July 20 - 25, 2017 “Ok, ok…I can see you’re upset…but WHAT IS IT, MAN?” my voice now slightly elevated, reflecting the agitation from being woken up for the 5th time by this guy. This time, with the flash light from his iPhone beaming me in the eye, jolting me out of...
“Celebrate We Will…” One Last Dance On the Tibetan Plateau
May 28 – June 9, 2017 Celebrate we will Because life is short but sweet for certain We're climbing two by two To be sure these days continue These things we cannot change “Two Step” by...
Are You Gonna Eat That? Learning Chinese Food 101
“You’re a vegetarian? You’re gonna starve,” nonchalantly quipped my friend Ellen. She is an American from Ohio who traveled through this region of Eastern Tibet for a year by bike in 2011 and has been calling Shanghai home ever since. I came across her blog in early...
…Including the Kitchen Sink. Chasing the Pot of Gold in Nyempo Jurtse
May 25-27, 2017 “There is a trekking trail that goes through this region named Nyempo Jurtse. I don’t know if we can cycle it. Worst case, if the trail ends, we just push our bikes over the pass. It’s only about 1,000 vertical feet. We’ll need to pack food for 3...
The Tibetan Plateau: Into the Great Wide Open
May 10 - 23, 2017 “Into the great wide open Under them skies of blue Out in the great wide open A rebel without a clue” Tom Petty I have not seen a shower (or running water), a mirror, a hotel, or even a tree in nearly 2 weeks. I have subsisted almost entirely on...
Taking the Yak Track
May 7 – 9, 2017 "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson (…but sometimes that path or trail…is a yak track.)...