How long will you be in Nepal? Wow, I have two Nepali students, Ramaya and Dhruba, who say that their families would love to meet you and show you around. Are you still in Nepal? For how long?
patan wow, those pictures are quite beautiful with intertesing temples and ...motorcycles! i guess now, by the time i read your journal, eddie and michelle have had abandoned you. try to learn more than how to say "no".
Awesome pictures, amigo. Enjoy the Jomosom trek! I've never been back that way, but I hear it's spectacular. (I think the exquisite tower above is the Mahabuddha or tower of a thousand buddhas, but check your handy Lonely Planet to be sure)
Don't do anything I wouldn't do Daniel--DO go off the beaten track (especially if you have at least another traveler with you); it was always the source of my most exciting travel experiences. Those, however, were quite tame--in the back country of Western England or to some of the less frequented Greek isles--compared to what you'll be doing!
Great to hear from you Hey Dan!
I'm glad that you've landed--- Regards to Eddie and Michelle. Can't wait to see the first of the pictures come in. Jess
Items Don't bring your iPod. Do bring toys for the local kids. $10 bucks at a local supermarket for balloons and crayola crayons and stuff like that will bring days of fun to entire villages if you get off the beaten path. But my non-essential travel item I always bring is knitting.
I got tired of eating the usual every day, so I ordered a heaping plate of extraordinary. I'm that odd American you find in remote places among the Ozzys, Kiwis, Israelis and Europeans, taking a year to the travel. Half of the fun of traveling is telling people about it, so by reading my travel journal, you are helping me enjoy my trip, vicariously through you, who are encouraged to enjoy my trip vicariously through me... Or something. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the blog!
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Looks like you're turning into Mountain Dan! I hope you're well!