How to get to Mount Everest Base Camp (Day 1) Choices in starting an Everest base camp trek There are actually several ways to reach Everest Base camp. Because there are in fact two base camps! North Everest Base camp located in Tibet. Tibet permit and a permit from the Chinese government needed. Can be… Continue reading more »
Sunshine brings life to Kathmandu’s Durbar Square Durbar Square exploded into a brilliant warm red beacon of life as the sun finally spread its warmth and light over the surrounding buildings. The air is still cold and unless you are lucky to be standing in the sun’s rays it’s like waiting for a giant swivel… Continue reading more »
Dawn in Kathmandu still contains the linger of a different night The air is still filled with the night fires that burned throughout the old city. Heat, food and light are scarce during the dark hours of this ancient capital. Smoke still hangs thick in the entrapment of Kathmandu valley. With clenched teeth I throw… Continue reading more »
Expectations of traveling back to Nepal There’s a lot to be said about leaving good memories in the past. Going back to relive them rarely, if ever, measures up. So what should you do when you go back to a country that had just so many of these good memories? For me my guesthouse in Nepal is… Continue reading more »
Back by popular demand … It seems returning to country is more popular than I thought. I received an email from a Nepalese person asking if I could tell them what it was really like to step right off the plane and into Nepal. I also received a similar request to write-up my thoughts for a national newspaper over here… Continue reading more »
A high altitude sunrise in Nepal I thought it rather apt that considering I am currently (hopefully) making my way back from the Everest Base Camp I would publish a photograph I took at nearly the same time back in 2008 from the Annapurna Circuit Trek. Today is also when the date on the top right hand… Continue reading more »
I no longer felt the rush of travel in South East Asia … so I left I nearly feel like putting up several big disclaimers with this post. So to thwart a wave of hatred and misunderstanding, take this as a personal journal entry; rather than a reflection on tourism and people. Like many, I always have… Continue reading more »
