Exciting news for upcoming travel plans! Unexpectedly, I’m heading back to Hungary for a few days mid-February. There’s a big festival in the south that’s more or less a local little Mardi Gras celebration, though locally known as Busójárás and celebrating the local town Mohács’ Ottoman-era success in retaking their […]
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The Rubin Museum: Himalayan Art in NYC
The Rubin Museum: Himalayan Art in NYC It was only from a fellow traveler – the kind you take recommendations from without question, because you know they know what’s up – that I knew of New York’s The Rubin Museum in the first place. It was only because of a favorite country […]
Chariots and Pierced Tongues: Bisket Jatra in Bhaktapur
Chariots and Pierced Tongues: Bisket Jatra Festival in Bhaktapur It takes something special to keep me in the city of Kathmandu for an extra week instead of jaunting off to the mountains of Nepal. I’ve had good luck in the past with festivals in this country, though, whether with Tibetan […]
Tengboche Mani Rimdu Festival: Monks, Masks, and Mountain Men
Tengboche Monastery, Nepal
Gokyo Lakes – the Mythical 6th Lake
Gokyo Lakes – The Mythical 6th You’ll never make it there and back in one day! The glacier will eat you alive! Tibetan Snowcocks will claw out your eyes and use your body for warmth like a Tauntaun! The valley to the immediate west of the path to Everest Base […]