Pizza, X-Rays and the Waiting Game
The ambulance driver indicates I should buckle my seatbelt, which seems a little conservative of him until he hits the road. More than half the...
Category: Mishaps
Helicopter Evac – Way to Go!
Morning dawns and both Zac and I are quite childishly excited about the prospect of a helicopter evac. You see, neither of us have actually...
Our First Encounter with Healthcare in Mongolia
The jeep rolls up the hill, and the doctor emerges, with a metal box of tricks. She’s a slight, friendly woman in her 30s: I...
The Doctor is Called
Like all good travelling families headed to remote parts of developing countries, Zac and I are packing a medical kit stuffed to the gunnels with...
Disaster Strikes
We know it’s going to be a brutal ride out from the reindeer people – six full days, seven hours a day, riding fast as...
Skiing China 2: In Which I Attempt a Slalom
“The black run is short,” Li explains. “After, blue.” “What about that one?” I say. “Dangerous! Lots of rocks!” Well, I think stoically, that’s one...
Our China Odyssey – Part 1: Shenzhen
Despite the pleasures of Hong Kong, I am beginning to panic absolutely bloody terrified about the impending arrival of Chinese New Year. Folk in Beijing...
In Which Things Fail to Go to Plan in Beijing
After a week spent sorting out Chinese visas in Kathmandu, plus getting stuck in Lukla on the back of Everest Base Camp, my projects for...
Boxing Day at Nepali Immigration
“Do I HAVE to come, Mum?” says Zac, as I drag him out of bed and bodily towards a taxi, en route to Nepali Immigration,...
In Pokhara – with the Plague
Had things gone according to plan, Zac and I should have been heading up a glacier today, en route to Everest Base Camp. But… this...