Published June 29th, 2009
in Pictures, Travel and Nepal.
We are in Kathmandu right now after finishing a 2 day overnight rafting trip. Highlights include:
Nobody understanding our incredible quiet, monotone, and apathetic sounding tour guide explaining safety instructions.
Our guide dangerously tying a large metal pump to the top of our bags in the middle of the raft. We joked about smashing our teeth into […]
Published June 23rd, 2009
in Pictures, Travel and Nepal.
The Annapurna Circuit is completely amazing and a dream come true for anybody that enjoys hiking. We covered around 215 miles in 16 days including 1 day of rest, veering off the main path to go to Tilicho Lake, and a 15 mile day hike. Some of the days were pretty brutal but always incredibly […]
Published June 11th, 2009
in Nepal.
This trek so far has been nothing but incredible. The scenery here is definitely some of the most beautiful in the world. It’s like you are walking through a National Geographic poster every single day.
We will spend tomorrow here in Manang getting used to the altitude and then we will go to lake […]
Published June 5th, 2009
in Nepal.
Nepal has so far treated Chris and I nicely. It is much more relaxed than the places we have been to in India. Tomorrow morning we will start our 20ish day trek called the Annapurna Circuit. It isn’t normally 20 days unless you are a bit slow but we will go on some side paths […]
Published June 4th, 2009
in Pictures, India and Travel.
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay in Varanasi. Varanasi has a population of 3 million people which is far more managable than the 15ish million of Mumbai and Kolkata. It also has something incredibly sacred to the roughly 900 million Hindus in the world: The Ganges River. In Varanasi alone every single […]