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A life without goals is going nowhere April 23, 2009

Being in a new location, and having hatched new plans I’m finding myself at that stage of tilling the ground and sowing the seeds to hopefully grow into burgeoning new projects.

By Andy | Posted in Constructive Ranting, Georgia | Also tagged Friends, Georgia, group, mentality, networking, ngo, Philosophy, Photography, projects, psychology, Tbilisi, writing | Comments

Cycling Nepal February 23, 2009

I left Kathmandu and cycled through the smokey diesel traffic of the suburbs up out of the valley. I was not used to the mountains but glad to be back on a gradient and off the flat.

By Andy | Posted in Expedition Journal, India, Nepal | Also tagged Adventure, Biscuits, Botanical Gardens, Chang, Charity, Chay, Cleat Problems, Climbing, Couchsurfing, Dead Body, Delhi, Guesthouse, Himalaya, John Peel, Kathmandu, Maoists, Monkeys, Mountains, Mutton, Nepali Film, Old Men, Pan Masala, Rice, Saddhu, School, Siddharta Highway, Suburbs, Temple, Terai, Theft, Trees, Tribhuvan Highway, Valleys, Wild Camping | Comments

Donating a bike on behalf of Wheels4Life January 29, 2009

I was taking photos of a beautiful sunset after a long day’s ride when I chanced upon a couple of Hindu nuns who were standing outside their school / orphanage.

By Andy | Posted in Expedition Journal, India | Also tagged Ashram, Bike Shop, Buffalo, Children, Cycling, Dharma, Donating a bike, English, Hinduism, Meditation, Motivation, Orphanage, Photography, School, Self-sufficiency, Students, Suburbs, Sunset, Temples, Varanasi, Wheels4Life | Comments

Donating a bike January 23, 2009

Last night, I was taking some photos of an amazing sky and I met two Hindu nun teacher volunteers.
It turns out that one of them walks 1 hour to work each day so I thought she would be a good candidate for a donated bicycle.
Today, we went to a bike shop and bought a Hercules [...]