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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1000]
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 [829]
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 [1383]
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 [2334] | 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!
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2799]
Pokhara is a beautiful little lakeside mountain town and the typical jumping off point for treks to the Annapurna Range. Located on a lake, the air is a bit fresher than Kathmandu, and at a lower altitude, its just a bit warmer temperature, and more ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 | By realeyes | Views [872]
It would appear from this photograph that somewhere on my travels I have encountered an eccentric old scientist, likely with unruly white fuzzy hair and a tendency to mumble to himself, and that this strange mumbling character has invented a time machine ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 | By realeyes | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 14 Apr 2007 | By anniekaka | Views [928]
So we got the bus to Pokara which has the most stunning scenery enroute. Even though we had got up at silly o'clock to catch the bus and was knackered I still found it hard to sleep as didn't wanna miss anything. We drove through the Himalayas which ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [3495]
We kicked off the morning with a dugout canoe ride along the river that runs the boarder of the park. The canoe was like those we've seen throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea - a tree trunk carved into a thin, semi-stable canoe. Ours, however, had movable ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [3295] | Comments [2]
Up early, we're ready for our drive to Chitwan to check out the Royal Chitwan National Park. It took us over an hour just to navigate the town traffic at early morning rush hour- trucks, and people movers bumper to bumper. Out of town we got into a ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2735]
Hindu holy men, called Sadhu's, roam the city here dressed in yellow or orangy gold robes, skin clad in body paint, with long dread-lock hair. They hand out blessings like they're on a mission to nail every white person's head with a tika (range from ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Wed, 11 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1187]
Kathmandu is the worlds largest REI knock-off warehouse. You can get it all here; North Face, Mountain Hardware, Patagonia, etc. Bags, bikes, clothing, camping gear. We really didn't need to bring anything with us - it's all here and available at rock ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By brian-camille | Views [1547] | Comments [3]
We just got back to Kathmandu from three days of kayaking on the Seti River. While we had planned to do a rafting trip at some point during this trip, we got sucked into a four day kayaking course when we were relaxing in Pohkara (after trekking ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By brian-camille | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By sophsossig | Views [1166]
Dudes - Nepal is amazing!! So different from India - it is so more remote and rural and the people are so more varied!! The people I guess are more free here - there are people who wear saris, wear Britney Spears and Westlife T-shirts and don't wear ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
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