We were told this dance takes immense concentration because dropping your water jug results in “a very awkward situation.” Someone should have told that to the man in this video. He. Just. Couldn’t. Take. The. Pressure.
Martin spoke about the symptoms of altitude sickness here, but what he didn’t expound on (since he’s a man and doesn’t have to care about things like that) is the incredible side effect, affectionately known as loss of appetite. You see, I normally have the appetite of a woman twice my size. I [...]
The road into Leh is reached through some of the highest motorways on the planet (one is a towering 17,475 feet above sea level). These passes close in the winter, for obvious reasons. Their closure, from roughly November to March, marks the time that the Ladakhi people are almost completely cut off from the rest [...]
Leh sits at an elevation of 3505 meters (11500ft). We flew in from Kuala Lumpur, which sits at an elevation of, I don’t know, five feet or so? Needless to say, we didn’t feel too great on our first day here. Dizziness, a pounding heartbeat and a general feeling of being weak and dumb struck [...]
Sometimes, flying a long distance feels like you are teleporting yourself from one universe to another. After a generous dose of South East Asia, we now find ourselves in the very north of India; in Leh, the capital of the ethnically Tibetan part of Kashmir. For us, this is the time to get geared [...]
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
