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A day at Glenburn

A day at Glenburn

Yesterday we climbed down then up, today it was up then down. If you get high enough you can see...

Kangchenjunga

We get in the car at 04:45 to drive to Tiger Hill to watch other people watch the sunrise while we...

Ew! Diaper

We get up in the morning and have the best home made jam in at least three continents. We say good...

A day in Gangtok

What to do today? I know, let’s drive through another traffic jam to go see a monastery. This one was only 24 km away. We had to pack a lunch (just kidding although we did have some snacks in the car). There were guards with rifles at this one.  Two different sects of...

Missed the Movie

Missed the Movie

We park in old Jaipur and walk around for a bit of early morning shopping. Nancy interacts with a shop keeper for a beach cover up shirt thing. He opens with 4600 rupees (about $90). Negotiations immediately end and we walk away with me yelling back “no way” and the...

A Why Point

A Why Point

As in in why are we stopping here and not going straight to Udaipur? I take a pill and say OK, enjoy what the day brings. Some trucks loaded with hay     A view of some man made lakes from a 15th century fort owned by the family at the place we...

A Change in Plans

We wake up to heavy fog and can barely see a soccer ball in front of our faces. So we wake up the travel agent, cancel the hike and hocus pocus no more Gangtok traffic, we are off to Darjeeling, home of tea and twits (they use to go there to escape the heat) But...

“Overrated” Tourist Destinations: It’s not them, it’s you.

“Overrated” Tourist Destinations: It’s not them, it’s you.

Seeing the world used to be a rite of passage reserved for the most elite members of society. Today there are millions of people globe-trotting every year. Everyone agrees that travel is one of the most rewarding and enlightening experiences a person can have. But our...