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 28, 2013 | Asia, Nepal
We walk among the free roaming chickens and water buffalo, where our trek begins in the village of Nayapul. Kumar, our guide, explains how we will walk for four hours, have lunch, and then climb straight up about 3600 steps. No problem. We are hiking in the Himalayas,...
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 | Jul 23, 2013 | Asia, Mongolia
Yaks carry an unexplained mystic for us. We come upon a herd of yaks while driving through north/central Mongolia. MacGyver the driver stops long enough for Mare to take photos of the herd. Some of them resemble our past dogs. I can even see Jack, the yak. The rest of...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 23, 2013 | Asia, Mongolia
A bouncing, twisty ride brings us to a ger near the Khongor Sand Dunes…a remote area of the Gobi desert with extreme temperatures in summer and winter. MacGyver the driver, and Speedy, need to repair a broken stabilizer bar. First, though, they serve us fermented...
