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Wednesday, September 18th: Leaving Phobjikha after breakfast, we continued our drive east towards the geographic center of Bhutan. There was no rest from the roads, and as the beautiful Trongsa fortress appeared across the valley, the pavement ended and it took almost a half hour to wind the final 5 miles into the town. After… Read more

September 9th-September 14th: Arriving in Singapore from Nepal on the morning of Monday, September 9th, I spent the week recovering from altitude sickness and regaining my strength as I looked towards my planned trip to Bhutan at the end of the week. Coincidently, my dad happened to be coming through Singapore on a business trip… Read more

I had started to write a day-by-day account of my time trekking in Nepal, but after the last few days I decided not to bury the lead given the blog’s title. Suspense, after all is great for novels, but I have found is less appreciated by family/friends when my health is the subject. That said,… Read more

Monday, August 26th: A multi-discipline travel day, we set off early from Mahale on a 90 min boat ride along Lake Tanganyika to the airstrip. Despite calm waters on previous mornings, we were treated to a final exciting journey on the lake as the wooden boat rocked violently back and forth between the swells. Arriving… Read more

Tuesday, August 20th: The morning began with another early start, as we left the lodge in search of the leopard we had seen the previous evening. We spotted it laying out in the open in a field, finishing part of its meal from yesterday as spotted hyenas lurked in the distance. After a few minutes… Read more

Saturday, August 17th: Ben, Jenna and I arrived in Tanzania at Kilimanjaro airport in the mid afternoon on Saturday. After making it through immigration and customs without incident (a surprisingly expedient process), we met our guide Nic and headed to a small reserve on the outskirts of Arusha to spend the night. The beautiful guest… Read more