Reflections on the Trip — Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India
Jump to the full entry & travel map Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, IndiaLooking back on our trip, it was an amazing time for us. God answered your prayers as far as safety and health and luggage! Jim has suffered back and neck pains for months, but God gave him relief for the 3 weeks we were away even though we were on some of the hardest beds we've ever encounte

Test post — Roatan, Honduras
Jump to the full entry & travel map Roatan, HondurasSent from my iPod

the sad but joyess finish — Lima, Peru
Jump to the full entry & travel map Lima, PeruDay 23-24 120 miles So we did it, we finished up our ride and its kind of anti climatic. We are excited that we did what we set out to do but at the same time we are all going to miss riding, especially after that last 2 days. Yesterday started off with a bang when we found a tourist resteraunt that

An Abbreviated Trip — Dharan Bazar, Nepal
Jump to the full entry & travel map Dharan Bazar, NepalBecause of the expected general strike in Nepal, our visit had to be just one day. We traveled by bus, rickshaw, 3 wheeled taxi/bus and on foot 10 km into the country to the home of some believers who generously fixed us lunch. Then we had a short time of sharing the Word and prayer with them. To see how little

Tea, Mountains, Curried Mutton, and Bumps — Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Jump to the full entry & travel map Darjeeling, West Bengal, IndiaOur last full day in India we left early to drive to Darjeeling (they say DAR-juh-ling). The drive up through the tea plantations was beautiful capped by seeing the snow peaks of Nepal's Himalayas. Raghu told us the process of tea making, which I can't remember all of, but it's far more complicated t