Time to leave Nepal and re enter reality. Headed into the rising sun dragging my feet, not anxious to get back to the land of my birth.

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I'd lived two years in Nepal but now I could not justify procrastinating any longer. I had to face the inevitable and return to I knew not what fate awaited me.

A fellow PCV who had completed his service was also ready to leave so we agreed to travel together for a while both anxious to experience more of the varied cultures of South and East Asia.

We spent about two months together before pursuing our separate routes. Some what surprisingly we got along amazingly harmoniously except for each cussing the other out for not being a beautiful woman.

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  Leaving KTM by bus to PKR   Khatmandu, Nepal on Nov 12, 1980 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Bus and directon change   Pokhara, Nepal on Nov 12, 1980 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Across the border into India   Sonauli, India on Nov 13, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Holiest place in Hinduism   Benares, India on Nov 16, 1980 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The sublime Taj Mahal   Agra, India on Nov 18, 1980 2 pictures 0 comments
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  A few days in the Capital   Dehli, India on Nov 20, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Corbusier's design   Chandigarh, India on Nov 26, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Summer hill station during Raj   Simla, India on Nov 27, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The lovely Kulu Valley   Manali, India on Nov 29, 1980 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Crossing another border. Into Pakistan   Amritsar, India on Dec 1, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Into Pakistan   Lahore, Pakistan on Dec 2, 1980 1 picture 0 comments
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  By bus to Northwest Territories   Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Dec 4, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Into the Karakorams   Chitral, Pakistan on Dec 6, 1980 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Refugees from Afghanistan   Peshawar, Pakistan on Dec 9, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Archaeology site   Taxila, Pakistan on Dec 12, 1980 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Visit to the Capital   Islamabad, Pakistan on Dec 13, 1980 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Again into the majestic Karakorums   Gilgit, Pakistan on Dec 15, 1980 2 pictures 0 comments
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  North to Hunza on highway to Kashgar   Karimibad, Pakistan on Dec 18, 1980 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Along the Indus River   Skardu, Pakistan on Dec 20, 1980 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Tourist Cottage   Gilgit, Pakistan on Dec 25, 1980 1 picture 0 comments
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  Back tracking to India   Lahore, Pakistan on Dec 26, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back across the border   Amritsar, India on Dec 26, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Into the Thar Desert of Rajasthan   Bikaner, India on Dec 27, 1980 2 pictures 0 comments
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  On top of bus in great clear cool weather.   Jaisalmer, India on Dec 28, 1980 8 pictures 0 comments
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  New Years Eve on the mountain outcrop   Mount Abu, India on Dec 31, 1980 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ancient Buddhist caves, murals and sculpture   Ajanta, India on Jan 2, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sand and surf in Goa   Panaji, Goa, India on Jan 4, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Continuing South into Kerala   Cochin, Kerala, India on Jan 12, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Allepey to Keylong with Sabine and Helene   Kovalum, Kerala, India on Jan 13, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Great beach, cool gals   Kovalum, India on Jan 14, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To the tip of India   Kanya Kumari, Tamil Nadu, India on Jan 15, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Fly from Trivandrum to Sri Lanka   Columbo, Sri Lanka on Jan 17, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Off to the surfing beaches   Hikadua, Sri Lanka on Jan 21, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Temple of the tooth of Buddha   Kandy, Sri Lanka on Jan 23, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Climbing Mt. Adam   Nuware-Eliya, Sri Lanka on Jan 23, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Impregnable fortress and fratricide   Sigiriya, Sri Lanka on Jan 24, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ancient site, Buddha Bo tree.   Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka on Jan 25, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  All too short a stay   Columbo, Sri Lanka on Jan 27, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back among the Hindus   Madras, Tamil Nadu, India on Jan 27, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Madras to Calcutta non-stop by train   Calcutta, West Bengal, India on Jan 30, 1981 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Bengali moslems   Dacca, Bangladesh on Feb 2, 1981 1 picture 0 comments
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  It was called Burma back then.   Rangoon, Myanmar on Feb 6, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the road to Mandalay   Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb 8, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Fabulous forgotten city of thousand temples.   Pagan, Myanmar on Feb 9, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Return to the capitol by train   Rangoon, Myanmar on Feb 11, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  My second visit to this friendly country   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 12, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Respite from the tour. Two weeks on an island.   Ko Samui, Thailand on Feb 18, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Pearl of the Orient - or so said Holiday Magazine   Penang, Malaysia on Mar 6, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Fatefull encounter   Cameron Highlands, Malaysia on Mar 8, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Capitol city before Petrobas Towers   Kuala Lump[ur, Malaysia on Mar 10, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Its most prosperous days behind it.   Malacca, Malaysia on Mar 12, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Prosperous Island state   Singapore, Singapore on Mar 13, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Final legs.   Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Mar 21, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Formerly Portuguese outpost   Macau, Macau on Mar 29, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A former American colony   Manila, Philippines on Mar 31, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Big island in South   Davos City, Philippines on Apr 4, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The other China   Taipei, Taiwan on Apr 11, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Thru the Toroko gorge by bus.   Hualein, Taiwan on Apr 13, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Short stop at Narita Airport   Tokyo, Japan on Apr 21, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Across the International Date Line in Pacific   Honolulu, HI on Apr 23, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back on the main land   Los Angeles, CA on Apr 27, 1981 0 pictures 0 comments