On the map, the road from Gangtok to Lachen looks pretty straight forward. I mean literally, it looks like a straight north west jobby with a few little turns. But we soon learnt this was far from true. This next stage of our journey was a drive into the north of Sikkim, where we would arrive in the remote mountain town of Lachen, the start point of the trek and the home of last bed we would sleep in for 15 days. Lachen is important in my journey as it’s where I officially le

It surprised me just how perfectly my homemade chairpack slotted into an Exodus Travels kit bag. With a few clothes and emergency waterproofs tucked round the sides it managed to survive the journey to India, without so much as a screw coming loose. Amazing really as it was constructed in quite a rush by me and the lovely Dave from work (well mainly Dave) in the bike shed on our lunchbreaks. It all seems a bit ridiculous now when I think about it this simply; here I was, head