Well after a bit of too-ing and fro-ing it looks like Nepal may be on.
We just have to see if we can afford it, if everything falls into place
we may be off in March to April.
Will try to keep everyone updated!
Chris

As the only plane of our trip skimmed over the first northern suburbs of
Darwin, which were only just visible in the pre-dawn gloom, the realization
struck us that we had actually managed it - we’d actually cycled to Australia.
16,000km (almost exactly 10,000 miles) and 14 months later we had crossed the Equator
sometime last night.
The last […]

Small Village (98km)
Jinhong (79km)
Galamba (35km)
Village (61km)
Menghla (89km)
Mohan [Border between PRC and PDR Laos] 89km
Meung Xai (102km)
Pak Mong (80km)
Luang Prabang (116km)
Truck Stop town (79km)
Kasi (97km)
Van Veng (61km)
Vientienne (163km)
Udon Thani [THAILAND] (87km)
Khon Kaen (125km)
Nakhon Ratchasima (202km)
Saraburi (155km)
Bangkok (121km)

The last few days in China were to be the last we all spent together as a group, the Chinese […]

Dali to Wiechan 70km
Wiechan to Hujie 73km
Hujie to Yun Xian 62km
Yun Xian to Nonamevillage 48km
Nonamevillage to Lincan 9km
Lincang to Somewhere
Somewhere to Shangyun 94km
Shangyun to Truck stop
Truck stop to Lancang

It finally took much pleading, smiling, the best part of a week and an extra 50 RMB (U$6) each to get our visas extended. Of course it […]

Markham to Camp (86km)
Camp to Yanjing (24.5km)
Yanjing to Hongshan, Yunnan (46.8km)
Hongshan to Dequin (66.9km)
Dequin to Camp (52.8km)
Camp to Sometinyvillage (68.8km)
Sometinyvillage to Zondian (65.3km)
Zondian to Qaitou (96.8km)
Qaitou to Lijang (81.5km)
Lijang to Sometinyvillage (86.9km)
Sometinyvillage to Dali (81.36km)

Leaving Markham was easy - the first 50km was downhill we dropped down to 3520m on easy hard packed roads. However […]

Lhasa to Ganden
Ganden to Rutok Shang
Rutok Shang to 30km after Shingdor
Shingdor to Kong Po Gyande
Kong Po Gyande to Baipa
Baipa to Bayi
Bayi to camp on pass (37km beyond Bayi)
camp on pass to Lunang
Lunang to Tongme
Tongme to Pomi
Pomi to Yupuk
Yupuk to 10km before Rawu
Rawu to Pema
Pema to camp on 16th hairpin of Gama La
camp on Gama […]

For those of you following our progress on maps, the days we did were:
21 days:

Kathmandu to Barabise (89km)
Kodari (27km)
Zangmu (8km)
Camp 1 (27km)
Nayalam (4km)
Acclimatisation Day off
Camp 2 (20km)
Dulung (25km)
Sumo (44km)
Dingri (65km)
Camp 3 (54km)
Tashi Dzong (47km)
2 days camping at Everest Base Camp
Baipa (12km)
Latse (83) […]

The 70 km to the Indian Nepal border turned out to be an easy day with half of the journey on flat easy roads and the remaining half potholed and lumpy. Crossing into Nepal one feels the change immediately. Firstly the Nepalis carry everything on their back, you can see the way to the border […]

Ludhianna was nice in a very untouristy kind of way, we have become experts in judging how many tourists come to a place by their reaction. Normally the heads turn if Jen walks down the street, but if I walk down the road and people stare then it’s a good sign that we are off […]

Three weeks since we last turned a pedal!The last time we did any exercise was in Iran, the desert was empty of people and the only vegetation was an occasional scrubby bush every 100m or so and the wind was so strong we were going forwards at 10km per hour at times. Some things […]