by ronmitchelladventure | Sep 3, 2013 | Asia, Nepal
Each morning we walk along Lake Phewa in Pokhara, perhaps the only place we found in Asia, since Mongolia, where you can walk and almost be alone. Only once did we get mobbed, by a large group of tourists from India. “Let me take photo!” We don’t understand at first....
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 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 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...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 3, 2013 | Asia, Sri Lanka
A man takes my backpack at the Ocean Front Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. “I am your butler,” he says. Mare and I look at each other, dumfounded. She has a butler too. They bring beers and fresh fruit to our room. In the evening, they bring us prawn curry with many side...
