Friday, October 31, 2008

Monkey Doodle Doo

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Monkeys upon a tree never are very blue They never seem to be under par that is true Not like the ones you see on a bar in the zoo Monk...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

R and R in Kathmandu; and Thanks...

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We are back in Kathmandu, again at the Meridien, east of the city. We decided to cut the trek a couple days short since it was unclear wheth...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

In Namche Again

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This morning we woke to a Buddhist alarm call, at precisely 6 AM, cymbols, gongs, and horns from the monastery across the way. There are 55 ...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

Descent from Kala Pattar

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We are en route back down now. I think the last time I blogged was a week ago, at a cyber cafe in Dingboche, the one powered by a Honda gene...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Never, Ever, Eat Yak Burger Above Namche Bazar

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Unfortunately, I learned this lesson, and associated lessons, the hard way. In Pangboche Sunday evening, inspired by Vicki's experienc...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Tengboche Monastery

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October 12 – Pangboche, Khumbu, Nepal Today was a short day, thank heavens. This is the 7th day on the trail and Sherpa's don't ...

First Sight of Everest

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I am sitting here in our room at 7:30 pm in the dark typing my blog. We started from Namche Bazaar this morning and after about 1 ½ hrs walk...
Thursday, October 9, 2008

Acclimatizing in Namche

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Today was a rest/acclimatization day in Namche. This included a hike up to the rarely used Namche airport (being used now by insane sky-dive...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Namche Bazaar

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[Written October 8] We are now 3 days into our 24 day trek. However, today was really quite sad. The same flight we came in on to Lukla on M...

First Days Trekking

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[Written Tuesday, October 7] We are in a lodge in Jorsale, some distance beyond Monjo and the entrance to the Sagarmatha National Park. It i...
Sunday, October 5, 2008

Trekking in Nepal

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Monday the 6th we'll take Yeti Airlines from Kathmandu to Lukla where we begin our Everest Base Camp trek. This will take three week...

K-k-k-k-k-Katmandu

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That's why I'm going to Katmandu, Up to the mountains where I'm going to, And if I ever get out of here that's what I...
Saturday, October 4, 2008

Thai'd One On

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Friday night. We're in Kathmandu, at Le Meridien, a Sheraton property a few km out of town. It's pretty nice, very Nepalese (by our ...
Thursday, October 2, 2008

Big Honkin' Hong Kong

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After a pleasant morning at the People's Park in Chengdu, including some great lemon tea and jasmine tea and biscuits at a tea house by ...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Da Bears

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At the Panda Center near Chengdu Fortunately, there's a deep moat between us and this guy ...

Another On-Time Departure with Sichuan Airlines

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Wednesday we are off to see the baby Pandas, so I am quite excited about that. Tuesday's airport experience was exciting. We were supp...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Briefly in Chongqing

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We debarked this morning--the 29th here, Monday--and found our way to the Chongqing Holiday Inn Yangzi, which offers free in-room internet. ...

Last Day of Yangzi Cruise

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Our last afternoon on the Yangzte Cruise, September 28. It has been quite enjoyable—3 nice excursions (just like field trips only I didn...
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Two Days Before the Mast

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Our first full day aboard ship, September 26, was interesting and fun. We got underway a bit later than scheduled, saw the first gorge, Xil...

Train Ride, Then--Avast!--Boat Ride

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Well, today was a hoot, a day of contrasts. We departed the Minnan International Hotel at 8:30, following a two-fried egg breakfast, taxied ...