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SteveO Saves a Life
You may remember Stephen Michael Kulkhe from such “classic” blog posts as Kumamoto Cliff Jumping, Surfing in Miyazaki, and of course as my trekking partner on my first journey to Nepal.
We knew each other from university …
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Baba Srinath
Back when I first visited Nepal in 2006, I met a local villager named Ram. You can see Ram and his house in Episode 2 of the video series I created about that trip.
On that trip and after my …
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To Be Defeated
He explained that to be defeated was a condition of life which was unavoidable. Men were either victorious or defeated and, depending on that, they became persecutors or victims.
-Carlos Castaneda, A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan (1971)
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Comparitive Internet Cafe Studies
Photo courtest Flick user Marc Shandro
Over the last few months I have taken buses, trains, boats, rickshaws, bikes, and horses through a multitude of cultures and minorities therein. It occurs to me that a lot can be inferred about …
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Michael Palin’s Himalaya
Michael Palin may be best known as a member of Monty Python, but I’m fond of his travel documentaries produced with the BBC. Before I started my trip I watched his series entitled Himalaya where he traverses the cultures in …