Breathe Through Your Mouth

December 21, 2009 15 Comments »

If blogs were scratch and sniff…you’d really be in trouble with this post. I found myself chanting the mantra, “Breathe through your mouth, not through your nose.” – while completely naked.
Oh, sorry, I got ahead of myself; let me go back to the beginning.

Travel Back in Time

December 9, 2009 9 Comments »

Tiger Balm Tales Vol. 4 Travel Back in TimeItinerary:  Kathmandu to PumaPhotos: View Puma Snapshots We said goodbye to the bustling city of Kathmandu and hopped in our time machine which took us back in time about 50 yrs. A time and place where electricity and plumbing were not guaranteed, where harvesting was done by […]

Annapurna Itinerary

December 4, 2009 12 Comments »

Tiger Balm Tales – vol. 3 Start from the beginning! Tiger Balm Tales – vol. 1, vol. 2 We saw the first glimpse of them from the plane window – the rigid, snowy Himalayan peaks. They were practically at eye level with our cruising altitude; you could reach out and touch them as if they […]

Preparing the Parents

November 29, 2009 18 Comments »

Tiger Balm Tales – vol. 2 What’s that – you missed vol. 1 of Tiger Balm Tales?  Go back and read it now! Tiger Balm Tales Vol. 1 “Dad, you NEED to get a hepatitis shot.” “Do I really? I’m strong, I should be ok.” “Dad, your strength has nothing to do with it – […]

The Beginnings of a Nepal Trekking Plan

November 22, 2009 11 Comments »

Tiger Balm Tales – Vol. 1 Why? Such a simple question, yet it resonated in my head many, many times on my most recent trip to Nepal. Why was I going back to Nepal? Why did I ask my dad to come with me? Why did he decide to actually come with me? At this […]