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Tue, 24 Apr 2007 | By realeyes | Views [1491] | Comments [1]
So, since last I wrote, things changed... I never did go paragliding much to my chagrin, because the guy who I was going tandem with (don't get any dirty ideas) was suddenly sick in the morning (read: hungover), so it was cancelled. I flew back to ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 | By brian-camille | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 24 Apr 2007 | By eve | Views [1419] | Comments [6]
It’s now the year 2064 in Nepal, which makes me the ripe old age of 86! New Years day was last Saturday & to celebrate I went back to Bistachhap for two nights to stay with my family & spend the day with the kiddly winks at Brighter Future ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1111]
One would think the descent from ABC, to the place we finally call the finish line (Phedi), would be pleasingly downhill and relieving. Not the ABC trek. At points you plunge 1000M, only to go back up another 1500M. Today was especially brutal. The ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1225]
It's not often one can say at 4:00 am, they have a breathtaking moment. Even harder to believe at negative 19 degrees celsius, after rising from a warm down sleeping bag, fully clothed in wool thermals, hiking pants, fleece and down jacket, to walk the ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Sun, 22 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1300]
The guest house accommodations facilities get much less "accommodating" as the altitude goes above 2500M. It's been two days since we've even seen a shower. The "bathroom" consists of a cement block with a piece of tin covering u the sky. No faucet, ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By michael_chan | Views [3194] | Comments [2]
Namaste from Bhakdapur. Mero nam Michael ho, Taippeko nam, ke oh? Mero
ghar Anglor ho. Malai ice cream manpoor chhr. Aijo me Durbar Squar ra
Pattan gaeko.
So they gave us 3 hours of sun-rising, cock crowing, and chai-boling,
Nepali lessons.... Read more >
Tags: Family
Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2486] | Comments [1]
After 16+ years in the corporate world, one is well versed in the skills of multi-tasking. Take for example my past employment environment which took the multi-tasking culture to the extreme. Your days filled with meetings, it was expected that you ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2465]
I scoffed at Darrin when he hunted relentlessly for the perfect walking stick in Pokhara, for the trek. Like we're professional trekkers or something, or scaling Everest and need a technical pole with shocks. We learned today, however, how invaluable ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 | By realeyes | Views [1032] | Comments [1]
I spent three nights in the Tibetan area of Kathmandu, Bodhnath, which was a lovely place- probably one of the only places in the world where Tibetan culture is uninhibited and so, therefore, one can see the real thing, mixed with modernity, of course.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1151]
Freezing cold at 5:00 am, we are on the trail heading a very steep incline, far too steep for this hour of the morning and we're gasping for oxygen. Headlamps strapped to the head, gloves and new woolen hat, we're ready for the short 1.5K hike to Poon ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1266]
Our muscles were feeling the strain of the prior days 4 hours trek, and the past 4 months of little to no working out. Yes- those of you who know me as the work-out-aholic, it's true, the biggest obsession I've had to let go of on this trip (besides ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1038]
After making our way through the Nepal Trekking Administrative Government bureaucracy, we finally have our permits in hand and are with our sherpa, driving up to Lumle, to begin our 10 day trekking expedition to Annapurna Base Camp (ABC). Our car chugs ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1647]
We did our pre-trek training- a whole 2 hour trek up and down a steep hill to the World Peace Pagoda which was constructed by Buddhist monks form the Japanese Nipponzan Myohoji. We hired a canoe with a 'rower/driver' for 500 NPR, and he paddled us across ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 | By michael_chan | Views [2429] | Comments [4]
Welcome
once again to the wonderful world of Micheal’s small world, and a hearty happy
[Nepalese] New Year to you all. The year is 2064, and the world has been
plunged into a place of, pollution, seedy night haunts, debauchery, wanton
alcoholism, ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
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