Jami & Aaron's Travels

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 […]

It’s hard describe our 4.5 days/4 nights in this magical and exotic place with a magical and exotic name…Zanzibar. It is a beautiful place of tropical paradise, from it’s white sand beaches of the Indian Ocean and winding get-lost wandering streets of an old city with a lot of history. We arrived by fast Ferry […]

We arrived at our next stop in Tanzania, Moshi from Arusha via a tourist bus. However once we got there, we needed to take a Dala Dala up to Marangu within Moshi to get to our hotel, The Babylon Lodge – which stands on the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. The hotel was only 5km from […]