Author Archives: Elizabeth M

Friday 28 April 2017 Luckily I didn’t have an early start, I had to be out of my room by 10am and my train wasn’t until just after 12pm. After breakfast in my room I said a quick goodbye to the nice lady at reception and somehow I made it to Tokyo main station byContinue reading “#55 Day 33: Tokyo – Kyoto, Japan”

Thursday 27 April 2017 I woke up with a smile on my face (I was in JAPAN!) and enjoyed a relaxing lie-in, plus breakfast in bed. My trip to the supermarket had provided me with cereal, strawberries and a yoghurt, which I finished off with a nice cup of bush tea from my flask thatContinue reading “#54 Day 32: Tokyo, Japan”

Wednesday 26 April 2017 A slightly tiring journey, I didn’t realise Scoot was a budget airline = no food supplied, and I wasn’t aware that we stopped in Bangkok. For an hour. It was ridiculous, I had to get off the plane, have a sticker put on me, race all the way round the airportContinue reading “#53 Day 31: Narita – Tokyo, Japan”

Tuesday 25 April 2017 I wanted to make something of my last day in Singapore as I was flying to Japan that evening. I have been to Singapore a few times before and didn’t feel the need to do much sightseeing however one place I wanted to go to was the Marina Bay Sands (orContinue reading “#52 Day 30: Singapore”

Saturday 22, Sunday 23 & Monday 24 April 2017 I was feeling a bit emotional as I was sad to be leaving my new friends. All of Team Tortoise and some others came to see me off and Amanda and I were holding back the tears as we said goodbye. As the taxi drove outContinue reading “#51 Days 27-29: Nepal – Singapore”

  Friday 21 April 2017 We woke up to a Scandal. As previously mentioned, the youngsters had gone out to Thamel and had enjoyed a night on the town. They came back in what I shall call ‘high spirits’ and, as you do when you are in high spirits, had not made a quiet entranceContinue reading “#50 Day 26: Kathmandu, Nepal”

Thursday 20 April 2017 After the disappointment of not being able to see Federico before the trek, I was excited that today was the day we were meeting up. If you have read from #25 you will know that Federico is an ex-work colleague who now works for Rokpa in Kathmandu. The Rokpa Guest HouseContinue reading “#49 Day 25: Kathmandu, Nepal”

Wednesday 19 April 2017 Our lodge was next door to the airport, in fact the helicopters took off from what seemed the backyard, so we had the pleasure of waiting on comfy seats until our Sirdar (the Head of the Sherpas) called around 8am to say we should come. 5mins later we were at theContinue reading “#48 Day 24: Lukla – Kathmandu, Nepal”

Tuesday 18 April 2017 It was a warm and sunny morning and Team Tortoise had been going for two and a half hours and had reached Monjo, which was the whole walk of the second day of the trek (in reverse, see #33)! We were very encouraged by this and hoped we would soon beContinue reading “#47 Day 23: Namche – Lukla, Nepal”

  Sunday 16 & Monday 17 April 2017 Amanda and I enjoyed our extra hour in bed this morning as we weren’t leaving until 9am. Walking into the communal room for breakfast I was greeted by a chirpy Sarah (not sure if I’ve mentioned her previously, she provides admin support to the project and wasContinue reading “#46 Days 21-22: Dingboche – Tengboche – Namche, Nepal”