Our flight from Bhutan was delayed by 2 hours so we didn’t get to our room at the Novotel at Bangkok Airport until 9 pm. We were collected the next morning at 10 am by the Chiva Som, Limo and taken the 3 hours down the coast to Hua Hin, the holiday resort of the […]
Day 1 The drive back over the pass was beautiful despite the roadworks and landslides and as the sky was clear blue we had a panoramic view of the snow capped Himalayas, with Gangkar Punsum being the highest at 7564 metres. We reached Paro four hours later and it was strange to be back at […]
Day 1 To reach Punakha we had to cross the Dochula Pass and we stopped at the highest point (3,100 m), at the Druk Wangyal Chorten memorial, for a walk around some of the 108 stupas followed by a coffee in the restaurant to warm up. It had been cool in the evenings and early […]
As our flight was an hour late we didn’t arrive into Paro airport until 5.30 pm. It was the most interesting landing I’ve experienced since landing in the old Hong Kong airport. The valley is very narrow with steep sides and the flight approach follows the twisting course of the river and valley and at […]
We had been told that today’s drive down the Kathmandu valley would take approximately 6-7 hours. However, by the time we arrived at the Dwarikas Resort it was almost 6pm having left Pokhara at 7.30 am. We had a brief 20 minute stop for lunch but otherwise we were on the road the whole time. […]
After a frantic few hours in Kathmandu’s domestic terminal we eventually were able to relax once we were on the plane. Our flight to Pokhara was only about 45 minutes and we were lucky to be sitting on the right hand side and had a great view of Mount Everest – well we think it […]
Apologies if what follows comes out as a bit of a brain dump but I’m still trying to take in my first impressions of Nepal. We arrived after a 3.5 hour flight from Bangkok and sailed through immigration having already obtained a Visa while we were in London back in May. Annoyingly the time we […]
Having visited Bangkok many times we had absolutely no plans on leaving my second most favourite hotel in the world – The Mandarin Oriental. 3 nights of luxury was just what we both needed and we did nothing but have indulgent 2 hour long champagne breakfasts, survive 2 Thai massages aka wrestling matches which we […]
A month long trip to the Far East - 11 October to 10 November
