Hello from Nepal! Thank you for your support of our site! Our first Travel Writing Contest had over eighty entries. I hope you are enjoying reading them all. I have had a few emails wondering, “Where in the world are Lisa and George?” We are trekking to Poon Hill in Nepal. The most up-to-date news … Continued
I nearly died in Kathmandu one winter. Or I certainly felt as if I was about to expire. Walking in the new city one fine late winter morning, weak from dysentery and generally feeling the aftermath of months of travel, I found myself holding a telephone pole while traffic roared past on a wide boulevard, … Continued
A local Sadhu welcomes visitors to old Kathmandu, Nepal “Stop! Don’t go outside yet!” I shouted frantically, trying to get my family’s attention. I had to catch up with them to warn them about the insanity that was awaiting them outside the door twenty yards in front of them. I had not prepared them or … Continued