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Light in Babylon: The Sahara
[ Pokhara ] On my first trip to Istanbul in October of 2012, I was wandering down Beyoğlu district’s most famous avenue, İstiklal, when I happened upon
September 7, 2017
[ Pokhara ] On my first trip to Istanbul in October of 2012, I was wandering down Beyoğlu district’s most famous avenue, İstiklal, when I happened upon
[ Pokhara ] Only three days late, and zero dollars short, I extended my Nepali visa one last time. This extension takes me to the first of
[ Kargil, Jammu-Kashmir ] And the not-so-long-anticipated sequel: images from days 6-8 of [what turned out to be] an eight-day, agenda-free trip around Ladakh. Due to
[ Kargil, Jammu-Kashmir ] Here are a few images from the first five days of what is scheduled to be a ten-day, improvised trip around Ladakh.
[ Leh, Ladakh ] Make that a ZingZingBar (ZZB)—a seasonal encampment twelve kilometers shy of Baralacha La pass. Baralacha La sits at 4850m—the second of five
[ Manali, India ] For what seems like months (because, like, it has been months) I’ve been working too hard and exploring too little. And I ain’t kiddin’ when
[ Manali, India] In July of 2013, Manali, Himachal Pradesh, was my point of departure for a seven-week, 1200km bike ride through the Indian Himalayas. (That’s bicycle,
[ Old Manali, India] The weather in Nepal was getting hot, with the Monsoon rains still delaying their appearance. The 90-day Visa I picked up on
[ Pokhara ] When first-timers or bucket-listers think of Nepal, pop-culture evidence and personal anecdote both suggest conjured tableaux of mystical ice-tipped mountains, Buddhist monks, Hindu
[ Kathmandu ] My second day in a row to break the “no tourist sites” rule—this time visiting Bhaktapur’s Durbar Square. (I suppose if you’re gonna break a rule, you might
[ Kathmandu ] At the behest of the same visiting friend from my recent Tansen excursion, I broke from my usual “no tourist sites” rule and visited both
[ Pokhara ] I took a visiting friend on a well-intentioned trip to Tansen, Palpa District, by motorcycle. What was supposed to be a 4-5 day improvised
