travel
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Time Takes Time
· Just a day or two ago, I lay looking up at the bright yellow leaves still clinging to the boughs of the maple trees. Loosened by a slight breeze, a few of them drifted downward to finally meet with… Continue reading
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Journey to Kathmandu Part 3: Swayambhunath
· On the outskirts of Kathmandu, lifted high above the tight-knit city streets, is Swayambhu. It is not the largest stupa in Nepal. Nonetheless, it has been a site of devotion for centuries. Atop the white dome sits a golden… Continue reading
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Journey to Kathmandu Part 2: All New and Unknown
· I could make a long list of all the ways Nepal is different from any other place I’ve been on earth. But a list would be ineffectual. How can the words traffic, cows, dogs, monkeys, mountains, modern three-story concrete… Continue reading
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Journey to Kathmandu Part 1: Painful Beginnings
· Seven days before I left on the furthest and longest trip of my life, I hurt my back. It wasn’t just an ‘ouch, better ice this and not do it again’ kind of hurt. It was the kind that… Continue reading
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