TobyOn the (almost) eve of my departure, I have prepared this short rant, lest you mistakenly believe that I liked everything about my home of […]
Tag: travel
Existential Apple Juice
A section from my soon-to-be-turned-in research paper. A little slice of life in Kagbeni and some more thoughts on authenticity. Next post will be on […]
Around Kagbeni
Now that I’ve left, I thought I’d share a few pictures from my time in Kagbeni… View from the old fort, 16th century, across the […]
I Drank Yak Blood
I drank yak blood. Really. Yesterday, after eight years of not eating red meat. The flavor had a quality surprisingly similar to raw milk, a […]
The Journey that Wouldn’t End to the Edge of the World
This is truly the edge of the world. I know I have written those words before, but I never felt them so avidly to be […]
Fair & Lovely
[Also published at www.yourvox.org] When drugstores sell creams to lighten your skin, and your vagina, and women buy these things by the thousands, something is […]
A Poem About Traveling
Hello from Sikkim! I present you with a brief poem I wrote about our journey here from Kathmandu… A Poem About TravelingReady, set, sit wait […]
Boudha in Five Lines
I wanted to offer a more complete answer to the question what is Boudha like? than I have given so far. In five lines and […]
Shit Buses Say
They crowd the streets of Kathmandu, barreling down the (undefined) center line at breakneck speed… it feels fast at least. Painted in a fiesta palette […]
One, Two, Tsum*!
How about an update on my seventeen-day trekking adventure in fast-forward journal mode? Let’s go! Day 1 (September 26): Kathmandu (elevation 1400 meters) to Arughat […]