Jaymashi Sathiharu! (Hello friends!) I’m slowly but surely assimilating to the different pair of shoes for each room, using a bidet (or small pitcher of water) and my left hand every time I use the restroom, which is often only a hole in the ground. I cried the third time I had to use theContinue reading “Culture Shock: Month 1 in the Himalayas”
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I have flown to Mt. Everest & crossed a 6-lane highway on foot
Tuesday morning I took a mountain flight to see the most formidable Himalayan peaks. It was surreal to fly alongside the summit of Mt. Everest, so stark above the earth in the golden morning sun. She is the highest mountain in the world at 29,032 feet (5.5 miles) above sea level. I almost missed theContinue reading “I have flown to Mt. Everest & crossed a 6-lane highway on foot”