NOTE: This is a compilation of the dispatches from our son Ned as he and his girlfriend are backpacking around the world in the dead of Winter. TRIP OVERVIEW January 7, 2008 This will be the first of hopefully many updates on my whirlwind trip across Europe, into Russia, down to Mongolia, thru China into Tibet and Nepal, and a just added leaving from Delhi, India. I am currently at Anna's house in Ohio and slowly packing what I think we might need...who really knows what that will be. Our first leg will be a greyhound to Chicago on Tues and an overnight flight to London. From there we will take a ferry to Denmark, then to Oslo, Norway. We are going to meet a friend, Seth (those from Talkeetna know him), 3.5 hours west of
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