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Why Travel So Far? “Peru? Why do you want to go to Peru?” As the sun is setting two hours after take off from Seattle and the clouds painted a quick procession of yellow then pink, red, orange and finally purple, this question from a number of family and friends floats through my mind. The...

Day 2 I’m here in Lima all safe and sound. Sitting on a rooftop terrace as horns blare, dogs complain about passersby and kids scamper on the street below. It’s a big city that’s for sure. $18 gets you from the airport to the city center. Another 20 minute walk gets you to the real center...

Monday November 17th, 2008 - 12:13pm Something here smells. It’s followed me since I left home. I’m in SeaTac International Airport on my way to Peru, arriving tomorrow. But the smell will probably follow me there. I’m learning the smell is me. It seems the shirt I wore on my last trip and...

Pasquale, I'll be hitting Cusco and will look them up. It's always good to have a reference as I had no accommodations for Cusco yet. I appreciate it! And I think I will possibly have a beer or two. That's one thing I enjoy about travel, sampling local brews and wine.

Thanks all. I leave for the airport in an hour and I hope I'm packed. Sucker is heavy. And admitedly that first photo is not mine but I didn't know how to add the caption right. It's from flickr and comes with a Creative Commons license. I'm sure I'll have plenty of my own upon return and...

After much debating and pondering, and then talking with my doctor, I'm heading to Peru. I was actually able to get tickets through Alaska Air with miles (only 35,000 to South America, wahoo!). Two hops and I'm there on Tuesday. I'm a bit excited. After talking with my doctor about various...

Thanks for the submission, it's surely on the list!

Nepal Trek Trip Report Day 3 It’s our first, and only, full day in Kathmandu! And it’s an early one, up at 3am. 3AM??!?! The going theory is most people are so discombobulated by the time they reach Nepal that 3am shouldn’t be a problem. It’s a problem for me, though. I’m doing quite...

While I didn't bring along an Overland Journal to photograph in the Himalayas, I did wear my OJ hat constantly (except for the two days I showered on the trail). Here is the obligatory shot

Nepal Trek Trip Report Day 2 Waking up was early today. Or late, depending on how well some of us adjusted to the jetlag. For me, there really wasn’t any. Maybe it was the constant daylight on the flight from Seattle. Or maybe my body is just goofy. Kim did mention it is easier to adjust...

Nepal Trek Trip Report Day 1 And we’re off!! Step one to trekking in Nepal is getting there. Even before that, we had to say goodbye to Sabrina at the airport and that was the hardest part of this trip. This was our third weeklong or more trip away from her and the longest by far at three...

As some of you know I'm working on selling my Land Rover Defender 110. Noted in the ad is my offer to donate 18% of the sale price to charity. And this is where I'd like some help. I'd like help in picking charities to donate to. To this end I'm opening up to request from all of you. It's...

Back in the USA, all safe and sound with the family reunited. Where'd all the leaves go??? Trip report will start next week with plenty of pictures. For those in the Puget Sound area, I'll probably be organizing a slide show most likely after the holidays. More details later. Awesome trip...

Greeting from Nepal! Our trek is just bout over and I'm in Namche for a day of rest and then a couple days trekking to the airport in Lukla. It has been a great adventure so far with many, many miles put on my shoes and legs. I am very glad to have made this trip although I do miss my...

As for time to acclimatize: we'll be spending a rest day in Namche, in Dole and Gkoyo. After that and the Cho La pass, it's ll downhill. We'll be checking O2 levels each morning with some piece of medical hardware I don't completely understand. If you're below a certain level, you don't go up...

Fine right now. I'm about 120' above sea level though. :) I leave for the trek next week. I've had a history of mountain sickness (But not AMS or the other acronyms) when climbing in Washington above 10,000, so we'll see how it goes. The trek leader and head Sherpa are big on watching for...

I'd be glad to share. There's a reason this is my wife's third trek in as many years to this particular country. It's from the people she's met and friendships made. In our case, we latched on to a local guiding service in Seattle, where we live. It's a small group, just 5 clients (we being...

This isn't exactly a vehicle dependent expedition, but it will be undertaken with a SPOT device, so I thought I'd post it up and the moderators can remove it if they see fit. As some of you may or may not know, Kim and I are heading to Nepal for a 19 day trek through the Himalayas in the Khumbu...

It's time for me to part with the 110. My main reasons for selling, as I'm sure many will ask, is to continue in my current lifestyle which doesn't, at the moment, bring in a lot of cash. Plus I would like to do more international travel and the sale of this vehicle will help with that. It's...

Thanks Dan. I have decided to sell it. I'll have an ad up in the for sale section probably this week with pictures and the whole nine yards.