Category: Sabbatical Series

• 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…

• What to do in Kathmandu?

  When we were putting together the itinerary for our trip we reached out to as many friends as possible who might have knowledge of or contacts in the places we plan to go. We were overwhelmed by the response: introductions to locals and trekking guides across Nepal and Ethiopia, an invitation to visit the tea…

• Sabbaticals aren’t just for professors

  Late last year my beautiful fiancée Drea and I decided to take six months off to travel the world as off-the-beaten path as possible. We had been thinking and talking about it for a long time and we finally decided to pull the trigger. Our flight leaves in less than a week and things are…