by steveuj | Aug 18, 2007 | Asia & South Asia, Tales from a Road Warrior
The Le Meridian and Gokarna Forest is technically in Kathmandu but more like in a suburb on the outskirts of town. It was about an hour’s drive but that was mostly because of traffic. David got us there directly in spite of the lack of signage at critical forks...
by steveuj | Nov 11, 2005 | Asia & South Asia, Tales from a Road Warrior
I have seen the Himalayas and they are awesome. Tuesday through Saturday was a holiday in Nepal. Worked Tuesday and Friday but everything was closed Wednesday and Thursday. David and Jacqui (Australians who had lived in Vietnam before coming to Nepal) suggested going...
by steveuj | Jul 18, 1996 | Europe & Eastern Europe, Tales from a Road Warrior, Uncategorized
Sunday I awoke at noon. Surprised? Lest you think I’m slipping into lethargy let me tell you the tale of the Bastille Boat Bash to aid the children of Chernobyl. Saturday evening we (Judy, Ivea and Mike & Debbie) arrived at the dock shortly after 7pm. I had...
by steveuj | May 18, 1991 | Asia & South Asia, Tales from a Road Warrior
Viju had invited me to Bombay. We had a number of things on our agenda but when I arrived he informed me of a slight change in plans. The first day there I was to go with him to an AIDS conference. The next morning we took his scooter to a place where we met one of...
by steveuj | May 18, 1987 | Africa, Tales from a Road Warrior
We had successfully installed several dozen computers (a mix of 8088 and 80286 machines) at Edgerton University in Kenya. It was not an easy task. To get to Edgerton you drive from Nairobi over a two lane (in the good sections) road along with the open trucks and...