I don’t think the person who hung these prayer flags up in this remote region of Nepal meant to form a peace sign, but I was lucky enough to stumble upon it and see it this way. Magic 299/365, Prayer Flags for Peace, Nepal, October 2010
And I only had my point and shoot. What a dummy. I packed my DSLR deep into my hiking back pack because I didn’t want to be bothered with it on the way up the mountain to Bigu, Monastery. This was one of the biggest mistakes of my existence. The scenery was unreal. And I …
We had just arrived at this teahouse after a long day’s hike up and up and up on our way to Bigu Monastery in Nepal. We were exhausted and ready for a hot meal and a hard ground to sleep on. Just as we put our packs down this shaman rolled through with his entourage …
I spent two weeks teaching English to young nuns at a Tibetan Monastery in Nepal. We hiked for three days straight up the foothills of the Himalayas to reach this place, tucked way up high in the clouds. And when I say “In the Clouds” I mean that we were literally in the clouds for …
It was surreal seeing these lumbering giants up close and personal at Chitwan National Park. I only ever saw one rhino and her cub while on safari in Namibia and it was very far away. The Greater One-Horned Rhino was once on the verge of extinction but now has made a comeback thanks to the …
During my time volunteering in Nepal I spent a few weeks at Bigu, a Tibetan Monastery near the border of Tibet. Each afternoon I walked down to the village school and spent an hour trying to teach these cute kids how to speak english. I had no idea what I was doing and , as …
On of my fondest memories of Nepal was my three days on safari in Chitwan National Park. The density of wildlife rivaled some of the best parks in Africa. On this particular evening I was sitting by the river enjoying a beer when several elephant handlers brought their big guys down to bathe. It was …
I took this photo while volunteering at a Tibetan monastery in Nepal near the border of Tibet. This is one of the young nuns that I was teaching English to during my two-week stay Bigu Monastery. It’s interesting how these nuns end up in the monastic life. Some choose it from a very young age, but …
One of my favorite experiences in Nepal was meeting this elephant, Maya, at Chitwan National Park. She was such a sweet-tempered animal. She belonged to the owner of the safari lodge (yes, you can go on safari in Nepal!) I was staying at and I got to explore the surrounding forests with her for an entire …
Hol-y shit. I just found the mother-load. I found an entire hard drive full of photos that I thought I had lost. My first attempts at photography from my travels to Egypt, Israel, Nepal and India. Also, the first solo travels that I ever took and that got me addicted to the life of exploration. …