Dear Gentle Readers:
I am currently in Bangalore, India on a Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Build. It looks like it will be a great learning experience for me and the group seems like a fun one. I will be posting shorter updates this week because our days are filled with the volunteer work and other activities. [...]
Last we saw our hero was heading back to Luboche alone, defeated and feeling miserable after failing to make it to Everest Base Camp. This could be the end of him and his adventure. How will he mange this crisis? Let's check in with him….
After hiking back to the teahouse, I was feeling pretty sorry [...]
The first three days of the trek were now behind us. I was surprised how easy the journey had been to this point. I was soon to realize that the hard part of the journey was right around the corner.
Our porter guide, Dinesh, was beginning to grow on me. At first, I was concerned [...]
We waited the next day at the airport for another five hours before we were given any announcement regarding our flight. There was a level frustration in the waiting areas of the domestic terminal in Kathmandu. For some people this was their fourth day of waiting; many people with limited schedules would not be able [...]
I don’t remember when my fascination with Everest began but I have read countless books and watched numerous movies and documentaries about the revered mountain. Whether it was Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s initial conquest or the tragic 1996 climbing season, Everest has had a special place in my imagination. I know that I will [...]
Dear Gentle Readers,
I have run into some internet problems in India and will not be able to start my posts on Everest Base Camp until tomorrow. Be blogging at you soon. Sam
On the last of our three days in Selcuk, we finally made our way to the ruins of Ephesus. We were told that if you wanted to see proper Roman ruins, that you had to visit Turkey, and these didn’t disappoint.
The only downside was that we went on a cruise ship afternoon, so it was [...]
The morning after Gallipoli we set out to see the famed city of Troy (Troya). It’s one of those thing that you feel you just HAVE to do…I mean we all have read the Iliad or at least know the story. Well, there not a lot left in good old Troy, but it was still [...]
After three days in Istanbul, it was time to move on. So we jumped on a early bus and headed west toward the Aegean Sea. Our first stop would be Eceabat, a costal city along the Dardanelles (Straight of Canakkale), upon the Gallipoli Peninsula. This area for centuries has been of great military signifigance as [...]
Look kids…Hagia Sophia…Blue Mosque…okay now how about a beer!
That was our Istanbul experience in a nutshell. We’ll maybe it wasn’t JUST like that…
Istanbul is truly a wonderful city, with literally history around every corner. For a travel novice like me, also a very easy city to start in. Staying within the Sultanahmet area [...]
