I spent 10 weeks in Nepal waiting desperately to catch a glimpse of these beautiful mountains.
But monsoon season isn't really the time for views. The mountains are obscured by clouds.
The weekend I was in Pokhara I got up at ridiculous o'clock in the hope that I might catch the mountains early in the day.
I did not.
I then hoped all day and asked various Nepali's that I met there if they thought the mountains might "come out" later in the day.
They did not.
I was so desperate to see the mountains that I'd even been dreaming about seeing them.
But dreams didn't count.
I had been in Nepal for 10 weeks and hadn't seen the Himalayas.
On my last night in Kathmandu there was a beautiful sunset.
Complete with heart-shaped holes-in-clouds.
See?
The roof of our home was definitely my favourite place in Kathmandu. I liked going up there to sit and read or watch the sun set.
On this particular evening, just after the sun set, SarahNY and Whitney were with me, and one of them noticed something white that looked a bit different from the clouds.
We reckoned it was probably the mountains. And I kid you not, I actually literally physically jumped for joy.
I had finally seen them!
Since I have returned to Scotland, the mountains have been visible more in Kathmandu, because the monsoon is over. This means that Whitney has been able to confirm that the glimpse of potential-mountains on my last night in the country was really truly the Himalayas!
Hurray!
Plus, from the plane as I left Nepal I got some pretty clear and amazing views of the mountains.
They are huge and stunning and beautiful and wonderful and magnificent and they were right there.
Epic.
Although bittersweet...since I was somewhat gutted about leaving...
