a bit freaking out! things on table and on floor.... off to get ziplock bage for order in backpacks... going to an ikebana flower show this afternoon and then meeting friends in Biltmore from 4 - 7! Deep breaths! positive thinking!!! hugs, d
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You are going to do great!!! My friends just left on annapurna circuit on March 25, kathmandu was hot and sunny!
ReplyDeleteYou look like your are blooming. I am busy trying to get out the door three days backcountry sking leave at 6 am!! After a week of National. Alberta won the provincial cup. Shona got a medal in 4 races.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY, ARRAN!
ReplyDeleteI dont know and dont think I am in the right place, but am typing here anyway. I am on Day 21 of my Annapurna extravagenza! In a five star hotel by the lake in Pokara and it is really sunny here. Waiting for an ENGLISH speaking guide to join me! My french friend Gis will come along with us. We will be brought around the Pokara valley, visit the pilgrimage sites, Hindu temple Bindabashini and the Tibetan refugee camp. We will go boating on the Phewa Lake and hopefully have a bit of time to buy a skirt and Nepal style top to match the Summer that is happening here. Yes, our walking trek ended in Ghandruk yesterday afternoon. My Australian friends invited me, guide and porter to join them in their rented jeep. We careened down the remaining feet or meters singing and waving our arms indian style to loud all the same type of music. Great happiness and joy and a certain relief and gratitude for having made it to the highest point in the world. Now I sit at 823 meters or 2,700 feet. I can breathe again (questionable, as the air is lets say, not so clean and pristine here in the second largest city in Nepal). Yes, we celebrated on April 12th at 17,765 feet (5,416 meters) .....
The sunrises
The sunsets
The mountains
The contrasts
The peoples
The lifestyles
The silence
The bells
The chanting behind the mountains at 6 am
The mules
The weights carried ..
By everyone
The focus
The family togetherness
The acceptance
The smiles
The oneness with nature
The changes on the other side of the river (road being built ... double edged sword ...)
I am very happy to be here when I am,as modernization is happening ....
Blogs are so impersonal ...
but only way to get something across to you
along with hugs and smiles and joy
and good health
above all gratitude!
I did not hear about the volcano until yesterday.
love Dyane