Browsing All posts tagged under »air travel«

First post from abroad

September 2, 2010

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I’m camped out at the Abu Dhabi airport, which mercifully has free wifi. It’s a pretty snazzy airport, and the main hub area where I’m sitting resembles an immense, blue-tiled beehive. I’m currently en route to Kathmandu. I’ve already spent 17 cumulative hours in the air, flying from Dallas to Chicago, then Chicago to Abu […]

Kathmandu-bound

September 1, 2010

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A Note from the Future, May 8, 2011: When I started this blog 10 months ago, I was giddy with excitement to board a plane that would begin my 10-month journey to Kathmandu, Nepal. (The original post from that fateful day is preserved below.) But now, I’m approaching the end of my stay in Nepal, and […]

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