11 Mar
Travels
I originally intended to do a blog entry for each country we visited but that didn’t pan out due to my innate lack of blogging skills. Anyway Gina did a much better job of it than I would have (so why reinvent the wheel:) The second idea was to do a haiku for each country but who has the time?! So here are some things off the top of my head:
Nepal – beautiful country. bad pollution in Kathmandu. very narrow, overcrowded streets. great food. attacked by leeches on 8 hour hike in torrential rain to Annapurna base camp. stunning mountains.
Tibet – way too controlled by China. beautiful in a very desolate way…whereas Nepal is very lush, Tibet is very barren on the whole. found out I suffer from really bad altitude sickness. found this out at 5200m, felt like dying…gutted when I didn’t:P probably the least vegan-friendly place on earth.
India – amazing food. amazingly crowded. the most terrible pollution in Delhi I’ve ever encountered. The old part of Mumbai really seems like an old version of London by a tropical sea. The Taj Mahal really does live up to the hype.
Thailand – really friendly people. lots of tofu! very relaxed culture. muay thai is a lot of fun. shame about all the sex tourists.
Bill Bryson eat your heart out;)
