COTOPAXI BACKPACK GIVEAWAY! Hey all you wonderful readers, thanks again for following along. One World One Year is kicking off 2015 in style by rewarding one of you with an...
4.6 GEAR REVIEW: KELTY FLYWAY 43 BACKPACK (Now Kelty Redwing) When I was looking for a backpack to take with me on this trip I had a few priorities in mind: it needed to be comfortable to wear while walking...
TREKKING PACKING LIST When we left Kathmandu to trek in the Annapurna Himalayan Range, we left a good deal of our belongings behind in a locked backpack at our Thamel...
AN ODE TO SNICKERS More Chinese hot pot or fermented mare’s milk? You must be mad. If I see more of that on the menu I’ll most likely gag. Anymore...
TOP 7 BUDGET RESTAURANTS IN THAMEL The city of Kathmandu is endless. Even Thamel, stacked upon itself, seems endless when you're walking the maze of streets. It's all quite...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THAILAND! Happy holidays from the Johnstons! Although we dearly missed our family and friends this holiday season, Thailand has taken good care of us while...
4.5 GEAR REVIEW: BOSE QUIETCOMFORT 20i NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES As much as I stared at them, the price on the Bose QuietComfort 20i Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones wasn't coming down. I had returned to my...
4.9 GEAR REVIEW: EXOFFICIO GIVE-N-GO BOXER Over the past seven months, of the five pairs of underwear I packed, I've mostly used just three of those pairs--my ExOfficio Give-N-Go Boxers--and...
KATHMANDU PHOTO GALLERY The chaos of Kathmandu had exhausted us by the end of our second long stay in the city, but it provided some nice photos when we put in the effort to...
ANNAPURNA BASE CAMP As Britnee and I descended from Annapurna Base Camp, (A.B.C.), we passed many trekkers still making the brutal climb up. Some already looked quite...
ANNAPURNA BASE CAMP PHOTO GALLERY Despite being pretty worn out by our time on the Annapurna Circuit, we couldn't leave Nepal without more up-close views of the amazing Himalayan...
LESSONS LEARNED WHILE TREKKING IN NEPAL 1. TREKKING THE ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT IS WORTH IT — Although the new road may have ruined the Annapurna Circuit for many purists, the trek is still an...
ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT PHOTO GALLERY: PART 2 Our trek on the Annapurna Circuit continued (see Part 1 here) to the village of Manang and then up over Thurong La to Muktinath. Trekking in the...
