Travel Life

Some back story, part of this article was used in my Tripadvisor review of Discovery World Trekking but it is also a bit more opinionated and less to the point than the original piece. I had been talking about hiking to EBC (Everest Base Camp) for the last three years since I realized it was something I wanted to do. I climbed up a few small mountains for fun starting my life as an expat. As a kid I was having fun hiking and wandering around forests-always found them wonderfully mysterious and dark. I also really appreciated the ecosystem within it-observing small animals from a distance and then using the trees and rocks to play out childhood fantasies of fighting goblins, monsters etc.  It came as a bit of a rush task to get to Nepal to say the least. The trek was planned online with Discovery World Trekking. I came across the company through a good friend of mine, Jackie "Chan" and although there were some misunderstandings along the way, it was a remarkable trip non...

Updates: NordVPN-a year later... A shout out to "VPN Alert" and "Fast VPN Guide"-You suck at your job-find a who jump in it-wait till you stop breathing-then write a review. When a company tries to tell you to do those things above if your VPN server isn't working...oh boy.  Firstly, if a reset of settings is needed-to some extent that's "normal" enough, its not a perfect working piece of software-its breaking laws and evading punishments to save a buck here and there. Secondly, if it tells you that you need to re download the software and try steps 1-3 again-its a matter of them wasting your time. Don't spend money on something that these jokers don't know how to fix themselves. After this long-I have been studying-something I should have done more of in regards to choosing a VPN, but Nord's 30-Day trial (before it was only 7...), was manageable-now though, its just a nightmare. nothing works. They have no working servers NONE! For fol...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-11-14/papua-new-guinea-imported-40-maseratis-video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_(province) http://blakandblack.com/2012/03/20/west-papua-and-the-united-nations/ After careful consideration, the first time (2017) I decided not to travel to PNG. I honestly don't find many sources that say its a good place to vacation. After further discussion with a fella FROM Papua New Guinea-not worth your life-as a white guy (especially a woman), maybe just avoid it. A friend says "Hey man, it wasn't too long ago that my family's ancestors were eating people." ugh. http://www.kirasalak.com/Peru.html missionary work in PNG http://jubalslyre.com/png/ http://www.revivalcentresofpng.org/rcpng-history/ News from "The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/west-papua Benny Wenda https://www.freewestpapua.org/ Maybe in another life I'll risk my life-I have a son now...