Brrrr it is getting cold already! The teahouses don't have much insulation so we sit in our rooms bundled up just as much as we would be if we were sitting outside. Right now I am in the dining room sitting as close to the wood stove as possible without melting. It feels amazing to …
We are finally trekking in the Himalayas! Today is day 2 of hiking and we arrived at our tea house twenty minutes before the rain. It started sprinkling on us when we were 1.5 km away, so we picked up the pace in fear of a downpour. It has been an adventure just getting to …
"Look, kids, hoodoos!"My dad must have said this fifty times on our family camping trip to Bryce when I was seven. Now I am on the other side of the world chasing hoodoos, or "fairy chimneys" as they call them here.Hittites showed up in Cappadocia in 1800 BC and carved shelters into the soft volcanic …
Usually when we travel we avoid taxis because it feels like cheating and they can break a budget. I try to rely on public transportation and lots of walking. However, arriving at night in a land with no English cognates seemed like a good time to break the rule. I booked a bus from the …
We Won't Melt 