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November 7, 2016

Deceived by Fraud, Insulted by Fiction

“…. if the eyes of the spectators have sometimes been deceived by fraud, the understanding of the readers has much more frequently been insulted by fiction. Every event, or appearance,…..

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May 10, 2016

A day at Glenburn

Yesterday we climbed down then up, today it was up then down. If you get high enough you can see for miles and miles, no wait a minute that’s Canada,…..

1961
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May 6, 2016

We upset the tea wagon

Yesterday afternoon it took just over two hours to get to the Glenburn tea estate. Our planned excursion for today was to be a 45 minute ride on the toy…..

1459
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May 1, 2016

Gangfok it took a long time to get here

The alarm goes off at 04:45, our bags are packed, we’re ready to go. A short boat ride back to the mainland then to the Udaipur airport to catch our…..

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April 26, 2016

Udaipur “The Venice of the East”

When you take a look back at your 270 year old hotel in the middle of a man made lake from the 500 year palace you are touring and both are…..

1702
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April 22, 2016

Kangchenjunga

We get in the car at 04:45 to drive to Tiger Hill to watch other people watch the sunrise while we stand on the other side and wait for Kanchenchunga…..

1554
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April 17, 2016

Ew! Diaper

We get up in the morning and have the best home made jam in at least three continents. We say good bye to the royal Mr. Wilt Chamberlain of India…..

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April 13, 2016

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…..

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April 12, 2016

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…..

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April 5, 2016

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  …..