After breakfast this morning, we left for the Kathmandu airport for our flight to Pokhara, Nepal.  As a domestic flight, taking the trip meant using the domestic terminal, which was crazy.  The entire terminal had two gates and a small waiting area.  Outside of security, people were everywhere and things were crazy.  Also, we spent …

Today it rained.  A lot.  Then it rained some more.  When that finished, we decided to start our hike for the day.  Then it rained again.  It finished raining just about the time we got back to the hotel in the afternoon. We decided last night to hike with our guide and an Indian couple …

This morning Greg and I woke up at 4:30a to head off to the airport for our 7:30a flight to Kathmandu, Nepal.  Everything went very smoothly, and by 10:00a we were in a car in Kathmandu, headed for our hotel.  Kathmandu is in a large valley surrounded by the Himalayas.  We wanted to get out …

Today was much like yesterday.  I got up, went downstairs and told the concierge where I wanted to go, and soon I was off! My first stop was Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple.  No, I don’t know how to pronounce it, either.  This temple opened in 2005, making it the newest I have visited by many hundreds …

On Thursday and Friday, Greg had meetings in Bangalore, meaning I was on my own to travel around New Delhi and see the sights.  No worries, however, as the hotel has a very helpful concierge service.  I decided that on Thursday I wanted to see Qutb Minar, the Lotus Temple, and Humayun’s Tomb.  Shortly after …

First of all, I want to apologize for taking so long to post.  I have been so busy, and gotten so far behind that it has taken me a while to get caught back up! On Wednesday, we spent the entire day traveling to, visiting, and returning from Agra, India to see the Agra Fort, …

After fourteen long hours, my flight finally landed in New Delhi.  I was impressed by the airport terminal, which just opened last year.  Everything was very nice, and one thing that struck me was that everything was either labeled only in English, or in English primarily and Hindi secondarily.  There were lots of people in …

Note: This post was written in-flight and was published later. Today is one of the shortest days of my short life.  I got up at 4:15a this morning to catch the 5am shuttle back to the airport.  At the airport, security was much busier than RDU, but moved quickly.  Luckily, my boarding pass from yesterday …

Well, my day got off to a good start.  I arrived at RDU and got checked in quickly.  I went through security in no time and headed down to my gate.  There was an A&W as close to the gate as you can get, so I grabbed a burger for lunch.  At about 1:40pm, we …

Well, I am off to church and then to the airport.  Since my flight is not until 2:00pm, I am able to go to church one last time before my flight.  Then, I head to the airport where I will check in, have my baggage checked through to New Delhi, and then make my way …