Category Archives: Asia

May 13, 1990 – Langtang Trek, Nepal – 1990 – Journal Entry

May 30, 2023 – 9:22 am

The passing clouds obscure the 6000-meter snow-tipped peaks towering over the Langtang Valley, but the 5000-meter ragged summits cut through the mist with each parting of the clouds. The tea house serves a good cup of yak butter tea. I’m not liking the salty brew, but it does provide warmth and nourishment. Dorzee our guide […]

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May 15, 1990 Langtang Glacier – Nepal – Journal Entry

May 28, 2023 – 6:47 pm

The trail has left behind the trees and flowers. The villagers are surrounded by millet and sorghum fields. Beyond this cultivation are rough fields of high-altitude grass. Yaks lazily chomp their cuds under the watch of young masters. They gather the yak paddies to dry in the sun. The main source of heat in the […]

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May 9 1990 – Kathmandu – Nepal – Journal Entry

May 25, 2023 – 11:57 am

Kathmandu is a magical city. I stumbled on a procession for the Kumari, the living goddess, in Thamel. These young girls are chosen from the Newari tribe to serve as living vessel for the Hindu goddess Durga until menstruation. The word Kumari means ‘virgin’ in Nepali. They are revered for their purity, but soldiers disrupted […]

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30,000 Feet over Burma – May 5, 1990 – Journal Entry

May 24, 2023 – 9:10 pm

A taxi ride from the Malaysia Hotel to the Bangkok Airport. I know I want to live in Thailand or at least stay here next winter into the summer. I am done with New York, although that city is not done with me. I spoke with Rick Temerian on the Direct USA Phone> We made […]

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South From Tibet 1995

May 24, 2023 – 8:22 pm

At the bottom of this road was the route to the holy mountain of Khailash I had stood at the t-bone intersection hitchhiking a ride to Nepal to the South over the Himalayas. I couldn’t have been happier in such desolation whereas I freak out in airports. Safe and sound from the elements. A Tibetan […]

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