The outbuilding where we slept had no door. Two levels of simple wood bunks provided an area to unroll our sleeping bags. We had all settled in and begun to doze off when a loud racket of hoofs and snorting had all of us sitting up and grabbing for lights. As he shined his light […]

Late fall and it was sugar beet harvest. My father arranged for me to drive a harvest truck for one of the local farmers from Basin City, George Matsumura. I had driven a truck with a 1900 gallon water tank for all summer so I had an idea on how to handle an overloaded vehicle. […]

Sounds of cicadas were on either side of the car. We hugged the narrow road as it twisted its way up the ridge through the jungle. Windows down, I hung my head and arm out taking in the sun, sounds and sweet air. Monkeys sat on rocks and stared back without fear. Hindi music played […]

It started out with a small gathering in one of the state rooms and a bottle of vodka. We managed to down most of the bottle when we were invited to have a few more drinks with the Russian crew. Following our new friends we headed into the ships interior where we ended up in […]

We had arrived in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand which sits on an airy point in the hill country of northern India and sought out the estate of the first Surveyor-General of India (1830-1843) Sir George Everest. With the help of marginal local directions we drove a windy one lane road to a washed out dirt path. A […]