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Category: Asia

Asia, Culture, Food

I Drank Yak Blood

November 15, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

 I drank yak blood. Really. Yesterday, after eight years of not eating red meat. The flavor had a quality surprisingly similar to raw milk, a […]

Asia

The Journey that Wouldn’t End to the Edge of the World

November 9, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

 This is truly the edge of the world.  I know I have written those words before, but I never felt them so avidly to be […]

Asia, Culture

Fair & Lovely

November 3, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

[Also published at www.yourvox.org]  When drugstores sell creams to lighten your skin, and your vagina, and women buy these things by the thousands, something is […]

Asia, Poetry & Fiction

A Poem About Traveling

October 27, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

Hello from Sikkim! I present you with a brief poem I wrote about our journey here from Kathmandu… A Poem About TravelingReady, set, sit wait […]

Asia

Boudha in Five Lines

October 22, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

I wanted to offer a more complete answer to the question what is Boudha like? than I have given so far.  In five lines and […]

Asia

Shit Buses Say

October 17, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

They crowd the streets of Kathmandu, barreling down the (undefined) center line at breakneck speed… it feels fast at least.  Painted in a fiesta palette […]

Asia, Nature

One, Two, Tsum*!

October 14, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

How about an update on my seventeen-day trekking adventure in fast-forward journal mode? Let’s go! Day 1 (September 26): Kathmandu (elevation 1400 meters) to Arughat […]

Asia

The Goats of Nepal

September 25, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

Sometimes, words are inadequate. So without further ado, I bring you the Goats of Nepal…(This is only the beginning; I will be adding to these […]

Asia, Culture

When Cultural Sensitivity is Overrated and Mosquitoes Should Be Killed

September 13, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

“Never step over people or tables. Don’t put books on the floor. Never point your feet at someone.” While we sat on cushions around the […]

Adventure, Asia

Through the Bazaar: My First Nepali Journey

September 8, 2012May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

Tashi Delek (“Auspicious Greetings” Tib.) from Nepal, officially! It would be difficult to exaggerate the toll that being sick took on my first week’s experience […]

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