Day 7 – Dingboche -> Ama Dablam Base Camp If it wasn’t already obvious as these blog updates go on, as we gain altitude our brain capacity slows a bit. Honestly it’s been quite entertaining, there’s been multiple occasions where we are all sitting in the lodge dining room cracking up over absolutely nothing. All … More Nepal Trekking – Days 7-8 (Dingboche, Ama Dablam Base Camp, Lobuche) 🇳🇵
Day 1 – Lukla -> Phakding We started off with an early morning. A 5:30am departure from our hotel would hopefully put us on the first plane from Kathmandu to Lukla. But one thing to note, is that the Nepalese function on organised chaos. So we got to the airport, made our way through all … More Nepal Trekking – Days 1-3 (Lukla, Phakding, Namche)
Alright I know it’s been over 12 months of radio silence from me, but it’s time for this blog to come back to life! It’s been a year of working and saving, to enable an upcoming year of adventure and travel. To set the context, I’m currently writing to you from the luxury of my … More The Blog is Back – I’m in Nepal?! 🇳🇵
I’m back! Coincidentally, today happens to be exactly 2 months since I landed back in NZ. The ideas for this post sitting have been sitting in my notes app for so long, but it hasn’t felt like the right time to compile them into a coherent post until now. If you’d rather not read what … More ANDDD its been 2 months already – a look back at my backpacking trip 🥹✈️
Slovenia! This was a country I went kind of out of my way to visit. I wanted to experience the Slovenian outdoors firsthand, as the rivers, mountains and lakes looked stunning. I started off my trip here with a day in the capital city, Ljubljana (pronounced loo-bee-aa-nuh). Unfortunately, I timed my one day here with … More An encounter with Slovenian bed bugs 🪲😭
Innsbruck – a town with so much to offer, yet in which I did so little. After my time in Switzerland I was headed towards Eastern Europe, so Innsbruck was a stop on the way over. The city had a vibrant and modern atmosphere, full of students and young people. There were a lot of … More I did my laundry – in Innsbruck 🧺🇦🇹
To continue with my travels across Switzerland I took the train from Lauterbrunnen to Zermatt. Zermatt is the gateway town to the Matterhorn, sitting right below the magnificent peak. I didn’t realise that things could get even more expensive than they had been in Lauterbrunnen, but somehow they did. Zermatt is a stunning, idyllic, ski … More Guess what I did in Zermatt?!
*WARNING – this is my longest blog post ever, apologies in advance!* All I can say is that for many reasons, Switzerland felt like an alternate reality. There’s simply no other way I can describe it. Not only was it THAT beautiful, but it was also THAT expensive, it didn’t even feel real. If I … More Hiking in Switzerland! 🏔️🇨🇭
I’m catching up on these blog posts while I wait for my laundry – laundry day is well and truly over due at this point. Salzburg was unexpectedly a really great time. While I had already been planning on travelling to Salzburg following Oktoberfest, I ended up travelling there with a couple of the people … More Salzburg 🏰🎵🇦🇹
Milan really was just another stop for me. In my mind it was a grey, dull city with little to offer. While I wasn’t exactly wrong, I was more impressed than I expected. Milan is well known for its shopping and art culture – both things I’m not hugely interested in. That being said, I … More Milan (and day trips!) 🚆🇮🇹
Nikita’s Nomadic Notes 