Caroline’s ma was op bezoek van 14 tot 25 augustus. De weekends deden we uitstapjes in en rond San Francisco. Van maandag tot vrijdag bezochten Caroline en Magda Yosemite National Park en de wijnstreek van Napa Valley. Yosemite was inscribed…
My summer trip to see family and friends in Belgium and London was this year enriched with a few sidetrips: Rome and Uppsala. On July 10th I boarded a plane in SFO straight to Rome. I arrived there on July…
Kerry and I headed North for a 24 hour climb of Mt Hood. We flew into Portland after work, picked up a rental car and drove to the base of the mountain. After killing several hours a set-off at midnight.…
I had the good fortune of visiting India for 2 weeks this April; my travel companions were Alison and Ray and we had a blast together! We started off in Delhi where I arrived a day before the others, on…
Stephen and I spent a lovely weekend in Whistler; our friend Gina joined us. We left San Francisco on Thursday evening and went straight to Whistler. On Sunday afternoon we drove to Vancouver. Stephen flew back to SF very early…
We spent President’s Day Weekend in Savannah, GA, and managed to make it across the state border into South Carolina for a few hours as well – just to be able to tick an extra state off 😉 We mainly…
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Well, sad, but it had to be done: the leaning tree in front of our building was taken down this morning. photos
We had a lovely thanksgiving at our home. Gina and Katherine joined us. Here are some Photos.
On the morning of Sep 23rd I flew from Kathmandu to Pokhara, where I checked into the Chhetri Sisters Guesthouse. I received a very warm and relaxed welcome there. This is the guesthouse of the same company I had booked…
Peking/Beijing Revisited Photos Since I had been in Beijing in 2005 and at that time also visited the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, I did not take many photos this time. For more see the album of 2005. Train…
Stephen arrived back home yesterday; I’m home since this morning. I was in the middle of putting an update here a few days ago, when the power went. Haven’t had access to email since, until getting back home. Will update…
Just a quick one to let you all know that I am back from my trek!! It was probably the hardest thing I have ever done. But now I am starving and will go and have lunch with my trekking…
Arrived late last night back in Lhasa, one day ahead of schedule. We gave the bus driver a little extra money and he was willing to do some long driving days. So today, spending a bit of time of the…
This is the final post from Advanced Base Camp. We are breaking down ABC and preparing to leave tomorrow. We are all very excited about finally heading down. The Yaks just arrived and will be loaded up in the morning.…
