Day 7 – Living For Today
And if life is going by too fast…it’s time for you to slow down…time for you to make it last…before you trip and slip…and you will miss this happy little …
And if life is going by too fast…it’s time for you to slow down…time for you to make it last…before you trip and slip…and you will miss this happy little …
Got no deeds to do, No promises to keep. I’m dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep. Let the morning time drop all it’s petals on me. Life, I love …
It’s a beautiful day…The sky falls…And you feel like it’s a beautiful day…Don’t let it get away. — U2 Sunday, April 6, 2008 8:18 am – Chomrong – …
Silent in the morning…Suspended in the trees…Lunchtime comes you’ve found your voice…It brings me to my knees…The volume just increases…The resounding echoes grow…Till once again I bask in morning stillness, …
The more I see the less I know…The more I like to let it go…hey oh…whoaaa. Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder…Where it’s so white as snow. …
Oh I’d rather go and journey…Where the diamond crescent’s glowing and…Run across the valley…Beneath the sacred mountain…And wander through the forest…Where the trees have leaves of prisms…And break the light …
The river flows…It flows to the sea…Wherever that river goes…That’s where I want to be…Flow river flow…Let your waters wash down…Take me from this road…To some other town. — Roger …
‘Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood…When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud…I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. …
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 6:43 am We depart on our trek at 8am. For the fourth morning, I awoke at dawn to birds chirping, a cow or ox moo’ing, …
The morning after deciding on which guide/porter to hire, Gela informed the manager at her guest house, and we met up for lunch at Boomerang, a restaurant with an idyllic …
Around the time I was in Hong Kong, I had updated my TravBuddy.com profile to reflect my plans to trek in Nepal in April. It was the first time …
7:38 am I went to Moondance Restaurant with Rob and Rosie and two other kayakers joined us – Mike (France, 36) and Vasiili (Siberia, Russia, 32). I was surprised to …
7:55 am Stuck in traffic on the bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara. I’m 1 of 4 Westerners (all notably in the back seats except one old large white guy). Local …
Finished reading “The Beach” this morning after not being able to fall asleep until 2am last night. Power was out when I awoke – I can tell by the hum …
Thamel is the tourist neighborhood of Kathmandu, meaning there are a plethora of outdoor stores selling fake supplies most notably North Face (err, “North Fake”) and Mountain Hard Wear clothing …
Touchdown was perfect. Kathmandu is big and sprawling – colorful buildings surrounded by mountains. I wrote up the Visa application, got two passport photos taken, changed my Chinese yuen and …
The flight from Chengdu to Lhasa was cool – crossing over the Tibetan Plateau – the snow-capped, glacier-ridden mountains slowly coming into view through the cloud cover. Getting to the …
In planning my trip around the world, I always thought of China as my gateway to Tibet, rather than a destination unto itself. The language barrier concerned me, it was …
I called Charlie after the opera and made my way across town to his apartment. Wu, his roommate, wanted to check out a popular bar/club called 88, and while …
Among the many activities Charlie was excited to share with me, the Sichuan Opera always seemed to be at the top of the list. It therefore seemed fitting that I …