Travel Challenge Day Eight: Nepal

January 17th, 2021 Travel Challenge Day Eight takes us deep into the low-resolution archives of my photography from Nepal. In the photo above, this view of Ama Dablam (the peak in the middle) greeted me when I finally crested Cho La Pass on my trekking route from Gokyo Ri to Gorak Shep. I was standing at about 17,500 feet/5,300 m,

Outtakes from Nepal

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 15th, 2020 Yesterday, we completed the (re)post of my series about trekking the Khumbu Valley to see Mount Everest in Nepal. Today’s post includes outtakes from

Revisiting Nepal, Part 4

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 14th, 2020 It’s summit day! Our journey into the Himalayas culminates on top of Kala Patthar at 18,200 feet (5,547 meters) where we encounter a clear

Revisiting Nepal, Part 3

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 13th, 2020 Resuming our trek toward Mount Everest, today’s (re)post takes us farther into the Himalayas to Tengboche Monastery. Our arrival here was serendipitous — on

Revisiting Nepal, Part 2

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 12th, 2020 Today, I’m continuing with the second (re)post from my trip to Nepal in 2005. We had arrived in Lukla and started our trek toward

Revisiting Nepal, Part 1

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 11th, 2020 Yesterday’s post about Mount Everest inspired some nice comments so this week I’m going to re-post a few entries about the journey that led

Photos of the Day: Mother of All Mountains

Photos of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 10th, 2020 Happy Mother’s Day! After yesterday’s final post on Sri Lanka, we’re flying the magic carpet due north to the border between Nepal

My Top 12 Travel Experiences by Month

Happy New Year everyone! Thinking about where to go in 2017? Here are my top twelve travel experiences (ever, not just this year) by month. I hope you find some ideas among these journeys. Thank you all so much for reading, following, commenting and being such an inspirational community! January: Finding Zen in the Maldives If you want to forget