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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [824]
It's always really fun to get familiar with the bargaining rituals in a new country. Initially, it can be a bit overwhelming, but once you do a few "practice" bargains, it becomes rather entertaining. One aspect that is especially humorous, is how the ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 | By brian-camille | Views [876]
The Solu-Khumbu is a region of Northeastern Nepal that encompasses many of the highest mountains in the world... Everest, Lhotse, Cho Oyo, etc. A very majestic mountain range!!! and it's home to the Sherpa people who practice Tibetan Buddhism and more ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [938]
We have crossed the finish line yesterday afternoon, and are resting our weary bodies in Pokhara. In the scuba diving world, before rising to altitudes after being far below sea levels, we take staged decompression stops, to allow our lungs & oxygen ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [898]
Village life is a tough life. Most of the guest houses are second homes for rich Nepali Gurkhas. Gurkhas are soldiers are the creme de la creme of the British army, who still to this day, maintains a recruiting center outside Pokhara. The guys who ... Read more >
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Tue, 24 Apr 2007 | By realeyes | Views [1330] | 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 [1364] | 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 [898]
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 [1002]
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 [1085]
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 [3064] | 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 [2335] | 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 [2227]
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 [887] | 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 [915]
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
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