Fantastic news, the excellent Qatar Airways has just announced a nice juicy reduction in their air fares to Kathmandu in the peak spring and autumn seasons. After years of price rises it's almost too good to be true. With our flight inclusive price for Nepal trips down by up to £150 and with flights from both London and Manchester, this could be just the nudge you needed to visit this beautiful and dramatic country. Nepal has long been the jewel in the crown of the Himalayas and it promises so much with its amazingly friendly people and dramatic landscapes. The hardest thing is getting there, so this is a golden opportunity.

KE biker, Eli Baron just recently returned from our Pokhara to Kathmandu - Himalaya mountain bike ride in Nepal. He loved it so much he took over 2000 photographs and has made 17 videos, this is pretty much one for each day. Click the image above to take a peek at this top off-road biking holiday.

Last year, in 2012, we gave away a Free Phd Down Jacket to every person that booked one of our polar cruises. The cruises and the jackets proved to be so popular that we're doing it again. PHD has been designing down jackets for extreme adventures for over 50 years so these jackets are the perfect for our polar cruises. 

Strange but true, last weeks Castaway on BBC Radios "Desert Island Disks" was Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's extraordinary opposition leader. Remarkably she was the first castaway to choose a record she had never heard played before! Her choice, Tom Jones' 'Green Green Grass of Home' and she liked it! 

In the lush hills of Northern Thailand some of the most expensive and exotic coffee is being created. Thai elephants are being encouraged to eat coffee beans and then days later the beans are plucked from their dung. The coffee is reported to be earthy in flavour and smooth on the palate and costs $50 a cup! 

There's a great website for checking the weather, anywhere in the World. Weather2travel.com is the ultimate guide and will not only tell you what the weather is like where you are going but, even better, lets you enter the weather you want and then tells you where to go to get it! So to help you pack the right stuff, check it out here. 

Booked your holiday? Wondering who you will be travelling with? Want to get to know the other members of your group? Maybe you want to discuss your holiday with your fellow travellers before you depart, get advice on what to pack, share transfers to the airport or just arrange to meet for a coffee in the departure lounge.  

Well now you can by going to our 'Meet Fellow Travellers' app via facebook.  

Simply select your trip and departure month and start chatting with your group members before you depart.

This month we've got a Deuter goody bag of gifts perfect for taking on one our Discovery holidays. With less need of a big daypack, the Pulse 3 hip belt and camera case will will allow you to carry your essentials for short walks and sightseeing tours. There is also a stylish travel wash bag. 

To enter simply email us the name and email address of a friend who would like to receive our monthly enews. The winner will be announced in March. 

Congratulations Geoff Hallett! You won a pair of Fizan Trek poles donated by Allcord in last month's draw.