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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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May 9 1990 – Kathmandu – Nepal – Journal Entry

November 10, 2024 – 11:57 am

Published on May 25, 2023 Kathmandu is a magical city filled with pilgrims traveling to the city’s holy shrines and temples of the pantheon of Asian religions. I haven’t seen a single church and with good reason. Jesus might have traveled to Kashmir after his crucifixition, but no one here worships him here. Certainly not […]

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May 11, 1990 – Brabal – the Himalayas – Nepal – Journal Entry

November 10, 2024 – 8:24 am

Previously published May 17, 2023 After lunch on the trail I left the stop and continued up the path. The forest is thick and the ascent isn’t too taxing. I’ve been at it for an hour and haven’t seen a single soul. Waiting for the porters, Lance, and Dorge to catch up to me. Maybe […]

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BLINDED BY THE SUN – KATHMANDU – NEPAL – 1995

April 8, 2024 – 12:55 pm

In 1995 I traveled with a lapsed Catholic nun from Lhasa to Shigatse. After several days Dorothy returned to Lhasa. We woke at dawn and breakfasted on Momos or dumpling and butter tea. I wanted to get an early start and Dorothy accompanied me to the southern edge of town. The Asia Friendship Highway ran […]

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Tibet T-Bone 1995

June 10, 2023 – 6:51 pm

This road ran between Lhasa and Kathmandu. Twenty miles farther Another dirt road diverged to Khailash. The van stopped there and drove off to the Holy Mountain A thousand kilometers away to the west. I stood at the t-bone intersection Headed south to Nepal. I couldn’t have been happier in such desolation Whereas I freak […]

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