Its August – and with horror I realize that this forum has not seen a message by myself since almost three months. My sincere apologies! I (or better Esther and me) have however not been quiet- we have been travelling the world, meditated in Buddhist monasteries, camped next to flaming gas craters and snorkelled in lakes full of jellyfish. We hiked in the blistering heat of the Iranian desert and in the torrential rainfall of the Canadian rockies. We saw sunken Japanese fleets in tropical waters , rusting fishing ships in the middle of the deserts and islands full of modern art…… but most of all: There was ample time to think – It was a journey to ourself. A time to rethink whats most valuable, what we want and need to be thankful for and what we want to expect in life. Not that I have got all answers, but every journey has a start – all i know is that significant changes are on the horizon! 
I will try my best to share more stories of the travels in the next few weeks – in the meantime, please enjoy some aerial impressions of Bhutan – The Land of the Thunder Dragon (should the embedded link not be properly formatted, please use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73ahenb3w8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73ahenb3w8
The curse of the mosquito (or being caught out by climate change)
The plan was straightforward: Pack bags, travel to remote valley, hike to virgin peak. Climb! So was the plan for my recent expedition into the remote Naar-Phu valley in Nepal, which came together...
