7/16/07 Well the flight wasn’t as bad as we thought.  We did manage to watch the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy on my IPAQ as well as some o…

7/27/2007Well we are back and adjusting to life in America again, enjoying the benefits of being able to have ice cubes anytime we want, drink re…

7/14/07 Well the flight to Mumbai and then on to Delhi was fairly boring.  We tried to get a pre-paid taxi to Darshan and Murli’s and had a bi…

7/9/07 Well this is it, the start of our last real leg of the sub-continent journey.  Since there really isn’t much to do on Willingdon Island…

7/8/07We Tuk-tuk’d back to Willingdon Island and the Hilton and were greeted by half a dozen employees at the front desk.  I told one of the w…

7/07/07We decided to walk down the boardwalk and have breakfast at Malabar one last time to say good-bye to Maheen, our buddy who is the waiter at th…

7/2/07I went down to the front desk to sort out the whole reward certificate issue and the brilliant girl who awoke us last night was there and said …

6/29/07New Video - There are three short, new videos of the famous Kathakali Dance from Southern India.  Scroll to the bottom of the screen an…

6/25/07 - 6/28/07We woke up way to early and headed off to the airport for an uneventful flight in to Delhi.  While waiting in line for immigrat…

6/24/07Well we made it through the night without any major bugs, barking dogs or other incidents and packed up ready to head back to Kathmandu after …

6/23/07Video Uploaded - a short, dumb video of us driving down the dusty road from Everest Base Camp to the border town of Zhangmu.  The funny…

6/23/07New Videos! - OK scroll down to the bottom of the pictures and there are a few new videos, one of windy Everest Base camp and a group of y…

6/21/07New Video - this is a really short video of the amazing horse riding competition that we stumbled on en-route to Tingri before heading up to…

6/20/07After leaving our Tsampa man on the road between Gyantse and Shigatse we cruised our way for the relatively short drive into town and pulled u…

6/19/07New Video - the gorgeous landscapes of Gyantse, Tibet - scroll to the bottom of the photos to view...Today we left Lhasa and followed the co…

6/16/07New Video - scroll down to the photo section to see a video of the monks feverishly debating at the Sera Monastery while the foreigners gawk…

The rest of this blog is in memory of our dear, lifelong friend Pat Jong, the nicest and most compassionate person I have ever known. Wherever you …

All over Nepal on the roof struts of temples are richly detailed carvings, sometimes plain wood, sometimes colorfully painted and often of what weste…

6/09/07After another thrilling breakfast at the Hotel Barahi, we headed for the bus station and found our bus to Dumre. Actually, Dumre is on the mai…

6/4/07Neither one of us got much sleep last night as Cindy has a head cold and we are both worried about things going on at home.  We woke up ea…

We thought we would try something different for breakfast today and went to Thamel to try out the “New Orleans Café” which was pretty good (but …

6/02/07 Well the strike is off for today (Razzu told us that they usually don’t strike on Saturday’s as this is the typical day off in Nepal anyw…

5/31/07 Well to say the least, today was a laid-back, easy day. We started off by heading out for breakfast to the Himalayan Java restaurant that ser…

5/30/07 New Videos Uploaded - Scroll to the bottom to see a couple of videos that Cindy made of the incredible Golden Temple in Patan (old capital …

This morning we woke up early to try and visit Durbar Square before the sun was too bright. Things start bustling pretty early and the market in Indr…

5/28/07New Videos Uploaded  - OK finally got around to uploading a couple of videos of the traditional Nepalese Folk Dancing from when we we…

5/26/07Kakarbhitta is a relatively laid back border town but with a distinctly Nepalese, non-plains India atmosphere.  Raju said he would probab…

5/21/07 New Video - There is a new video of the crazy traffic in foggy Darjeeling down at the bottom of the screen in the photos section. Well afte…

5/20/07We woke up early and eager to finish the hike down to Yuksom. Even though it rained hard last night, the trail was muddy and slippery but wasn…

