Monthly Mood: Never Trust An Egg Sandwich November, Nepal, Nepali November of my dreams. The month starts with clocking into Namche Bazaar and ends with coming down from the Gosaikunda track. In between, the heartiest autumn dosage of Mount Everest views. [su_spacer size=”40″] [su_spacer size=”40″] I see my first high altitude psychedelic chickens (see ‘bird of the month’ below) and still haven’t… Read More
Monthly Mood: It’s Happening When The Vegan Way pressed a farewell slice of carrot cake into my hands and bid me a safe journey to Sri Lanka, I said I’d be back in October. What do you know, I awaken once again on the shores of paradisiacal Phewa. The lake winks at me that yes, it’s autumn. Yes, I’m… Read More
Sustainable Habits From Seven Years Of Solo Female Travel Our warming planet has completed seven laps around the sun since I first stepped foot on Kenyan soil and changed my life with #solofemaletravel membership. Having spent the recent years in South Asia, festering heaps of plastic waste have never been more in my face. [su_spacer size=”40″] [su_spacer size=”40″] Sustainable Habits From Seven Years Of… Read More
Monthly Mood: Oui I Am Angry i was not hoping to be loved again, to bring back something that doesn’t exist, to make you mineor was i?that’s the beauty of traumayou’re not sure of anything any more [su_spacer size=”40″] [su_spacer size=”40″] wow new content! two simple recipes Hemp Breakfast Bowl and Mouse au Avochoco nosy for my own good Nepal’s Trekker… Read More
My Mixie And Me ‘My mixie’ refers to the multiple countertop blenders I have come to know and love who helped make me into who I am today. My main mixie was purchased in Rishikesh and accompanied me to Parvati Valley and down to Gokarna. Our monogamous relationship lasted seven months. [su_spacer size=”40″] [su_spacer size=”40″] My Mixie And Me… Read More
The Face Behind The Eggs The poultry industry often severs the beaks of layer hens with a practice known as ‘debeaking.’ In Nepal, both the upper and lower beaks are heavily trimmed, even for chickens sold to be raised in the backyard, making it obvious which were born in the village and which in the factory. [su_spacer size=”40″] [su_spacer size=”40″]… Read More
Nepal’s Trekker Lodge Menu, Dissected And Digested If I’m going to pay thrice the reasonable amount for a cup of hot lemon ginger honey, then at least give me real lemons. And a drop of genuine honey in the ‘honey’ would be really nice. 34 days walking the Annapurna Circuit led to the unfortunate discovery of an assortment of menu inaccuracies asking… Read More
Monthly Mood: Ukalo Oralo [su_spacer size=”40″] Nepal. Small, precious, exploited for outdoor tourism. Annapurna Circuit. First snowcocks and snow pigeons and herds of Himalayan blue sheep, visually the most beautiful days of my life, deforestation, shards of Snickers wrappers strewn into earth. Besisahar to Nayapul with zero motor vehicles. 300 kilometers in 34 days. Idly creeping up to 5,416m… Read More
Monthly Mood: Does Leaving India Exist Deep lessons and physical exertion dialed to 100 percent. Money concerns me less than ever. Tossed from one immigration official to the next, I chug the water I had just filled in my bottle as I am forced to go through security again while boarding has already begun, and sprint toward my Kathmandu flight in… Read More