Himalayas

If somebody like me – a giant baby when it comes to any heat whatsoever – can tackle Nepal during the height of monsoon season, anyone can. Here’s my handy survival guide.

Dreamy colour washes, simple aesthetics and static camera angles – this isn’t your Daddy’s Bhutan travel vid.

I learnt to respect both the path we tread and those with whom we shared it. So maybe, just maybe, I am cut out for this group travel thing.

Unfortunately, despite coining Gross Domestic Happiness and living traffic-light-free, Bhutan does exist in a bit of a flight path black hole.

We trawled the net and found the photos travellers are taking right now, right this minute, one year after the quake.

Trekking to Everest Base Camp had always been one of my life time dreams. Running a full marathon is another.

Lots of nature? Check. An official happiness index? Check. Zero traffic lights? Check check.

Professional photographer Melissa Findley was in Cambodia when she heard the news about the Nepal earthquake, but the week before she’d been in the Himalayas, ground zero, trekking with a friend.

For anyone interested in the reality of post-earthquake life in Nepal, or for any travellers thinking of trekking there in the near future, this is essential reading.