Archive for April 2008: Page 2

A Worn Out Day

Published on April 25, 2008

I couldn’t sleep last night, though the room was warm. I wrapped up in my sleeping bag but the mattress… read more

Published on April 24, 2008

We are off on the most difficult challenge of my life – facing Mt. Everest at the base camp.Ours was… read more

Published on April 22, 2008 | 1 Response

Smoke like Elliot’s creepy yellow cat drapes itself in gray fur paws down every street, mixing with the pollution of… read more

Published on April 20, 2008 | 3 Responses

After reaching one dream, you don’t anticipate getting close to another in less than twenty-four hours. But in the jungle,… read more

Published on April 19, 2008

Updated topological map of central Nepal, showing both the Annapurna mountain area Audrey just visited, and the Chitwan region where… read more

Published on April 19, 2008

From the back of an elephant I’ve found joy tossing around in a box like saddle feeling the side to… read more

Published on April 18, 2008

Audrey’s second weekly dispatch especially for for Commercial Appeal readers awaits you at the CA’s Travel Blog. Her first blog… read more

Published on April 18, 2008

It’s not East Africa nor the Memphis Zoo, but I’m sitting in a room made mostly of bamboo and reed… read more

Published on April 16, 2008

I finally got the crud. After all the water I pour down daily (you can buy a bottled water called… read more

Published on April 15, 2008

Stone steps. This is what you deal with in Nepal.All life revolves around up and down on stone steps. Villagers… read more