The Twin Otter lurched, and a blur of elephants and people flashed past the left wing The two pilots wore their Royal Nepal Airlines uniforms, but from my vantage point in the front seat of the Twin Otter it never…
NEPALI TIMES
Warwick Deacock, 90
Who lived life to the full and left a footprint in Nepal ADVENTURER: Warwick Deacock (above) and (below) crossing the Simpson Desert in South Australia in 1983 on the route from Pumi Bore to Birdsville. Major Warwick Deacock’s erect bearing…
“Join us on the land”
Remembering the legendary Boris Lisanevich, founder of the Royal Hotel We recline on trekking mattresses on the sweet-smelling grass, bees and insects busy in the overgrown garden. Nursing a tin cup of Boris’ signature bullshot, a mix of local vodka,…
Never fly into clouds
Those wonderful Pilatus Porter pilots and their flying machines The crags and rocks were perilously close to the wing tips as our Pilatus Porter aircraft spiralled downwards towards the tiny landing strip clinging to the remote Himalayan hillside. I could…
Call of the wild
Forty years later, I can still taste the fear and feel my trembling knees as I cowered uselessly behind the tree to dodge the charging rhino In khaki shorts and floppy hat I greet the arriving guests at the bottom…