http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Moriah/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Moriah en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:13:00 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:13:00 +0000 Oh the Himalayas...it was an adventure. They were amazing I can honestly say that just not my cup of tea. Let my preface my adventure by saying that I have the habit of being overly confident about things once I set my mind to them ie. going to India etc. haha. I spoke and thought about going on this little expedition as if it were nothing and let me tell you I was quickly humbled. We got a l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-337571.html Hey everyone I put all my pictures on Facebook. It took forever www.facebook.commoriahwaldenI'm leaving tomorrow for a week long trek in the Himalayas...please pray that I make it Things are great from this end. I can't believe I've been here a month already. I know the next two are going to fly by. Thank you all so much for all the encouragement it's helped so much with my homesickness http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-333962.html The end of Ramadan came with joy to the people of Kashmir and to me I woke up the next morning and everyone was saying Happy Eat Day so I thought. I was excited to eat in company for the first time since I got there. I only shared dinner with them before. I later found out that the two day long festival following Ramadan is called 'Eid Mubarak' so what I was thinking was 'eat' was actually 'ei http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-331765.html This will be quick. The past week has been such a treat in Kashmir. I'm really loving the family and life here. It's a pretty mellowsimple lifestyle. Most of it has to do with it being Ramadan right now. I said earlier that the sight of food was starting to make me sick...and indeed it has Last week we got a new visitor from Japan Tajma. He is really sweet but a little shy. We spent his first d http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-329309.html I LOVE SRINAGAR After I left the office on Sunday afternoon I was whisked away to the Delhi airport. I found my airline quickly and a nice young man quickly started conversation with me. When I told him I was going to Srinagar he told me it was his home and he was happy I was going to see it. My friend's name is Abrar. He was such a help to me and lead me through the crazy airport security wit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Srinagar/blog-326635.html First let me apologize for not posting yet. My computer time has been limited but I have a little chunk before I get on my plane to Kashmir. The past three days have been absolutely slammed with sights food nervousness traffic ect. When I left RDU on Wednesday Kelly Erika and my brother Brody were there to see me off along with my parents. My mother can vouche for the nervous wreck I was o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-325800.html So this solidifies it Today after doing a lot of nothing ie. watching reruns of The Office I get a phone call from my mother. Your visa came My heart leapt and I knew that this was the real thing. This past week my nerves started hitting me hard. I'm not sure exactly what it is but I think part of it was the uncertainty of when that little sticker in my passport would arrive. It's so funny http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-317071.html