by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 22, 2013 | Asia, Nepal
Our plane stops on the runway in Kathmandu, while water pours from the sky and over the windows as if we are in a submarine. Already, we love Nepal. After three tries at visa applications in the airport, the immigration staff laugh with us. How often does that happen?...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 17, 2013 | Asia, India
We fly from Delhi to the town of Amritsar, in northwestern India. Time to jump into a hot van with seven others and hit the tour, baby. Remove shoes, and walk a half-block down the street, dodging cars, people, dogs, cows and tuk-tuks, and finally into the Mata...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 15, 2013 | Asia, India
Landslides, floods, road and airport closures in southern India direct us away from the backwaters of Kerala, and the beaches of Goa. Instead we find ourselves on an island of luxury in a Hilton Hotel attached to a high end shopping mall in New Delhi. The taxi drive,...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 13, 2013 | Asia, India
Walking the streets of Mumbai during monsoon season is like swimming in sweat. Dodging cars, tuk-tuks, motorcycles, bikes and many, many people, the scent of incense blends with fecal and curry. Mothers holding infants paw at us for money, as do children roaming the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 5, 2013 | Asia, Sri Lanka
Mare and I sip beers on a deserted Caribbean-like beach in Passekudah, northern Sri Lanka. This area has only been accessible for the past four years, after the end of the civil war. “We get along with the northern people naturally,” Dahn...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 4, 2013 | Asia, Sri Lanka
Dahn drives us through densely populated, jungle covered mountains. His eyes beam with a smile when talking about Sri Lanka. “We have everything here, like paradise.” He stops the car while monkeys come to the road. “People should never feed wildlife. Now they get hit...
