Rajasthan is great. It’s full of maze-like dusty streets, ridiculous mustaches, camels, Arabian style weapons and architecture, snake charmers, deserts, temples, enormous forts on hills, and many other things that are straight out of Aladdin. In a couple hours we are going out head out for our 2 day camel trek through the desert near […]
Archive for July, 2009
We had a 15 hour overnight jeep right from Leh to Srinigar. I was crammed in between an overweight Indian guy and the window with hardly any room to move. This was actually not a problem for me at first, the initial 6 hours of the trip were totally fine for me. […]
The bike ride down from Khardung La was amazinggg. It ended up taking us a long time (4 hours) because we stopped so much to enjoy the views. The ride was 25 miles long with around 7000 feet of elevation drop.
The next day 4 of us (Me, Chris, Trudy, and Korbi) went in a jeep […]
I’m in Leh right now at the very Northern tip of India. It’s almost 12,000 feet elevation and a center for trekking, rafting, and snowy mountain peaks. It’s also extremely beautiful in a Western desert mountain kind of way. Our guest house that we are paying 3 and a half dollars each for is up […]
Chris and I just finished our 4 day stay in McLeod Ganj, a beautiful city perched on a mountain side in Northern India. It’s the capital of the exiled Tibetan government and is filled with mostly Tibetans and supporters. We came to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s birthday on July 6th but he was a no […]
Bungee Jumping + Chitwan Pictures
Published July 2nd, 2009 in crazy, Pictures, National Parks and Nepal. 12 CommentsChris and I found ourselves jumping off a suspension bridge 500 feet above a raging river near the Nepal/Tibet border yesterday. I was doing pretty well standing on the bridge waiting my turn. Not so nervous. Then it’s my turn and I get suited up and creep up to the edge. Wow. Not too much […]
