Lee Moore

biking, diving, hiking, skiing, beach activities, camping, ecotravel, food and drink, nightlife, volunteer work, archeology, architecture, history, holy/sacred, languages, medieval, military, museums, national parks

Hiking in the TianShan Mountains in China's mostly Muslim province of Xinjiang. I just meet up with these Chinese college students and went out with them. It was a great experience.

Traveling from India to Nepal. We took an overnight train, first class. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a crappy train, and everything was horrible. We had to fight for a bed, and eventually this fat train bureaucrat in a black sportscoat assigned us beds. Still, I had someone sitting on my bed when I fell asleep, and my friend had four guys sitting on his bunk. Police with guns would confront anyone who got on the train (when the guards weren't napping) because we were going through the most dangerous part of India. We got to Gorakpur, and had to take a cab to the border, and then a bus to Pokhara. We missed the bus and had to catch up to it in a cab. The rest of the trip was uneventful except getting caught in a traffic jam caused by Maoist rioting. We got to Pokhara and had to argue with the drunk cabbies to get a decent fare.