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“Burn baby burn.” That is the phrase that was going through my mind for most of today. Not only did we continue following the river up the ravine, which was slowly gaining altitude, but we were also climbing up one side of the mountain that formed the ravine, so it was double trouble. In all, we gained almost 1000m in altitude so today was a lot of up and my glutes got… Read More
I woke early, around 5:30 am actually, having not slept too well and did some stretching and went ahead and packed up. We planned on starting at 8:00 am so there was no rush to be off but I had nothing else to do that early. The most challenging task involved with packing is compressing my sleeping bag to a manageable size. Even with a compression sack I have to sit on… Read More
Well the trek to get to Kathmandu so as to be able to trek there is long and arduous. At least from Washington, D.C. anyway. There is no direct route to Nepal, so two layovers, one in Munich and one in Istanbul, and approximately 27 hours were required to finally get here. Somewhere in that transit I lost the better part of a day as well. But I made it and the… Read More
… that’s what I’ve always wanted to do (among other things). A slight variation to Bob Segar’s lyrics have been going through my mind for weeks now as I am poised to do just that- go to Kathmandu. I’m headed to Nepal after dreaming of it, studying and planning for more years than I can remember. Visiting such an exotic, rugged but beautiful part of the world has been on the big… Read More
So what do you wear to a visit to Saudi Arabia? That was the first question that needed answering when I decided to attend the conference (see Part 1 post). It turns out that the answer was quite simple for women- an abaya. The abaya is a long black robe and is used as outer clothing to cover females when they are out in public. They were required for all female guests…. Read More
Recently I had a chance to attend a conference in Saudi Arabia and I went, of course, since the opportunity to travel to such an exotic location, especially as a single female, is exceedingly rare. In addition the conference was being hosted by a member of the royal family so I knew we would be well taken care of. The conference, covering topics in science and technology with emphasis on space, highlighted… Read More
When you travel around the world you realize that we take a lot for granted here in the United States. Take water fountains, for example. Everywhere you go in the US you can find water fountains; in airports, schools, public parks, almost anywhere you are you can pause and take a drink of fresh, if not cold, water. For many of us living in the US, and other areas of the… Read More
After seven weeks of volunteering, taking some side trips and a grand adventure on the Inca Trail, it is time to say good-bye to Cusco and head back home to Houston. Today (Friday) was my last day. Tomorrow I am off to the airport for the marathon voyage home. The time has flown by and I have had a wonderful time experiencing life here in Peru and meeting so many people. The… Read More
Having made the decision the day before that we were going to get up early and get in line to beat the crowds we were mentally braced for the 3:20am wake up call, but nonetheless it seemed to come early. As we moved about and packed up we heard sounds from the campsite next door so we were not the only ones getting an early start. It was dark, of course, but… Read More
Even though we had an early wake-up call, 5:30am, we could start a bit more leisurely since we only had about 9 km to hike. We had the third pass to get through but needed to climb only 200m or so to reach it. The big challenge of the day would be the 1000 meters (a little over 3000 feet) in altitude we would be descending. The third campsite, a mere four… Read More
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