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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First Trip I Lead into Tibet

Well, another trip completed. This one was a 21-day affair starting in Kunming, hitting Lijiang and Chengdu in mainland China, then into Tibet, and finishing in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was a great trip, as I only had 3 passengers, which allowed us to see a more intimate side of Tibet. We were able to pop […]

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Annapurna Basecamp Trek

Dates Traveled: Two trips between October-December 2001
Various trips between March-October 2005
Various trips between March-October 2006
Another trip between October-December 2006
(I’d also traveled here in October of both 1997/1998, but those trips are without details)
December, after seeing camel fair in India
Border Crossing
Unlike most simple border crossings, it was a 6 km rickshaw ride to the border and […]

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