Another Trip Begins Soon…Where? Why?
Reposted from Where (And Why) Are We Going? The Monsoon Diaries - 2011 Click on any city on the itinerary to see where and why we're going there! But if you don't like the idea of user interactivity and want to see the list laid out before you, click here.
On The Way From JFK Airport
I took this shortly after landing from my South America trip 3 weeks ago, somewhere outside of JFK International Airport in NYC. I had forgotten about it until I found it in my memory card the other day. The image above just gets to me; a memorial arrangement of...
76 Hours (Part 2)
The next morning I headed over to Bryce. An hour and a half drive northeast and at an elevation of 8500 ft, it was snowing by the time I got there. Here I did the Queen Garden Trail and Navajo Loop (4 mi round trip, 600 ft. elevation change, 2 hours with...
76 Hours (Part 1)
This two weeks ago, I did a solo camping trip to Zion, Bryce, and Valley of Fire. (In Utah, Utah, and Nevada respectively) This is Utah: Zion is a 7.5 hr drive from LA. The drive was made much better by audiobooks I borrowed from the Harvard...
Oh…The Places That We’ll Go!
This is a declaration. of a will, of a need to live, to travel, to see the things in the world that will start these new chapters in our lives. This early June, we start in Istanbul . . . and then find ourselves among one of the 7 natural wonders of the...
An Intro
As I huffed and puffed along the last 0.5 miles of the ridge of Angel's Landing, all I could do was focus on my hands on the rope and try not think about how one slip would send me 1500 ft to my death. Segments of it are unchained and while, like roller coasters,...
One Week In South America
As I step back on the escalators leading down to the NYC Subway, I see how much of the last 9 days I can remember. I remember Lima; the way we danced around the fountains as they danced around us, the taste of Peruvian chicken in the middle of the night,...
Who Missed Their Flight Now? Huh?!
What an oddly perfect way to conclude this trip. In Monsoon Diaries tradition, every excursion requires a serendipitous coincidence to round it off. And this one is no different: Kseniya and I had parted ways earlier this morning; she was to take an early flight to...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
