Travel

Dharamshala

Sunday, May 12 A 4am wake alarm ushered us to the airport,  eating at Tim Hortons (wtf?), and a landing in Dharamshala where we met with our GF who had already been traveling in Bhutan and India for 4.5 weeks. We were treated to a hail storm and violent rain during lunch but unfortunately I […]

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Delhi

Arriving at night, I was struck by the burning smell of the hazy sky. At first I thought it was raining but discovered it was just windy but with bad air quality. There was so much particulate in the air that my teeth were gritty. The traffic was so horrific that when the driver encountered

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Eclipse + St. Louis

Upon arrival in St. Louis, we hung out with DH2’s childhood friend and his adult kids. We hopped in the car to drive south to scout out the right spot to watch the eclipse. After a stop at Walmart to get chairs and vodka, we landed in Farmington for the night. The day of the

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Canada

Toronto Since I usually take overseas flights, a flight somewhere on the same continent seemed short. After 2 shortish fights, we were in the outskirts of Toronto. It was cold, wet, and gray. In the morning, DH2 went off for a departmental visit while I navigated the train system into downtown Toronto. It was raining

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Melbourne 2024 March

Oxfam fundraising walk I was anxious going into this walk since I’d not completed the 33km in any training walk. I don’t understand why I’m in such bad shape that I did not have a good time while walking through the beautiful Dandenong ranges. I bailed at the turn-around mark, jumping on a 2-hour train

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