I have decided that for my next adventure, instead of traveling around Asia for months at a time on a budget as I have on my previous big multi-month adventures, I am going to undertake something more physical and much longer. I know my way around the countries of south east Asia, but not the west coast of my own country. It is time for me to take ( Read more... )

how sad that in the last ten days, the only people i have spent time with outside of work i have to pay to spend time with me :( where have all my friends gone

I started off the winter season the best way possible, a snowshoe trip with my sister Jennifer ( Read more... )

I decided that one of the things I really really need to do this summer is to go on a back packing trip and sleep under the stars. Micah does not like hiking, much less back packing, unless there is a climbing objective at the end ( Read more... )

One of my all time favorite hikes. I love to hike to this lake on a weekday when there are fewer people around and go for a swim. The quiet and beauty are unbeatable ( Read more... )

First attempt at an alpine climb this year (last alpine climb was Prusik in August 2007 ( Read more... )

not a romantic date, but a date to take my Licensing exam! On March 20th I will sit for my boards, after which I will be licensed as a Nurse Practitioner.

In the mean time I have been working as a triage nurse for King County Public Heath (on the few days the clinic is open with this crazy weather)  I spent last week training with the nurse who ( Read more... )

I started working this past week. Because I don't know when I will be taking my NP licensing exam, or when I will get to start working as an NP, I decided to work with a temp agency instead of getting a regular full time position. There are some benefits to temp work. I don't have to take any job I don't want to, so in some ways I have a bit more ( Read more... )

The question about my trip that  I get from everyone is "what was the best part of your trip?"

The best part of my trip was not one particular moment, but all of the wonderful people that I met. The best part of any trip is the people who you share your time with. I met some really wonderful people from all over the world!


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and I wish I was still on the road. I have not seen any of my long time friends from home yet, only my parents and my cousin who lives here with them. I already miss my friends from Kathmandu. I am not quite sure of what to do with myself here in Seattle, in the comforts of my own room in my parents house. I'll find my purpose here soon enough.

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