These days I enjoy trekking where it’s possible. Aside from a great workout, I like visiting mountain life, its lush and pristine settings of streams, hills and rice paddy fields and simple, hardworking and content inhabitants.
I arrived in Muong Ngoi. Closer to trekking routes and offering lower tour prices, I decided to take a trek from my guide at my guesthouse.
Mary was a Dutch woman in her 50′s, who had traveled for over two years now, solo. We had met on the boat and decided to share a room in Muong Ngoi. Now we hoping to take a day trek.
“It’s an easy walking trek,” Aoot, our guide pitched as he sized up Mary, two senior U.K. ladies and myself.
Easy walking?
My enthusiasm dropped notches. No gasping for air with breathless intensity? No hard-burning physical workout. This didn’t seem like the treks I’d (more…)


The vibe in the Indo-Himalayan air of Dharamsala was electric.









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