Introduction
We spent five and a half months in Nepal and India (from October 2008 to March 2009). It was a great trip: Nepal is our favourite travel destination anyway, so that was already in the bag.
However, India, which we entered after spending almost three months in Nepal, was a very nice surprise. We had been there in 2004 for two months, although we had not completely enjoyed that trip: while India is an utterly fascinating place, it sometimes can be pretty hard to negotiate, especially for determined budget travellers.
Back then in 2004, we experienced a strange sort of love/hate feeling for the country (which we found mirrored in many other tourists and even in Indians). This time round, perhaps because we had a better idea what to expect, it was a rather enjoyable trip. Oh, there are still a few things in India that'll floor even an experienced traveller (the sheer pressing mass of humanity and Indian bureaucracy, to name but two) ... and yet, all in all we had a most wonderful and relaxed time.
- There are two pages with the English and French texts, respectively
- An overview map for the whole trip
- And Thomas has also prepared a rough map of the main Everest trek plus a page with links to more detailed maps and some further information.
Finally, we have a full site map of all Turkey 2015 pages; the other sections have local maps (see Blog Map and Photos Map and index pages (see Blog Index and Photos Index).
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