Highlights from one year of travelling (2010-11)

It was an amazing year and I can’t believe we are home. Here are some of the best bits (along side ratings as you would expect from us): Brazil (8.5/10) Staying in the cool neighbourhood of Santa Teresa in a lovely pousada (Rio) Dancing the samba and getting drunk in Lapa (Rio) Watching the World…

Would you wear this at home?

I will happily admit a lot of travellers offend me (and for many reasons) but the one thing that I really hate is some of the outfits they wear. Backpackers in Nepal and India have been by far the worse and here are a selection of candid snaps:

Nepal photos

Our pictures from Nepal:

How to get chased by a rhino (and wash an elephant)

This trip has given me a greater appreciation for animals and I really enjoyed seeing all the wildlife in Borneo, so I was looking to a jeep safari around Chitwan National Park to spot rhinos. We assembled a good group and set out in the early morning along with our guide; and driver into the…

Kathmandu, canyoning and countryside

It was a bit of a shock to the system to move to a guesthouse after the luxury of my birthday. Nevertheless we soon adjusted back to the traveller lifestyle and accommodation without 24-hour electricity. In the dry season Nepal doesn’t produce enough electricity from its hydroelectric power stations, so the current is switched off at different times…

Turning 28 in Nepal

Throughout our travels we have been on a pretty strict budget and have grown used to dorms or smelly shoe box-sized rooms, often without a bathroom or even a toilet seat (a surprisingly common occurrence). We eat in the cheapest restaurants or at street stalls and travel on the most rickety forms of transport usually…