I wake up and push back the curtains. The mountains have been there all night, but they still take me by surprise. They’re covered by thin clouds that look like smoke; the clouds move fast and by the time I make my tea and practice yoga, they’ve drifted enough so I can see the tallest […]
Did you know the only international airport in Bhutan is also one of the most dangerous in the world to fly into? The airport, like the town of Paro, is nestled in a Himalaya mountain valley, surrounded by 5,000 meter peaks. The valley is just wide and flat enough for a small runway. Only eight […]
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler who is foreign.” -Robert Louis Stevenson I returned to Germany from 2 weeks in Asia. Back from a place where I felt very foreign, to a place where I still feel somewhat foreign. Yet even though I was an outsider in Asia, I was extremely welcomed. […]