Nepal2015

Nepal: Day 10-11, Kathmandu riding

Back to Kathmandu we had 2 last days to ride the trails around the capital city. Our first stop was the Nagarjun National park which sits high in the hills around Kathmandu.   The first part of the ride was to ride a beautiful and peaceful double [...]

Nepal: Day 8-9-10, Rocky roads and a cable car

The lodge we stayed in Kalopani was quite nice and the views of the mountains on the next morning were extraordinary. Today we had a long ride of 55 km of jeep roads to reach the town of Beni. The road was so rocky that everyone, whether that had 6” of [...]

Nepal: Day 6-7, Singletracks down the valley

Today we would leave our favorite place of the trip so far: Kagbeni. We said goodbye to the people we met and headed out to ride down to Jomson. There is a still quite a bit of snow in the mountains here, especially on the north faces. The trail we were [...]

Nepal: Day 5, up high in Muktinath

We woke up to the breathtaking views of the mountains from our hotel. It felt so nice to be away for the busy streets of Kathmandu and Pokhara and in the peaceful setting of Kagbeni. I have not yet taken the time to talk about the food. In general, the [...]

Nepal: Day 3-4, The Himalayas

After our warm up ride, we had one and half days of travel to do before reaching the major destination of our trip: the Annapurna massif. We left Kathmandu in our bus and experienced a bit more of what is like to drive around here. Even the major [...]

Nepal: Day 1-2, Getting a feel of Kathmandu

Nepal – Kathmandu Photos by David Lauzon and Taylor Phillips (Eco Tour Adventure) We usually do a mountain bike trip each spring but this year we had instead opted to focus our time (and especially money!) on an upcoming Sprinter van conversion [...]

Népal-préparation

Nous nous préparons pour notre voyage au Népal. Nos vélos de Rocky Mountain Bicycles et Pivot Cycles ( On The Edge Canada ) sont prêt! 2 semaines de vélo de montagne avec un groupe de 10 amis QC/US. Nous allons rouler dans la vallée de Katmandou, [...]