Travel Advice

"Your trip will be incredible!! About Anapurna vs Everest, we thought Everest was so spectacular. You do have to fly to Lukla which depending on the time of year can be a pain. We had to wait 2 days for the plane to fly d/t fog. Although we also flew to Muktunath and crossed our fingers that flight would go - we had limited time while in the Anapurna area. Pokhora is an adorable town, which I so love. If you want to call me sometime we could talk more, would probably be better.

Your question about Gaya - not sure how far south of Nepal that is - transportation by bus is a trip, but for long distances miserable - we took the 12 hr bus to Sybra Bensi to climb in the Langtang-Kengengumba area and rode on the top of the bus with chickens - like I said it is a trip! But literally you are peeing on the side of the road with everyone, dying of heat, often you do not have a seat even if you bought one, the squash so many people on the bus, it is insane. My advice - fly from Gaya to KTM or chitiwan or where ever and take the time to explore more. The buses are also really dangerous they drive like maniacs, which is all part of the process, but a really long bus I would avoid you will get your fill of buses just getting around Nepal. "

Riding on the top with chickens? Dying of heat? Peeing in the bushes next to the bus along with 15 other passengers? Squashing the vehicle to at least 1.5 times its capacity? Ahh... It feels so good to go "home." : )

PS - Reading this made me smile.