Strangers in Paradise … Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan Imagine a paradise for salmon fishing … thousands of pink salmon running upstream through miles of fresh creek water which flows into their spawning grounds in Margaret Lake. The creek runs through Tongass National Forest, the largest forest in the U.S. which happens to cover most of southeast Alaska, and is just…
Disposable Underwear : another travel tip from BonVoyageurs!
Disposable Underwear There are several good reasons to travel with disposable underwear, particularly on extended trips: 1. Space: Disposable underwear needs very little space compared to regular underwear. One can easily pack enough disposable underwear to last a whole month in the same space one would need for three or four jockey shorts. 2. Virtually…
Panda Bear keeper for a day
Panda Bear keeper for a day in Chengdu China. Read our previous posting “Shangri-La Hotel Chengdu!” As we were driving to the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding (sic) north of the city of Chengdu, I noticed that the traffic lights had four lights rather than the usual three red, yellow and green ones….
Climbing Mount Everest the hard way!
Mount Everest. Touring Kathmandu and Patan yesterday was surprisingly interesting and exotic. However, the main purpose of our trip to Nepal was to go up Mount Everest. Since Kathmandu is already at an elevation of 4,600 feet, we only had another 25,000 feet or so to climb to reach the summit. I had been warned…
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