15 April 2008

Mayor of Chiang Mai

I got to hear the mayor address a group of foreigners last week.
It's neat that she's a woman, and young, in an Asian country! She spoke English well, was very personable and likeable. I briefly met her afterwards, and my two friends even got invited to dinner with her!

14 April 2008

Mini-video of my trek

Don't laugh, it's my first video ever!
I think you'll enjoy it, though.

06 April 2008

Nepal: Trekking Highlights

Click photo to view the album!

04 April 2008

The Trek

First, a map of the area we trekked... I believe it's about 95 kilometers (59 miles).


KEY:

Our Route: YELLOW LINE
Lodging on the way Up: DARK GREEN UNDERLINE
Lodging on the way Down: ORANGE UNDERLINE

More Kathmandu

There are these yummy sweets made from milk, I don't know what they're called in Nepali, but Lisa tells me they're called "barfi" in India. Such a funny name! Well, it doesn't do what it sounds like it does. Anyway, Lisa was telling me about it, we spotted this shop, and the nice boy practiced his English with us and explained all about how it is made! He even agreed to a photo:


A little glimpse of the traffic in Thamel, the backpacker area of Kathmandu where we stayed. I love it, they honk their horns all the time, but my favorite are the rickshaw "horns". Sometimes it's a dish detergent bottle with a sqeaker attached; other times they just sort of whistle in a warbly sort of melody... I kept trying to imitate it and cracking up.


Some uniformed students in the old city of Bhaktapur:


And the kids are always cute: