Our first city in India happened to be India’s oldest and one of the oldest living cities in the world, dating back about 5,000 years ago. Varanasi is arguably the center of the Hindu world and Aaron and I were ready to jump head first into India: it’s culture and everything we had been excited […]

While we both had enjoyed Nepal, we were excited and nervous about heading to India.  India was one of the major destinations on our trip (we will be spending more time here than any other country), but it seemed that every time we mentioned that we were traveling to India we received a warning.  We […]

Our next and final stop in Nepal was Chitwan. Nepal was for us an interesting mix: the “big city” of Kathmandu and nearby spiritual temples,, the open beautiful mountains of the Himalayas and Chitwan would now offer up a jungle. In fact, Chitwan literally translates to “heart of the jungle.” We took an 8 hour […]

What to pack for a 14 day trek to Everest Base Camp in the Himalayas Sooo when you read that I did the trek to Everest Base Camp, I totally know what you were thinking…what did Jami wear and how did she pack? I want to make our readers happy, so here’s how to pack […]

The biggest reason I had lobbied to include Nepal in our travels was so we could trek to Everest Base Camp. I’ve wanted to do the trek for years, as it seemed to be one of the ultimate hikes – hiking for two weeks in the high Himalayas, walking on centuries-old footpaths between ancient Sherpa […]

We were shocked and amused to discover at Lukla (the airport town for the Everest region) a fake “Starbucks Coffee” that went to pretty extreme extents to replicate the Starbucks logo and name. (The inside looked nothing similar, however.) They even had their own “Starbucks Mug”! And like any good collector, Jami had to have […]

The national language of Nepal is Nepali. And while our knowledge of it barely extends beyond “Laso” (which we were told means “cheers”), one thing was quickly apparent – they use a lot of H’s when transliterating to English. Silent H’s. Many, many Nepali words are written in English with H’s, despite not using the […]

I assume these are the brand of jeans Steve Jobs used to wear? Not quite “SuperCenter” size… This guy is just going all out – one infringement per shirt is for slackers.

I was thrilled to be landing in Kathmandu, fulling a long-time goal to travel to Nepal. It seemed that no matter where I had traveled in the past, I always came across other travelers who would rave about Nepal – a true backpacker’s utopia. And it didn’t disappoint, although Kathmandu was worlds away from my […]