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 …
Category Archives: Uncategorized
The happiest country in the world?
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 …
(Mis)adventures in Nepal
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, …
The land of 1000 hills
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 …
The Chimps of Mahale
(A slightly longer post due to the fascinating nature of chimp politics) Photos can be found here (format wouldn’t upload on wordpress) https://photos.app.goo.gl/B6UpfdWMpXSDX5Fd6 Mahale National Park: Lake Tanganyika forms part of Tanzania’s western border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the longest (~650km) and 2nd deepest (~1500m) lake in the world, containing …
Serengeti Pt. 2
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 …
Serengeti Pt. 1
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 …
Escaping to Africa
So what am I doing? Three years after my last extended adventure (6 months traveling through the US, South America and Europe after graduation), I am embarking again on a slightly shorter but geographically more ambitious trip across three continents in the coming two months. I am incredibly fortunate to work in a time period …
Aaron's adventures 2.0 