http://ev-star.net Ev Travels Fri, 30 May 2008 09:15:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en hello! Mad and I are currently in Vientiane, Laos. I have been enjoying Laos quite a bit so far! It is extremely laid back, which i love, and the people are friendly. I guess I should backtrack a little bit. After being in Bangkok for a few ... http://ev-star.net/2008/05/30/laos/ Oooops, I haven't updated since the beginning of our trek in Nepal! Well, you will all be happy to know that Mad and I made it!   There is one particularly difficult part of the trek, the Thorong La Pass which is at 5416m.  I don't know how they figure out the ... http://ev-star.net/2008/05/14/in-bangkok/ Hello! So they do have internet in the middle of the Himalayas...crazy! We just finished our fourth day of trekking.  In total we've done about 65km and we are now at about 2600 m...starting to get cold!  It's been going well so far though.  We have a guide who speaks english (kind ... http://ev-star.net/2008/04/12/19/ Tonight is our last night in Delhi.  Mad and I have been lucky enough to stay with a friend of a friend who has an apartment here.  The girl we are staying with is Lucie from France.  She's super nice and it's been lots of fun staying here.  Lucie has ... http://ev-star.net/2008/04/06/delhi/ Mad and I are now in Jaisalmer, our most westernly destination on this trip.  So far I have really liked it here!  It might have a lot to do with feeling better and also with having a swimming pool at our hostel.  It's pretty sweet!  It gets super hot here ... http://ev-star.net/2008/03/30/jaisalmer/ It's been awhile since my last update and I choose to blame it on being sick.  Mad and I have both been sick for the last week or so and we really haven't done much of anything besides sleep and rest and drink water and other such thrilling things.   We're feeling ... http://ev-star.net/2008/03/24/hallo/ So here we are in Kolkata.  Actually, it wasnt as easy as all that.  Our flight left bright and early yesterday morning and we had no electricity in our room!  Made for interesting (read: somewhat stressful) packing.  Anyway, we made it!  So last I left off we were in Cochin.  After ... http://ev-star.net/2008/03/13/in-kolkata/ 22.572646 88.363895 Our last week at Shanti Bhavan has come to an end and we now find ourselves at a lovely homestay in Cochin , Kerala.  Our first real "travel" segment has begun!  Hopefully we will master the art of backpacking soon.  We have so much stuff that it's like backpacking plus ... http://ev-star.net/2008/03/04/cooking-kerala/ It's hard to believe, but we just have 1 week left at Shanti Bhavan school.  I've had a lot of fun there!  The kids are very cute and are also very outgoing.  They like to talk and ask questions all the time which makes it fun to be with them.  Every ... http://ev-star.net/2008/02/23/times-up/ I am currently sitting at Coffee.com, an internet cafe in Pondicherry.  5 volunteers, 1 teacher and maddy and I decided to rent a van for the weekend and come visit this French seaside town.  The ride was not the most comfortable (there were 3 of us squished in the very ... http://ev-star.net/2008/02/08/pondicherry/