5/19/07Well after a none to spectacular night’s sleep in the pouring rain on the world’s hardest wooden floor and waking up feeling like an arthr…

05/18/2007We woke up to nice weather and, as you can see from the picture of Cindy happy in the dining tent, ready to head down from the pass and fin…

5/17/07 New Videos - scroll to the bottom of the pictures to see a couple short videos of the Goeche La pass and surrounding mountains as well as a…

5/16/07We basically retraced our last evening and this morning’s short hikes on the path to Lamunie crossing the river on log bridges and slippery …

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5/15/07Well we managed to convince Thupten that, since the weather was perfect and we had great views from the Dzongri viewpoint, we should head off …

New Video uploaded - if you scroll down to the pictures and click on the last one, there is a video of sunrise over Mt. Khangchendzonga which is the …

05/13/07 We woke up early and had breakfast and Thupten picked us up and we trekked our way right out of the hotel and onto a small road that led up …

05/12/07We woke up to more rain this morning and had breakfast talking with Karma. Karma started talking about wine (one of our more favorite subject…

5/10/07Well after six hours of winding down from the cool hills of Thimphu to the heat, noise, grime and chaos of Jaigoan, Cindy was still feeling no…

Well after dinner with Kencho, I ended up staying up way to late, drinking the remains of my Coronation Whiskey since Kemcho (our guide) had gracious…

After breakfast at the hotel, Kemcho and Tashi picked us up for the long drive out of Phobjikha Valley and back to the capital of Thimphu. Our itiner…

5/8/07This morning we drove out of the Bumthang Valley and headed back towards Trongsa and on to Phobjikha, the home of the endangered black cranes (…

5/5/07Well today is the anniversary of quitting my job at i2 and what better way to celebrate a year off than to go for a trek in the beautiful Bumth…

5/3/07So we left the hotel in Punakha to start our drive to Bumthang, however it seemed that what was a mildly itchy elbow the other day had turned i…

5/1/07New Video Uploaded - The second image is actually a video of a ceremony we saw at the Dzong in Punakha where the monks were carrying the a…

4/30/07Well when we arrived last night, we had a buffet dinner at the hotel and decided to sample some of the local suds, trying Druk Premium Lager (…

Note: A very special thanks to Andy and Soma at RBC for enabling our Bhutan visit! 4/28/07Not that either of us slept much after struggling to…

4/27/07 Well after breakfast at the Trident, Nandu picked us up to head back to Delhi. We threw the bags in the trunk and drove about a mile before h…

After the Rat Temple we drove to Pushkar, home of one of India’s sacred lakes and known for it’s annual Camel Fare which brings in throngs of tou…

4/25/07Well the drive out of Jaisalmer and on to Bikaner was altogether boring and uneventful (although the camel that tangled with a Jeep might not …

4/22/2007New Video - scroll to the bottom photo section and the last entry should be a video I finally uploaded of two nomadic desert girls "entert…

4/20/07Well after breakfast with our funny waiter from last night, we prepared for the drive from Mount Abu to Jodhpur, about five hours or so of fai…

04/18/07Kalu picked us up this morning (apparently Nandu is meeting us tomorrow in Ranakpur and swapping jobs with Kalu) and we drove out of Udaipur …

4/14/07New Video - Actually outside of Udaipur en-route to Ranakpur we stopped at the Khumbulghar Fort with a short video attached at the bottom …

4/11/07 New Video - Well I have finally gotten around to uploading and linking to some videos - scroll to the bottom of the photos here and you can…

4/8/07 Another early morning and our last breakfast with Darshan and Murli for now. We did manage to find out that the dad downstairs negotiated his …

4/5/07Amazingly, we zipped through immigration and awaited our bags which eventually came through (although I am always paranoid that mine won‘t sh…

4/3/07 Well, we started off with a bang. After a variety of technical issues with laptops, PDA's and mp3 players (imagine that!) we finally watched …

3/30/2007 2:15 PMTick tock, tick tock… Four days until we take off and things seem to be coming together.  Cindy is the proud new owner of a l…