Tag: Hiking the Annapurna CIrcuit
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Nepal (Day 3)
2 November (Kathmandu –Besisahar) The alarm rang at 5.00am after very few hours of sleep. Eugene provided an extra alarm call with several long farts. ‘Sorry.’ He leapt out of bed and legged it to the bathroom. He emerged rather soulfully several minutes later. ‘I think I’ve got giardia!’ Since the incubation period for giardia…
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Nepal: Prologue
Prologue In the autumn of 1994, following eight semi-nomadic years teaching for the British Council, I decided to return to the UK and see if I could try a more settled life. I packed up my home in Tunis and found myself back at my parents’ home with a bit of cash saved and a…