Travel
Man Laying Sidewalk Pavement, London UK
This rather mundane photo of a London street scene represents one of the primary reason why I travel.
It was the late 80s, I was 24, and it was my first trip abroad. I took this image because I had never seen anything like it. All the sidewalks I had encountered in the US were made out of poured concrete. And here all throughout London, the sidewalks were made completely of cut stone. I walked about the city often and never encountered a concrete sidewalk. Continue reading »
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Rhyolite Bottle House
Outside Death Valley, on the Nevada side, stands the ghost town of Rhyolite. It was a typical mining boom town, starting with the discovery of gold in 1904 and ending in bankruptcy and fizzle in 1911. The population peaked at 3,500-5,000 1907–08 and they even had electric lighting. It's a great place to explore and contemplate the tempus fugit aspects of life. Continue reading »
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First Street Food
I had my first adventurous taste of street food from the guy in this photo. It was 1999 and I was in Hong Kong for work. All the other US folks I worked with were lame -- none cared to venture out into the strange streets, staying within the confines of the hotel or playing it safe in the expat hangouts. As this was my first time in a non-Western culture, I was determined to get out into the weird and experience new things.
So I went to the Temple Street Night Market alone. And disregarding the cautionings of my lame coworkers, I went in search of street food. Continue reading »
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Kali Gandaki Wind
Location
The Kali Gandaki river is on the western side of the Thorung La Pass. And for most trekkers, this is the descending part of the Annapurna Circuit. The river flows through a large valley that starts in Tibet and cuts through the Himalayan mountains. At one point the river is 18-20, 000 feet below the mountain on either side, making it the world's deepest gorge. Continue reading »
How Much Does Trekking the Annapurna Circuit Cost?
Short answer: $1455 USD.
That's for 2 of us with a guide and a porter for a 17 day Annapurna Circuit trek (days 4-20 on this itinerary), inclusive of all food, lodging, transportation, entrance & trekking fees, starting and ending in Pokhara, with an exchange rate of 70 Nepali Rupees per 1 US Dollar It DOES NOT include any transportation costs getting to Pokhara or any lodging or food in Pokhara.
Long answer: Continue reading »
So I Rented an RV
A little reflection on our Yellowstone transport/lodging. Music: Good Old Mountain Dew by Tony Rice, David Grisman from Tone Poems
Yellowstone Abstract Photos
The thermal features of Yellowstone, in addition to all their science coolness, have a beauty that always surprises me. Check out the little gallery after the jump. Continue reading »
Back from Yellowstone
We're back from our travels in Wyoming. We went to Yellowstone, flying in & out of Jackson or Jackson Hole (not quite sure which). Everything went well, no particular crises arose. The RV thing was, uh, an experience -- one which I shall detail in a few days. Continue reading »
