http://davynextdoor.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:10:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mt. Shasta. 14,179 feet high. We started our assault at around 7000 feet. Only 2 out of the 4 of us made it... the others are trapped forever in an icy crevasse (metaphorically speaking). Full picture set available here. Wow. My website has not weathered the years well. ... http://davynextdoor.com/mt-shasta/ Yes, that's right. An update. Pretty crazy stuff here folks. First, my job. I like it. I joined the Consumer Telepresence Business Unit (CTBU) at Cisco. We are working on a consumer version of Cisco's already well established Telepresence video technology. Check it out here. ... http://davynextdoor.com/holy-crap-an-update/ We've just recently moved into our new apartment in San Jose.  Finding a place in San Francisco from across the country was more difficult than expected so we'll be at this place for the 6 month lease and then possibly moving on. The 2 week trip across the country was amazing.  ... http://davynextdoor.com/safe-in-san-jose/ Sandra and I are leaving tomorrow morning to drive through many beautiful national parks on our way to San Jose.  We should arrive on September 11th and work starts on September 14th.  Yeeeeehaw! http://davynextdoor.com/road-trip-2/ I'm back in America, Asheville specifically although I'll be moving to California in a few weeks.  If you want to hang out give me a call: 828-337-8267 http://davynextdoor.com/living-in-america/ 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 ... http://davynextdoor.com/camel-trekking-near-jaisalmer/ 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 ... http://davynextdoor.com/srinigar-sickness-and-taj-mahal/ 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 ... http://davynextdoor.com/more-from-leh/ 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 ... http://davynextdoor.com/in-love-with-leh/ 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 ... http://davynextdoor.com/mcleod-ganj/