Home Cooking
Home Cooking- I’m sitting in my new friends place in Kathmandu with no electricity. It’s Lax Man who was the guide of the group I joined on Everest Base...
Everest Base Camp (Part II- Cliff notes)
Everest Base Camp (Part II- Cliff notes)- The stories surrounding the flight woes into Lukla for the EBC trailhead are wide spread In Nepal. There are countless reports of...
Everest Base Camp (Part I- The Sherpa Saga)
Everest Base Camp (Part I- The Sherpa Saga)- Getting off the plane in Lukla there is a swarm of sherpas ready to pounce. After you survive the flight, and...
Reality Check
Reality check- Nepal is the 3rd poorest country in Asia (Afghanistan-1, Burma-2) and the poorest country I’ve ever been to. Coming from the strong economies of Australia and New...
All in a days travel
All in a days travel- I just checked into my hostel in Kathmandu and pressed the stop button on my watch. When I left the hostel in New Zealand...
Happy Trails
Happy trails- My last order of business before leaving the Australasia continent were 2 of the New Zealand “Great Walks”. The DOC (Department Of Conservation) has declared there to...
Hugging Trees
Hugging trees- As I leave behind New Zealand I’ll have trekked (hoofed/tramped/hiked) somewhere around 150 miles wearing a pack, and spending a total of 18 days camping in my...