by steveuj | Jun 30, 2014 | Asia & South Asia, Tales from a Road Warrior
Myanmar (still known to Americans and a few others as Burma) seems largely unheard of at home but is one of the largest countries in South East Asia with a single land mass (Indonesia & Malaysia are collections of islands). It’s population is equal to...
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 | 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...
