Long term traveling is an interesting psychological experiment. You go through different phases of feelings about your trip. Or at least, I did. Early on, the first few months, I was caught up in the excitement of being out of the states for the first time in memory. Even Mom and Dad had that feeling […]
Archive | April, 2011
Hong Kong
April 6 – 9 Kathmandu, Nepal airport is the only place we’ve encountered in the world so far where you truly need two full hours before your flight to get through all the lines before you finally arrive at the only gate. There is a large electronic sign with all the flights that everyone ignores. […]
An Image of Nepal – Complete with Photos (5/13)
Nepal. The name brings so many wonderful, positive images. Most of these are a result of traveling there 33 years ago as a college student, but many simply come from its reputation as the rooftop of the world . We were there for 12 days, March 25-April 5. It was a great experience for all […]
The Chitwan Nature Reserve
Let’s flash back in time to just before our trek. We recently left Katmandu, and took a bus down to Chitwan nature reserve. The ride was okay, really, if you could ignore the fact that the bus had square wheels. We had a nice, pre-prepared trip set out for us, so after getting off the […]
Nepal Trekking
Day one After a day in Pokhara we took a mini van up to a small village where we started our trek. About half way into it I suddenly started up a story called “The Adventures of Timothy Mouse” which I had to stop at the end of the trek. The first day was pretty […]
Thank You EPA
Part of the value of travel is to remind oneself of the things we have that we sometimes take for granted. Off and on for the last five months one of the things I have been really appreciative from home is the nice air quality. Granted, there are times during the winter when Boise has […]
Leaving India
March 12 – 25 We ended up leaving India earlier than planned due to the 100 degree weather, the whole family getting sick and the ever present air pollution. Travel in India is truly an adventure for the independent traveler. Each day brings moments of exasperation followed by moments of beauty and kindness. Perhaps the […]
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