Each morning upon awakening we looked out the window of our hotel room, which was perched on the side of a steep hill, off into a valley surrounded by Himalayan foothills. A dense layer of fog settled in the bottom…
Nummy Nepal
My expectations of Nepali food were not very high before we went there. I was picturing an endless stream of nearly identical dal bhat meals (rice with lentils and curry vegetables). It also occurred to me that the mountainous landscape…
Rest stop in Pokhara
Nepal’s second biggest city, Pokhara, is a handy base for people who are preparing to go trekking in the Annapurna region which means that a huge number of foreigners go there and their needs are amply provided for. Fern and…
Walk to the edge of town and keep going
Some of the most interesting and beautiful experiences that we have while traveling are long walks in the rural countryside. Getting away from the congestion, noise, and industrialization of the big cities is essential. Cities have a lot to offer…
On our way to Kathmandu
It was a long and less than luxurious journey from Delhi to Kathmandu, taking local buses and crossing the India-Nepal border. You never know what you’re going to get with local buses. They’re not made for people as tall as…
So is this goodbye? (A spoonful of honey… part 3)
In the morning Dawa told us he would take us to Naggar – the small town that we’d picked out in the Kullu Valley for our next stop, but he wanted to stop in Jagatsukh on the way which is…
A spoonful of honey a day keeps the guru away – part 2
Dawa, the cook, Fern, and I packed into Dawa’s car for the six hour journey south to Manali. Once we got to Manali we would catch a shorter distance bus to Naggar, about a half hour further from Manali. Dawa…