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30,000 Feet over Burma – May 5, 1990 – Journal Entry

November 20, 2024 – 1:10 am

Previously published May 24, 2023 I have a flight to Kathmandu. I wish I could stay in Bangkok, but my money is getting low. I called New York from the Malaysia Hotel lobby. A collect call to Rickie Boy, who complained, “I haven’t had anyone to drink with since you left. The city sucks. The […]

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TO THE DOOR by Peter Nolan Smith

November 12, 2024 – 9:37 am

Published on: Jan 6, 2012 I-5 ran south out of Sacramento. The day was getting hot in the Central Valley and AK cranked up the Torino’s AC. I turned around several times to be disappointed that Carol wasn’t in the backseat. A whisper of her rose attar fragrance clung to the car. She and her […]

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Journal Entry – November 11, 1995 – New Delhi

November 11, 2024 – 3:32 pm

The Aeroflot flight from Moscow must have arrived for crowds of badly-dressed Russians throng through the market buying cheap clothing to sell for a tidy profit back in the ex-Soviet Union. Finding large clothing isn’t easy, but the Indian merchants of the cheap tourist hotel district know their market. It is now apparent from the […]

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Langtang Glacier Trek 1991

November 11, 2024 – 9:36 am

Published Jun 14, 2023 Back in Kathmandu at the end of the Langtang trek. Before we reached the trailhead, Lance, Todd, his friend, and I bathed in a pool safe from the river rapids. We toweled off in the bright sunlight, glad to be clean for the first time in over a week. My towel […]

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May 12, 1990 – Langtang Trek, Nepal – 1990 – Journal Entry

November 10, 2024 – 2:03 pm

Published May 30, 2023 The passing clouds obscure the 6000-meter snow-tipped peaks towering over the Langtang Valley, but the 5000-meter ragged summits cut through the mist with each parting of the clouds. The tea house serves a good cup of yak butter tea. I’m not liking the salty brew, but it does provide warmth and […]

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