Category: adventure

• How to pay nothing in banking fees while travelling abroad

  Plastic is a lot lighter CapitalOne and Charles Schwab — WOW! Don’t you hate it when you have to go the extra mile (sometimes literally) to find the ATM in your bank’s ‘network’ to avoid fees? Or how about when you’re traveling and you have to take out as much cash as possible because credit…

• Think it’s hard to start a business in the US?

  And you thought the DMV was bad! The permits are expensive! Taxes are ridiculous! I have to offer all my employees budget-busting healthcare plans! It takes two weeks for the inspector to make an appearance! Government just gets in the way! We’ve been wrestling with the FDA for months! Heard any of these complaints lately?…

• Your next (ad)venture

  Trying to figure out your new business idea? Struggling to find the right market for your next startup? It might be time to go on vacation. Cross a pass in Nepal   We started a six-month sabbatical in March that has been entirely focused on adventure travel. So far we’ve trekked the Himalayas, rafted the Karnali river in Nepal, climbed the…

• The definition of civilization

  Indoor hot shower + Western style sit-down toilet + free WiFi = Civilization What’s your definition?… Read the rest

• 10 days and 180KM of whitewater rafting on the Karnali River in Nepal

  Going from mountain goats to ‘leave it to beavers’! Rafting down the spectacular and remote Karnali river in western Nepal  Our 33-day trek was amazing and after a week-long rest in Pokhara, we were ready for more adventure. This time, however, we wanted to give our legs a break so we opted for a 10…

• The Himalayan weight loss plan

  Rhododendron madness After a two-week journey through the ancient Kingdom of Lo, we returned to the relative civilization (i.e.hot showers and non-instant coffee) of Kagbeni, a small town in the Lower Mustang region. Although civilized, we practically evacuated out of our room that night because there a kerosene leak that had been going on for…

• So this is what life was like two thousand years ago…

  “I raise my head and see a red illuminated EXIT sign and as my eyes adjust I see tigers, cavemen with long spears, cavewomen wearing strategically modest skins, wolfish dogs. My heart is racing and for a liquor-addled moment I think Holy shit, I’ve gone all the way back to the Stone Age until I realize that…

• Into the wild

  Finally out of the city! After the thick urban haze of Kathmandu, we were really excited to get out of the city and start trekking through the Himalayas. We had found ourselves a fantastic local guide named Karma Mustangi (you can contact him at karmakurt@hotmail.com to organize your own adventures) and a super cool porter…

• How to afford a 6-month globe-trotting sabbatical

  “What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? It’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” -Jack Kerouac, On the Road Dreaming of escaping the rat race to…

• The week that starts it all

  Kat Man Doooo! Our first week of travel in Nepal’s crazy and surprisingly hazy capital “ppffffftt!!! ppfffffftt!!” In a daze, we woke up around 6 am, confused about that strange noise and what seemed like a LOT of crowing/chirping/singing. Once we figured out that it was just 6 am and we weren’t on some plane…