Namaste from Manang! We are nine days into our 28-day trek, and taking a couple acclimatization days in the town of Manang. We were not expecting to have any Internet access for at least another week, but enterprising Nepalese have realized that foreigners will pay to have access at 12,000 feet! So here goes a […]
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We start our trek on the Annapurna Circuit tomorrow! After a bunch of back and forth emails and interviews with three potential trekking companies, we decided to trek with a socially responsible trekking company called Social Tours. They were recommended by Jodi’s friend Brendan (thanks, Jodi!), so we feel pretty good about choosing them. They […]
After four restful nights in Bangkok, including a relaxing visit with our friends Daneah and Jeff (who make astoundingly tasty Gin & Tonics and breakfast fritters), we were back at the Bangkok airport. Destination: Kathmandu. Our flight with Thai Airways was uneventful, with two exceptions: 1. We saw Mt. Everest from the plane. It […]
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Greetings from Bangkok! We are stopping here for four nights before we reach our final destination of Kathmandu, Nepal. The door is closing on September, and it is both strange and familiar to be in Bangkok again. The smell of noodle stalls, frying bananas and raw sewage occasionally waft through the air, alternately delighting and repelling the senses. […]
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