The Skinny

I have started this blog in hopes to take my mind of the numbing work thats is the travel industry. But as you can see this blog is irony at its best. I want to get a away from travel by talking about my own personal travel goals. Hmmm.....

Moving on, as the previous entry said, our Top 4 areas of interest being Nepal, Thailand, Oz and New Zealand, I wanted to write a bit about the areas we hope to see. Over the next 4 posts I will try to elaborate a bit on each place. But will probably just end up writing about nothing.

Numero Uno

NEPAL

Standing out in Nepal are the formidable Himalayas. Anapurna could be a fun hike with outstanding views as well and a strenuous hiking. Kathmadu will probably be of main focus at this point due to the accessablitly and the programs that are offered. Also if things pan out with rock climbing, Kathmandu will be the center of this teaching due to resources. Wwoofing isn't as prominent here as of countries is Asia. It is basically just starting up and few farmers are able/capable to grow organically. I feel that wwoofing will take us through the country in remote places thats are seldomly visited, which is was both of us are looking for.  It seems that most of Nepal if not all of it, except base camp, is seldomly visited. Nepal would be our starting point for the trip and what a place to start. Being thrown into culture so foreign to both of us could make quite an impact.

Having done some research on traveling, living, experiencing Nepal, this could be one of the biggest challenge in our lives. Having no previous or current knowledge of the Neplaesse language, which is some sort of sanskrit, communication will be ZERO. Kathmandu being the largest city in Nepal will probably be the best bet to try to adapt the language or adapt a way to communicate with the locals. This may seem like insanity to people but this is what we are looking for, escaping the comforts of the monoculture that is America.

-Aaron-