Last Trip of 2005

Stick a fork in me …I’m done – at least for this year. Yep, my leading season came to an end on October 16th when I said goodbye to my last group. There were a few challenges along the way, but all-in-all another good group. Certainly can’t complain about the groups I’ve had this year. […]

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40 Years of T.A.R.

Another one down, as I just finished in Kathmandu on September 11th. I ended up flying immediately to Hong Kong to try to sort out a new visa, do a bit of work, and have my camera repaired. I’m leaving here tomorrow and making my way to Beijing in order to start my last trip […]

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12..11..10..9..8

Well, that was certainly an interesting trip - to say the least! I was supposed to have a full group, 12 passengers, but one passenger cancelled before I ever met him as he wasn’t able to secure his necessary visas. Down to 11. Then, one minute before my group meeting was to begin I met […]

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Finished my First FSN Trip

Looks like it’s been awhile since my last update, though not nearly as long as the 4 to 7 months it used to take me to send out an E-mail update. This website is definitely the way to go.
On July 3rd I finished the Tibet trip I was on, and then spent a couple more […]

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Amdo to Lhasa

Another update – this one coming to you from Lhasa, though mostly outlining my trip through the Tibetan grasslands of Gansu and Sichuan Provinces.
We left Xian via an 8-hour overnight train to Lanzhou. We ate breakfast there and then hopped in a mini-van for the 6-hour drive to Xiahe. Xiahe, or Labrang in Tibetan, is […]

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