Great trip! Looks like you had quite an amazing trip and the pictures are really stunning!
Was looking at going for a rafting/ trekking trip in Nepal too, so guess got lucky that your blog was on the front page! Which rafting club did you go with? thanks!
Laetitia
Everest Hi Mountain Man. I have amended my blog accordingly. As for Mt Fuji claiming more lives than Everest, if people are commiting suicide, are their lives being claimed by the mountain, or by themselves? Just a thought
Deadliness of Everest Mt Fuji has claimed more lives than Everest - it's a popular place for Japanese people to commit suicide. And if you consider the ratio of the number of deaths to the number of successful ascents, Everest barely gets in the Top 10.
i think i met that milk scammer i think we met that same guy in thamel that wanted milk. he was very good. he told us about the book he was writing and his life story about being sexually abused and all this horrible stuff to get some pity. and yeah, we would have bought him a meal or something, but no, it had to be two large tins of milk at one particular store only. every time after that when he saw us in thamel, he avoided eye contact.
You come back and I go Hi Pete,
I'm reading your latest adventures, thinking I'll soon be there, as starting my RTW trip in May, and will start in SE Asia before going to Australia, NZ and then South and Central America.
Hope I will have as great adventures as you did.
Cristina x
Cheesetastic Hey Pete loving the blogs as usual. Shame you didn't get to really explore Australias fine cheeses as they are excellent! Coon and stuff like that is just mass produced rubbish though. Did you realise that 'Tasty' cheese is actually the same as mature english cheddar? Now I am off... for some cheese...
yes, philippines is underated.
some are blinded by news they hear or by the dirt and polution in manila...they are afraid to look beyond.
i enjoy reading your blog, thanks.
So funny... I think that is it.We now know why men are like ouran outan...bse as you said it pete
"They have the longest childhood dependence on a mother of any animal."...a bit like men really?Dont you think??
Just kidding.I knew for the cucumber so...
lot of Love.Francoise.
Enjoyed your blog tremendously! Hi there,
Nice blog, funny and informative. We consider the Philipines to be a hidden gem. It is such a wonderfully diverse country with people who have a healthy sense of humor! Can't wait to get back there.
Cheers,
two4deroad
Excellent Report on Philippines BUT......... Good report on the Philippines and in partuclar about their TEXTING appetite. It is monstrous. Price dicates of course as using a Cell Phone is expensive but what I like is the innovative uses Texting has been used for. As to the rest of the dialogue I agree over all and add that the Philippines is highly underated. It is truely a fabulous group of islands and a country in change. About those islands, well they probably have more than listed at low tide but with oceans rising I am aware some islands are likely to dissappear. I love the Philippines. Why? Mostly because the people are genuinely friendly. Sure the odd case and the insurgents bent on their idiology and religions spoil the broth but generally speaking I would visit the Philippines anytime.
Boracay skeptic I've had doubts about Boracay for a long time simply because everyone knows about it. I'm sure it's no Alex Garland "Beach" but the way you're describing it, it may have some potential after all and I might actually try it.
Boracay... Great blog and I'm glad you guys enjoyed the island.
Well, it does go both ways, as you said. Westerners like to tan, you have tanning salons all over America and EU, you have whitening lotions in tropical Asia...Human nature, no? We always want what we don't have.
So Cool
So cool to see you and Justine seem to have the time of your life.
Happy New Year.lot of love,money and a good health and may the force be with you.
xxxx.
Cheese rules!! Hey Pete, I share your infatuation with cheese. In fact, I have had lengthy discussions about its abundant qualities, and I have decided that if I was only allowed to eat one foodstuff for the rest of my life, cheese would absolutely win hands down.
And hats off to Justine for having the presence of mind to take you such an excellent gift.
Love to you both!! xx
Brrrrrr.... You have astute observation skills and creative writing skills!! Kudos! In '95 my nephew warned me that the bus from QC to Cabanatuan would be cold. Coming from NY, I laughed. Boy, was I wrong.
The true cheese are in France.
The real camembert and brie are from France;I doubt australians can make something they did not invent properly...;bit the same about Champagne:leave to Ceaser what belong to Ceaser.
Pete thank so much for the beautifull photos of the little monkeys;so cute
THis cheese STINKS!! well now... i think australians will take offense!! ha ha ha .. you probalby just didnt try the right cheese... australia wins lots of awards for its cheeses like vintage, camembert, brie etc .. cause we have lots of cows and lots of room for them to make the cheese taste good!! ha ha ha ah
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Great trip!
Looks like you had quite an amazing trip and the pictures are really stunning! Was looking at going for a rafting/ trekking trip in Nepal too, so guess got lucky that your blog was on the front page! Which rafting club did you go with? thanks! Laetitia