Exoticism is wearing off and the reality of being here for several more months is becoming more palpable. I have confronted the first staves of homesickness and am beginning to get in the groove of being here. As this happens the need to write about these experiences is dissipating; as the first superficial layer of [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Last Thoughts in Nepal
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gone Trekkin’
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was planning on writing about my recent 8-day trek into the Anapurnas yesterday, but, as I had just gotten back the day before, I had to do basically nothing. Soooo sore. I got a five-dollar massage that combined all of these Asian techniques, Ayurvedic, Shiatsu, Thai. Way more personal than in America but incredible [...]
Mayhem in Pokhara
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Tomorrow I will be trekking in the Himalayas. I am so freaking excited to be virtually alone in the mountains. The industry is set up in such a user friendly way (so I hear). Stone paths cover mountains and valleys with teahouse-lodges set up every hour or so, charging usually less than a dollar for [...]
Hippying out in Nepal
Posted in Uncategorized on October 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I finished last night what seemed like a five-day journey to Nepal. Five days because the flight from Atlanta to Delhi took 24 hours, and just being in Delhi, especially jetlagged, is one of the most taxing experiences imaginable. We then took a twelve hour train to a city near the Nepali border, [...]
WTF?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am in Delhi and safe; however, what happened tonight is exactly why I wanted to leave Delhi immediately, why I don’t want to travel much here and why I want to stay out of big cities. Unfortunately, I got here way too late (on time, but late). I reserved a very cheap hotel with [...]
