Life with cats, and other things…
Having survived the latest rockfall, our intrepid little group may have thought the worst was over. We had set out only the day before on our journey from Kathmandu, though it felt as if we had been underway a lot longer! But we had set foot in Tibet and I for one had been energized. … Continue reading Getting to Shigatse
Swayambhunath Temple, Kathmandu What journey ever goes off without a hitch? Or two? When you travel on "space available", or "subject to load" tickets, as airline personnel do, the hitches tend to be more numerous. It was ironic, therefore, that the first hitch on our journey to Tibet involved our fully paid, "full revenue" tickets. … Continue reading Nepal 1986
"This may turn out to be the unfinished epistle", I wrote on November 7th, 1986. It was the beginning of my latest and last, as it turned out, though not "unfinished" epistle, to friends who always claimed to enjoy what I wrote about my travels. Which was convenient, as I loved writing about them. Why … Continue reading Lost Horizon