Fierce Invalids in Hot Climates Amber and Jerad chronicle their life-changing journey from Napa Valley wine snobs to globe-exploring vegabonds

We are now in Nepal and are loving it.  We crossed the border without incedent and travelled to Lumbini.  This is the birthplace of the Buddha and there is a beautiful garden surrounded by prayer flags where pilgrims come to meditate.  It was a wonderful place to spend the day.  Next we took a 100 mile, 10 hour bus ride to Pokhara.  This is possibly the most idealic town for an adventerous soul that could ever be conceived.  The town surrounds a lake high in the Himalaya and is surrounded by mountains.  Amber and I are so happy to be back in an area of green and hills after most of our time in India being in the desert.  We will probably spend most of our time in Nepal in and around this town as we plan to go on a 3 day rafting trip, a 3 day meditation/yoga retreat, and a 10 day trek to Annapurna Base Camp.  It is a wonderful place and almost makes us overlook the fact that we were robbed on the bus ride here.  Nothing so dramatic as a mugging but our bags were opened while ontop of the bus and a small number of things were stolen.  In all honesty I was relieved to see the things that were actually taken as nothing of great importance was missing and it could have been much worse.  Fortunately we are in a place were anything can be replaced and after a big shopping day today we are replenished and ready to start the rest of our trip.  Sorry no pictures this time but they are worth waiting for.  With much love, JN