Travelogues
On Your Marks!
Lieber Transglobalistas— Tomorrow morning I finally depart from Manali for a 3-4 week bike tour. First leg is the famous Manali-Leh highway, 500km (310miles) and
July 28, 2013
Lieber Transglobalistas— Tomorrow morning I finally depart from Manali for a 3-4 week bike tour. First leg is the famous Manali-Leh highway, 500km (310miles) and
Today is day 3 in Kathgodam, en route to Manali, Himachal Pradesh. After a slew of unpleasant symptoms appeared during the night train from Gorakhpur, I decided to
In this morning’s rather pleasant pre-heat, and while fixin’ to get ready to prepare to await the pending pre-departure of this evening’s exodus, I took time
transglobalistas— Today’s task was supposed to be simple: book a train ticket to someplace near Manali, board said train and travel towards said town. Nothing
Well…talk about shit sneaking up on you. I’ve been running around like a chicken sans head (and believe me, I now know exactly what a
In an effort to become somewhat less of a digital sharecropper for facebook, I have spent the last two days setting up images galleries here
[ Kot Village, Bhojpur District, Nepal – June 6, 2013] It’s mid-June. Early summer. Monsoon. I’m living in an area of eastern Nepal between the
[Bhojpur Bazaar, Bhojpur, Nepal] dear readers— I’m sorry for the rushed posting (forgive any typos, etc), but I have very limited access to electricity, much
Well friends, I’m sitting on the 3rd floor landing of Red Planet Guest House in Kathmandu, packed and ready to go. I have a few
In which a Tibetan plants a seed, a Quest is joined, and Willis survives the dried raisins. ***** First let me give you some behind-the-scenes
“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” —Andrew Grove When it comes to adventure activities, routine is a double-edged sword. A well-rehearsed, thorough, and
It’s a rainy, dreary day here in Pokhara. My first. At 12:30 the streets are atypically barren, traffic-free aside from the occasional optimistic cabbie pulling
