Archive for August, 2008
Baptist Model School
By Tony on August 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Thankfully, all those Baptist models are being properly educated 
Where it all Began – Kurukshetra
By Tony on August 29, 2008 | No Comments »
On our way north, our train stopped for a few minutes in Kurukshetra. Perhaps, you don’t immediately recognize the name, but you should. What seems to be a rather unspectacular rural Indian town at first glance is actually the birthplace of the entire universe. As if that weren’t enough, it is the place where good triumphed over evil. Now, that’s a claim to fame.
It appears that Brahma created man and the universe in Kurukshetra. (Don’t ask me how you create the universe in a particular town. It just is so.) Sometime later, Krishna delivered his epic Baghavad Ghita sermon advising Arjuna before he fought the epic Mahabharata battle here, ultimately triumphing over evil.
Hmmm, perhaps, we should have spent more than three minutes there.
Incredible India (Part II)
By Thomas on August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After two enjoyable weeks in Kathmandu, we were recharged and ready to face India for another 6 months. A couple of days before leaving, we started to entertain the idea of returning to Delhi by a solid 2-day bus/jeep/train combination. However, we soon found out that bus services to the border had been canceled due to a serious fuel shortage (a result of the rising oil prices), and major flooding in the Kathmandu Valley caused by the monsoon rains.
To be honest, if we had waited for a few days, things probably would’ve returned to normal, but we’ve gotten weak. We were on such a Nepal rush and just couldn’t face another overland border crossing. So we opted to » Continue reading this post »
The Traveling Honeymooners
By Tony on August 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Where did you go on your honeymoon? When Jeff and Jennifer are asked that question in the future, they are going to have one hell of an impressive answer. “Oh, we went to Fiji… and New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Bhutan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Austria, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, France, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina.
Yep, that’s right, a 13-month, 26 country extravaganza to celebrate their nuptials. Yikes, that puts pretty much everyone to shame! They have so many stops on their around the world ticket, they couldn’t use » Continue reading this post »
Kathmandu Pictorial
By Tony on August 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Well, during the past year, we’ve ended up spending quite a bit of time in Kathmandu (about two months to be precise). Whether it has been to take care of bureaucratic processes or rest up after long treks, we’ve come to feel quite at home in the city. Yes, it’s polluted and chaotic and many people hate it, but I would go so far as to say it is one of my favorite cities in the world. Layers upon layers of culture lodged between the crumbling brick buildings. So isn’t it about time that we put together a pictorial on the city? Absolutely! Click here to view the pictorial.
