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Transport Trauma

The direct train from Agra to Gorakhpur is only once a week, so we had to get to Delhi first and catch the sleeper from there. We remembered from the guide book that trains from Agra to Delhi were frequent, which I took to mean several times an hour, which would give us plenty of time. After...

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The Happy Couple on May 27, 2009 from Sunauli, Nepal

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

A couple of final Nepal trekking highlights

Katy and I walk mostly in silence, occasionally pointing out a wonderful view or sharing an insight or pondering. We've enjoyed a couple of hefty philosophical debates along the trail, and several conversations analyzing our upbringing, our place in the world, and our dreams for the future. It...

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Katy and Mark Lewis on April 29, 2009 from Muktinath, Nepal

from the travel blog: India and Nepal

Trekking the Annapurna Circuit

After a HUGE travel day involving trains, planes, and automobiles, we arrived at the start of the famed Annapurna Circuit in northern Nepal. The last bit of the journey was an eventful five hour taxi ride in which we very nearly made dreadful impact with, in sequential order: a dog, a two year...

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Katy and Mark Lewis on April 26, 2009 from Muktinath, Nepal

from the travel blog: India and Nepal

Day two on the trail

We slept last night in a "teahouse" on the banks of a stunning river landscape with the sound of a soothing waterfall gently augmenting our dreams. We enjoyed a tasty breakfast of oat porridge, apple pancakes, eggs, toast, and coffee. Our legs, feet, and backs are definitely stiff from our...

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Katy and Mark Lewis on April 26, 2009 from Muktinath, Nepal

from the travel blog: India and Nepal

Apologies for the extended silence

Due to any number of potential factors (not excluding user error/incompetence), we've been a little slow on the blog. We've kept a voluminous pace thus far, opting on a number of occasions to crash in our beds at the end of the day instead of updating the blog. For the last few weeks, we've...

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Katy and Mark Lewis on April 25, 2009 from Pokhara, Nepal

from the travel blog: India and Nepal

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125asul on March 1, 2009 from Kathmandu, Nepal

from the travel blog: 125asul's Travel Blog

Still Alive - Noch immer hier

Still in Nepal, for four more days, me and Kelly have moved to the next ARI Gradute (Ratna) and have already been here for nearly a week... A lot has happened since my last entry, and this is most certainly not the time to wrap it all up, just a brief glimpse: Facing two different worlds as we...

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Malle on April 26, 2008 from Kathmandu, Nepal

from the travel blog: Asian Adventures

Happy new year!! - Frohes neues Jahr! / Nepal is red - Nepal ist Rot

GERMAN/DEUTSCH: In Nepal ist Heute Neujahr, das Jahr 2065 wird eingeleutet, jedoch nciht mit Knallern uns Feiern, in Nepal ist Neujahr wie jeder andere Tag, vor allem, da die ueber 50 verschiedenen Ethnien verschieden Neujahre haben und es deswegen kein einheitliches Neujahr gibt, offiziell...

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Malle on April 13, 2008 from Kawasoti, Nepal

from the travel blog: Asian Adventures

Ein Lebenszeichen - Proof of life

My first entry from Nepal... My first entry from the year 2064 (Nepalese Time ahs it that the year we are in now is 2064 and there will be new years eve in two days)... I arrived in Kathmandu on Monday and met p with Kelly, a former volunteer at ARI. Together we managed our way through the...

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Malle on April 10, 2008 from Kawasoti, Nepal

from the travel blog: Asian Adventures

Volunteer Visitor Center in Kathmandu

There's a new visitor center in Kathmandu, Nepal. It's the Volunteer Visitor Center provided by The Mountain Fund. The Center is open to the public, and currently has about 20 volunteering opportunities available, throughout the area of Kathmandu. If you're in Kathmandu, and have some extra...

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Jenn on January 21, 2008 from Kathmandu, Nepal

from the travel blog: Trekking in Nepal

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