05:30 – Alarm goes off and Magnus gets up. Quick wash but no time for breakfast. Onto his Giant mountain bike and off into the narrow streets of Kathmandu. We ride fast, keeping up with the small Hero Honda motorbikes …
There are many small countries that have the misfortune of sharing a border with a much more powerful nation – think of Belgium, next to mighty Germany, or the Baltic States which have the Russian bear on their doorstep. But …
Flying in from the Middle East. Glimpses of the Himalayas, a high barrier of mountain that I can see out of the left hand side window. I can’t see out of the right hand side windows but I know the …
I want to describe my last visit to Nepal, a fascinating little Himalayan country.
Thirty years have passed since I was last in Kathmandu. My presence there was both dramatic — I had been kicked out of Tibet — but …
I recently met up with Xander Berkeley, a Hollywood actor who played in one of the greatest thrillers of all time – Terminator 2 – which was made in 1991. He has featured in over 200 films and TV shows …
I feel rather guilty that I’ve not updated my wonderful Kickstarter supporters, from whom I got £600 to do my bike tour of the Highlands, we well as the readers of my blog.
My guilty conscience says “you took their …