Lazarow World-Hike-About

The magnificent Machhapuchhare Mountain, 'Fishtail', offers greetings (23,077 feet). Jen negotiates the traffic and comes out 'sailing' plus a wonderful smile.   It’s not  a quick flight from San Diego to Kathmandu. The journey is even longer as the rest periods at the airports are substantial. Each time we fly, we marvel again at the amazing capabilities of aircraft. To lift and carry itself, passengers, baggage, fuel and supplies while providing beverage and food service, bathrooms, entertainment, etcetera, over periods touching on sixteen hours is miraculous. Imagine if we spent more time respecting and admiring what is good around us rather than tearing at each other. I suppose the high altitude makes me dream. Anyway, allow for forty hours, or more should you choose even longer stopovers.     San Diego,  San Francisco, Hong Kong and then Kathmandu, arriving in the evening 2 days later ignoring time changes, a quick ride to an airport hote...

Lake (and dam and beach with trees) Canicada, a main focus for us on this trip. This is the structure that attracted one of us, loosely titled "The Doll House". This is the 'futbol' field that became a landmark for us, too. (Us two.) The 'Doll House' from another position. A scene from a rocky movie. 'Futbol' field from a higher and different angle. 'Futbol' from a mountain across the way. No issue from neighbors should fans scream and shout. 'What are we going to do with you, fellas?' Jen thought of calling a taxi. They stayed with us for nearly 2 hours. (The trail intersects the road in a few places.) Our Dear Friend Mario,     “We wrote about you at the beginning of our trip to your motherland, Portugal (blog 64.01). We mentioned how much we miss you in general and that we are depressed knowing that you will not be joining us on our trip through Portugal. When we were together, you suggested that we shou...

It can only be one city...Athens, by night. A nice angle and distance from the Parthenon. My climbing buddy. Looks like a storm...but what do we know. Jen negotiates the steep paths, trails and fall-offs.   In continuing our recall of earlier trips to various parts of the world, including local states, we are reminded of the exciting and meaningful trip to Greece. Then again, we could use the same wording, the same sentiment, for most locations. We have stated ad nauseum, we find the multitude of differing lands of the world truly beautiful, amazing and miraculous places. (Add one more to infinity.)     On our trip to Greece, Jenni reconnected with Jenny Lev, that’s a former school friend. We spent a little time on a couple of occasions catching up and understanding her path since leaving Northview High. As a bonus, local Jenny as well as Josette of Seattle introduced us to Vassi, a Zimbabwean, now a citizen of Greece. As we’ve mentioned freq...