Lazarow World-Hike-About

The Buddhas welcome people to temple. Even going to temple is a climb. Animals play an important role in the world although in certain circles, a political group purports to care, but wishes to rid the world of bovine creatures. Sounds like a lot of hot air. Be that as it may, Jen wasn't that happy with one of those creatures this week as we hiked around Fewa Lake in the large and busy second city, Pokhara. As we returned from our turnaround point, we noticed a pair of cows standing part-way in the main road that passes the lake. Cows resting or walking in and along roads is far from an unusual sight. We are quite accustomed to these domestic animals as we meet and deal with many cows in nearly each country we visit. Cows are usually passive but inquisitive, hardly interrupting their days of grazing to give us the time of day. It's the bulls that have given us the odd scare, typical males. This pair was different, particularly, the one that had been scratching its ne...

A random selection of sunrises and sunsets. Unfortunately, only a few, without much thought. Grindelwald, Switzerland. Mount Olympus, Greece. Keurboomstrand, South Africa. Hawaii. Iguazu Falls, Argentina. The Frenchman, Nevada. El Chalten, Argentina. Kelso Dunes, California. Sierra Nevada, California. Mono Lake, Sierra Nevada. Kenmo Lake, Himeville, South Africa. Birds of a feather, Page, Arizona. El Chalten, Argentina. Big Island, Hawaii. 'Mount Doom', New Zealand. Iron Mountain, Poway, California. Horseshoe Bend, Arizona. Sani Pass, Lesotho. Lake Mead, Nevada. Mount Everest Game Farm, Free State, South Africa. Arizona from Nevada. Senj, Croatia. San Diego County. Devil's Throat, Iguazu, Argentina. Cheers, Jenni and Jeffrey

A worthy tribute to what we term "Old-fashioned heroes, true heroes, a real man." TENZING and lazarow … something obviously wrong with the matching. On the right, Ama Dablam, Peak XV (Everest) to the left, covered in cloud. A person may view Nepal in at least two ways: One is to use a western lens, the other, an adventurous eye. The difference is enormous. The former, a comparison with what one is accustomed to will prove deeply disappointing, if not a challenge. Why? The country is poor; it shows. Housing, roads, sanitation, construction, transport, and on and on is so far behind western levels that many people would fear for their survival, even following a visit to a toilet. However, when one refocuses and prioritizes, looking through the adventurous eye, a different picture materializes. It is a country that does provide modern conveniences and gadgets but also allows a person to return to living and connecting to the land. Furthermore, one can travel bac...