Not going to even try to catch up anytime soon. I am tanned and fit (to my surprise) and the trip and the people on it did wonderful things for me.

Kathmandu is on paper everything I might hate: crazy, chaotic, filthy, no personal space, noisy, poverty is abysmal, and I LOVED IT. I waded in ankle deep filth carried by monsoon rains and liked it.

Bhutan was magical, and the eclipse...well, we fucking lucked out and got to see it. Weather held until the last day, and the country is incredible.

I am also exhausted having woken up every single morning between 5 and 5:30 local, regardless of whether I went to bed at midnight or 3 am. I did an insane impression of an extrovert, and even felt the energy rush of one the whole time.

And now I suspect I will collapse for a few days. And try not to kill the parents. I refrained remarkably well.

Having a trio of UK doctors and the organizer (also a UKer) to drink and trek with helped immeasurably. I miss them terribly already.

More as I get stuff online.

Yay Sara!!

Sounds amazing, sarameg. I bet the kitties mob you.

Kitties are fine. My parents are already being too close despite having spent the last 30 hours WAY TOO CLOSE. Thank god the organizer sat me with him the first leg, even though it was the shortest. It gave me a good start.

Sara, the trip sounds incredible! Welcome back!

Yay sara for not committing murder and loving your trip! Welcome home!

That all sounds incredible, sarameg! Welcome home.

I hope the rest of your trip home is easy, Dana.

Welcome back Sara. Your trip sounds amazing.

Sara, I feel your pain. Believe me, I'm still having nightmares about the cruise :)

No Pets Clause

"Thankyou for your letter concerning pets in my apartment. I understand that having dogs in the apartment is a violation of the agreement due to the comfort and wellbeing of my neighbours and I am currently soundproofing my apartment with egg cartons as I realise my dogs can cause quite a bit of noise. Especially during feeding time when I release live rabbits."