Bwinky
"Can't think of anything original..."
Bradley & Lynn Winkler
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Milwaukee/Houston, Wisconsin/Texas, USA
About Bwinky
Full Member | Member since 18th Jun 08
Citizenship: USAMarital Status: Married
Occupation: Theater
About Bwinky:
We are a 40-ish married couple, originally from Milwaukee, moving to Houston. Taking a 4.5 month "gap trip" through Asia between here and there.
Hobbies:Theater, music, and travel (duh) -- especially surfing couches (www.couchsurfing.com/people/bwinky).
Favourite places:Yes.
Activity : photos (453) forum (0) guide (0) blog (46) diary (0) trips (1)
Latest Blog Entry
A Tale of Two... err... Three Cities
Posted by Bwinky | 14th July 2009
OK, so this blog entry is... what... seven months overdue? As one friend wrote, "So did you ever come back? Last I read you were still in Nepal!" Yes, obviously we did come back, but getting settled in a new city and a new life has taken a lot of time and energy. And, I'm a procrastinator -- sue me.
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...”
Our first and last experiences of Nepal (and some in between) were in the Kathmandu valley. Home to over a million people, this bowl between the Himalayas to the north and the Mahabharat Range to the south is Nepal's biggest urban area, combining the historic cities of Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur, and others. Landing here in an airplane is not for the faint of heart: final approach requires a pretty sharp bank and steep descent once you clear the valley's ridge!
[i]The Kathmandu valley from Swayambunath Stupa, a Buddhist shrine overlooking the cit
Continued | Brad'n'Lynn in Asia
Travel Blogs Bwinky runs
- Brad'n'Lynn in Asia - Thoughts on our "gap trip"
- Flat Shunshi in Asia - A travel blog for my nephew Josiah
Trips
Asia '08 (91994 kms)
09 Dec 2007 - 14 Dec 2008
Visiting: USA, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, USA, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan and USA.
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