandu Post runs stories of ‘xx dead in bus ravine plunge.’ The terrain doesn’t help. Nor do the vehicles, the majority of which appear to pre-date the Model…
Back on bikes: Pokhara to Kathmandu
Trek over, all that remained was to retrieve our bikes from Pokhara, cycle them to Kathmandu, and fly home.Travelling the main Pokhara-Kathmandu highway by bus hadn’t been much fun. Cycling it looked like our idea of hell. Buses and trucks…
East Nepal – The end
Please click to see our East Nepal photoset on Flickr. Stats: Lukla to Chiya Bhanjyang Days – 19 Trekking days – 15 Distance – 258km Trekking time – 86hrs Amount climbed -16,450m Passes…