The Markha Valley trek has actually been relatively gentle with us so far, even though it hasn’t always felt like […]


The Markha Valley trek has actually been relatively gentle with us so far, even though it hasn’t always felt like […]

It’s amazing what a bit of sleep can do. We actually felt more or less ready to walk to Hankar […]

Last night’s supper was a robust affair. A delicate spicy/sour vegetable soup with crispy poppadoms followed by platefuls of fat […]

Ok so this is what we came here for and after four days of getting used to being at cruising […]

We’ll get to the snow in a bit, but first to Leh Palace! Built by King Sengge Namgyal in the […]

There isn’t a whole lot to the village of Nimmu. A few tiny crumbling houses being rapidly overshadowed by some […]

We’re in the village of Nimmu in Kashmir. I’m sitting in the shade of an apricot tree in the orchard […]

It used to be only weatherbeaten Australians who talked about “Overlanding” and then mostly in the context of driving sheep […]

“Overlanding: self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the primary goal” Overland Journal Standing in a damp […]

Our last morning at Mutinondo. Which is too bad. We’ve enjoyed waking to the sun on our faces and a […]