I'm an IT Manager based in the UK, undertake freelance web projects, mountain sports and am a husband & a father. Here I blog about web apps, all things Apple & life in general. I also highlight my posts & status updates from around the web.
Unfortunately our Unclimbed Peak remains so ...........
Our trip started with an eventful bus journey with an 80km trip taking 12 hours starting in Kathmandu with 5 of us plus around 10 Sherpas/Porters and a whole lot of kit, finishing in Syrabubensi with a bus crammed full of people after picking up more Porters on the way.
The journey through the Nepal countryside was amazing, punctuated with small villages where we appeared to be a bit of a novelty. We were embarking on our trip on the first day of the Dasain Festival so there was a holiday atmosphere in most of the villages with people decorating their vehicles, houses and faces and playing games in the street.
Recent landslides lead to a few hairy moments on the road with us having to walk across numerous sections. Nepalise bureaucracy made for some long hold ups at various army checkpoints but much arm waving, telephone calls and raised voices safely saw us on our way.
We finally made it to Syrabubensi to find the intended guest house was full so tents it was on the local playing field.
The next day we started our trek into the Langtang National Park with our destination a small group of Guest Houses called the Llama Hotel. As we were still at quite a low altitude the temperatures were pretty high and there was plenty of colourful plant life not to mention monkeys in the trees.
The next day we continued our trek heading towards…
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Hi, my name is Giles Thurston and this is my personal site.
I'm based in Ely, the second smallest city in the UK just north of Cambridge. I have over 15 years commercial software development experience, spending the first few years as an application developer before moving into web development and consultancy. I've led teams, managed multi million pound contracts and have a number of years of business development experience. My day job these days tends to focus on IT management and in particular Business Development but I keep my hand in by undertaking personal web development and design projects.
In 2008, after 16 years using Windows based PC's, I made the switch to a Mac and boy was it worth it! Although I continue to use PC's on a day to day basis, my personal preference is always to go with Apple products and I hope to blog about my experiences as a switcher here on this site, with various hints and tips which may be of use to anybody following me over the fence from Windows
Away from software development and technology, I am a husband to Leanne and father to Arlo James, who joined our family in April 2009. I'm a keen sportsman and enjoy a variety of mountain sports, including mountaineering, climbing (rock & ice) and mountain biking. I've recently got back into running and am hoping to do my first triathlon in 2010.
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