NEPAL | Monday, 17 Dec 2007 | Views [528]
After all of our blood, sweat, and blisters on our trek, and cruising into town on top of a local bus, we arrived in Pokhara. We were all lusting for a hot shower, and a delicious meal. We satiated ourselves on piping hot sizzling steaks and glasses ... Read more >
Tags: scams & robberies
NEPAL | Thursday, 6 Dec 2007 | Views [272]
After our death-defying ride on the "Gateway to Hell", schlepping our way across the most interesting of border crossings on the "The Friendship Bridge", and smartly negotiating a ride for less than 10 bucks apiece , we finally arrived ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
CHINA | Wednesday, 14 Nov 2007 | Views [373]
While we were in the process of chartering a mini-van to take us from
Lhasa to the border, the woman that we were dealing with kept warning
us that the driver would not be able to take us all the way to the
Nepali border town of Zhangmu, but only ... Read more >
Tags: tibet, adrenaline
CHINA | Tuesday, 13 Nov 2007 | Views [386]
Along with a huge laundry list of other transgressions to the Tibetan people, the Chinese government has made travel within the Tibet "Autonomous" Region incredibly difficult. In the same vein as the permits that are supposedly required to ... Read more >
Tags: tibet, on the road
CHINA | Sunday, 4 Nov 2007 | Views [434]
While traveling, we have been incredibly lucky to meet a full complement of wonderful people; and it was no surprise to us to have fallen into a great bunch of people while getting used to the altitude in Lhasa. We are not exactly sure whose crazy ... Read more >
Tags: tibet, the great outdoors
CHINA | Thursday, 1 Nov 2007 | Views [385]
We finally made it to Tibet, despite the lack of information,
misinformation we kept running across in China. We arrived on the 28th
of October, via a 44 hour train ride from Chengdu. Being the clever,
sneaky little duo we are, we made it into ... Read more >
Tags: tibet, culture
CHINA | Sunday, 28 Oct 2007 | Views [424] | Comments [1]
Having entered China four times in the past four months, the Stunnings
had finally gotten their fill of China. Not to say that we did not
love China, we were just ready for something new. While still
technically China, the absorbed state of ... Read more >
Tags: tibet, philosophy of travel
CHINA | Friday, 26 Oct 2007 | Views [185]
With mixed emotions about returning to the big continent of China
(excited for Tibet, happy about returning to a place where travel could
be a bit more challenging...yet at the same time...sighing about the
fact that travel would be more challenging.... Read more >
Tags: People
THAILAND | Monday, 15 Oct 2007 | Views [195]
Marooned always sounds like such a negative word and usually connotates
a
terrible situation. At the same time though, there isn't always
something wrong with getting stuck on a beautiful tropical Island.
That is the situation that the Stunnings ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
THAILAND | Friday, 5 Oct 2007 | Views [228]
Well as many of you know, Bangkok is nothing new to us, but we will always have a soft-spot for this heart of Thailand. Originally, Thailand had not been in our plans on this trip, but after our decision to forego Tibet due to the difficulties we foresaw ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
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