http://davynextdoor.com Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:13:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've just recently moved into our new apartment in San Jose.  Finding a place in San Francisco from across the country was more difficult than expected so we'll be at this place for the 6 month lease and then possibly moving on. The 2 week trip across the country was amazing.  ... http://davynextdoor.com/safe-in-san-jose/ Sandra and I are leaving tomorrow morning to drive through many beautiful national parks on our way to San Jose.  We should arrive on September 11th and work starts on September 14th.  Yeeeeehaw! http://davynextdoor.com/road-trip-2/ I'm back in America, Asheville specifically although I'll be moving to California in a few weeks.  If you want to hang out give me a call: 828-337-8267 http://davynextdoor.com/living-in-america/ Rajasthan is great.  It's full of maze-like dusty streets, ridiculous mustaches, camels, Arabian style weapons and architecture, snake charmers, deserts, temples, enormous forts on hills, and many other things that are straight out of Aladdin.  In a couple hours we are going out head out for our 2 day camel ... http://davynextdoor.com/camel-trekking-near-jaisalmer/ We had a 15 hour overnight jeep right from Leh to Srinigar. I was crammed in between an overweight Indian guy and the window with hardly any room to move. This was actually not a problem for me at first, the initial 6 hours of the trip were ... http://davynextdoor.com/srinigar-sickness-and-taj-mahal/ The bike ride down from Khardung La was amazinggg.  It ended up taking us a long time (4 hours) because we stopped so much to enjoy the views.  The ride was 25 miles long with around 7000 feet of elevation drop. The next day 4 of us (Me, Chris, Trudy, and ... http://davynextdoor.com/more-from-leh/ I'm in Leh right now at the very Northern tip of India.  It's almost 12,000 feet elevation and a center for trekking, rafting, and snowy mountain peaks.  It's also extremely beautiful in a Western desert mountain kind of way.  Our guest house that we are paying 3 and a half ... http://davynextdoor.com/in-love-with-leh/ Chris and I just finished our 4 day stay in McLeod Ganj, a beautiful city perched on a mountain side in Northern India.  It's the capital of the exiled Tibetan government and is filled with mostly Tibetans and supporters.  We came to celebrate the Dalai Lama's birthday on July 6th ... http://davynextdoor.com/mcleod-ganj/ Chris and I found ourselves jumping off a suspension bridge 500 feet above a raging river near the Nepal/Tibet border yesterday.  I was doing pretty well standing on the bridge waiting my turn.  Not so nervous.  Then it's my turn and I get suited up and creep up to the ... http://davynextdoor.com/bungee-jumping-chitwan-pictures/ 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 ... http://davynextdoor.com/rafting-rhinos-and-annapurna-circuit-pictures/