Kathmandu is definitely a kind of sensory overload. I imagine the experience will be repeated in most of the overcrowded, underorganized cities of South Asia, but this is where I will have to become accustomed to it. Chayna (pronounced like the country that produced Mao Zedong), the title of this entry, is the Nepali word for "no" and has myriad applications. For the past two days, Eddie and I have toured the city with Michelle, Eddie's girlfriend who has been here for two weeks, and a local guide assigned to help us out by Michelle's Nepali friend. Although the guides are [View Full Entry]

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Well, I made it. This is going to be brief, as it is getting a bit late here, but I wanted to let everybody know that I made it here in one piece. Believe it or not, the three flights I took to get here were very bearable. I stayed up all night packing, so I had no problem sleeping on the first leg. The Heathrow to Abu Dhabi flight was completely abandoned, so I had a bed consisting of the four middle seats. I took off from Newark, and flew right past a toy-model Manhattan. It seemed to say "do [View Full Entry]

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Hello Friends! Well, I've been pondering how to start this blog for a week now, without any major breakthroughs, so I think it's time to just begin writing and see what sort of format I come up with. The current material notwithstanding, and, though it is my wont, I will attempt to keep navel gazing to a tolerable level in my journals. I have not left yet, but on Feb 26, I take off for Kathmandu to do a one week trek with Eddie and his girlfriend Michelle. While I'm writing his entry from the relative comfort of my home, I [View Full Entry]

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