Happy New Year Everyone! The last time I posted, we were resting up after hiking 120 miles in the mountains around Annapurna, and preparing for another long trek up to Everest base camp and the surrounding valleys. The pictures and stories from the months (!) after that are on their … Continue Reading →
All of our available sources of information were unanimous (for once). The LP, the book written by Peace Corps kids, the internet travel sites, and especially the guesthouse tour operators insisted that it is not possible to travel independently in Western Mongolia. “In other parts of the world, like South … Continue Reading →
Now that we’re back to an Internet signal, it’s hard to believe it’s been so long since I managed to get a post up onto the site. Hopefully they’ll start rolling out over the next few days (and filling your inbox) while we convalesce in Kathmandu and prepare in Pokhara … Continue Reading →
It was two and a half years ago that I first wrote an intentionally cryptic “T-30 Months” at the top of the whiteboard in my office. Back then, this was just another one of my crazy ideas — like starting a farm, or buying a luxury submarine to open an … Continue Reading →