I push myself up from my writing recliner and drag my finger across a row of travel journals. Tap a finger on my lower lip. Walk over to my work desk and drag the same…
Browsing Category nepal
the echo from my bathroom in kathmandu
Coming into our shared guestroom with my ears still ringing from the blaring horns and yelling hawkers of busy Kathmandu streets, it echos from the bathroom…. Arms full of groceries, closing the front door of…
Pilgrimage of Poem & Music: Day 3, in the ring of the wind
A shortage of ponies keeps us, with bags packed and stacked at the doorway, hesitantly stationed in the tiny trail-head town of Jomsom. Today, Sangeetha and I follow our whim through the the alleys and…
pilgrimage of poem & music; day 1 in the Dolpa: dilation
We wake and jostle our belongings together in haste; today, as we have long planned, we will begin our journey into the Dolpa. Sacks stuffed, teeth brushed, packs on back, we descend the steep incline…
sponsor shout out: Jetboil
We had a number of amazing sponsors who spiked our gear with the best equipment in the field. Here’s my testimonial for Jetboil, who equipped us with our entire kitchen for our month in the…
pilgrimage of poem & music (an intimidating book to open)
Opening the book on our adventures in the Dolpa (rural Nepal) is as intimidating as the 17,000 foot passes we crossed to get there. Just look at a single page of my notes! So instead…
17,000 feet of appreciations
IMG_7585, originally uploaded by seekingsol. (A Punjabi man helps himself to Sangeta’s song on the first of many days of adventure on our way into the Dolpa.) <img src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2627228383_98a5e45731.jpg?v=0″ You know when you begin to…
on-pilgrimage & off-line; 3 June – 7 July
IMG_7139, originally uploaded by seekingsol. Specifically, following the nomadic yak caravan tracks in the general nether-regions of Nepal known as Upper & Lower Dolpa: Taken from Wikipedia: The Dolpo people (or “Dhol-wa” in their own…
and, finally, more photos (Nepal)
It was an exhausting search, but for all those other seekers out there, it’s the KATHMANDU GUEST HOUSE (in Thamel) that has the best internet connection in town. It still took me hours to upload,…
immortality burning
***** Journal Entry March 23rd, 2005 Kathmandu, Nepal Pashupatinath Temple The Burning (Cremation) Ghats along the Bagmati River In insatiable appetite, a greedy fire spits out the flames of a violent hunger. Riding a wave…