समिलिंग तो यौ

Headed to Nepal



Donavon contemplating???



Taking a break..up the mountains out of India

Northern Indian women



Camping on the road to Nepal



Donavon resting in a tree

Awsome river view..into Nepal

Attacked by angry wasps

Ghoda Ghodi Tal



This way, baby

 Hello there once again beautiful people somewhere else on Mother Earth...breathing a wonderful breath and enjoying this present moment. We have made it to Nepal and I just wanted to send you all a message saying hello from here all the way over to you, wherever you may be right now. Well we passed from NE India, Banbasa, into the town of Mahendranagar about 5 days ago and have just finished doing about 80 miles of great cycling thorugh flat terrain, albeit very humid. We pushed hard the last few days in India as we climbed back up into the smaller mountainous areas around 5,000 - 6,000 feet and then hit the climax and looked out...and Whamo there was wonderful Nepal, in all it's newness and promise of adventure, splashed with some promising enlightenment. So, we dropped all the way down to what here is called the Terai..or flat lands and the weather is pretty humid and the monsoon is still showing us it's awesome power. We cycled the other day in the intense heat and only after a couple of hours I had gotten pretty red on my back, Donavon had noticed. We were passing all sorts of rivers with kids, cows and yaks alike happily cooling off in the mineral rich rivers of Nepal. So we found ourselves a nice secluded stream, covered our selves in mud laid back in the shallow waters and gave ourselves some spa time...it was fantastic. We cooled ourselves here for a while and then as we were preparing to leave the rain started pouring down, we pedaled so contently gladly soaking ourselves to the fullest having a nice reprieve from the sun and hot temperatures. The people here are not only very beautiful, having more of an Asian appearance but are also so incredibly friendly. We easily pass by 100 people per day who wave and smile and the kids chase after us just to say "bye bye", before they say hello...to the cyclist passing through their village for just a moment..or more if we find some tasty treats to munch on.  After 4 days cycling and last night camping by an awesome, pink lotus..and crocodile filed lake we made it to Chisapani, a small little village on the edge of Bardia National park. We did however stop for another wonderful swim and mud soak in the Karnali river, the one we'll hopefully be rafting in 2 weeks or less..it was fantastic. Well I'm so happy to be in Nepal, but looking back through pictures and seeing the blog I am already missing India sooooo much. However, I know we are being guided by the spirits of the Earth and that there is much in store for us here. I miss you all, I'm thinking of you all and I'm really hoping that each of you are loving yourselves and sending your beautiful energy out to those around you. Until the next communique...namaste, Will and Donavon