I want to start early and ordered breakfast for 6.30h even though my guide said it’s too early, too cold… Breakfast is ready at 6h45 and I enjoy porridge with bananas and a view on the mountains! What a great start into the day. I can’t wait to start walking so I am leaving ahead of…
Starting the Annapurna Circuit | December 14, 2015
7am is starting time, my guide is already waiting in the lobby. We take a taxi to the local bus station (500 NRS and I am still thinking it was too expensive – never count on a guide to negotiate even if he is pretending!). And then we patiently wait until the local minibus gets…
One day in Kathmandu | December 13, 2015
Getting a good night of sleep night in Thamel ist not easy – if you cannot stand noise! I am already looking forward to the quietness of the mountains. But before a full day in Kathmandu awaits me. The day starts in a hiking agency. Initially just for a bus ticket – I have decided…
Nepal, here I come | December 11, 2015
Finally – I am leaving to Nepal! I am flying only in the evening so I have enough time to enjoy going to the gym to get some exercise before having to sit for too many hours. I am flying with Etihad, first to Munich, then Abu Dhabi and finally Kathmandu. I am excited and…
Hello Nepal
As a natural choice for mountain lovers and hikers, I wanted to travel to Nepal for a couple of years now. As I can only take off a couple of weeks in a row from my work in either July/August or around Christmas, I always thought it’s out of reach. January 2015, a friend went hiking to…
Hello Mountains 