[ale] [OT] Home again, home again, jiggety jig...

[Wolf Halton]

What a terrific experience that must have been!

Wolf Halton
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On May 31, 2013 10:26 AM, "Aaron Ruscetta" <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:

> YES, dear ALE friends, I have safely (and somewhat
> triumphantly) returned from my four months of volunteer
> IT work at a Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu, having
> also experienced many related adventures in the utterly
> amazing nation of Nepal.
>
> Most appropriate here is to express my huge appreciation
> to fellow ALE organizer JDP for joining me in the work there
> for 10 days in April, bringing his formidable Linux Fu, a
> custom firewall router system, a much needed replacement
> for my stolen video camera, his gracious, good-natured
> camaraderie and the valuable motivation to take some time
> out from the volunteer work to just be a happy tourist in a
> culturally fascinating and geographically stunning part of
> the world, where the diversity in both those arenas is
> purely inspirational.
>
> Once most of the work was finished I felt OK claiming
> a little more tourist time as well, so over the final few
> weeks of my stay I logged over 1300 kilometers riding
> and navigating classic Royal Enfield motorcycles through
> the countryside, sacred cows, national parks, elephants,
> farm carts, mountains, bicycles, pedestrians, school
> children, townships, goat herds, buses, trucks and scenic
> vistas of Nepal. For an old biker who conceded to the
> needs of parenthood and stayed off 2 wheels for the past
> 25 years, it was nothing short of paradise to be cornering
> the mountain twisties again. All the old touring skills
> returned to me effortlessly, though adapting to the right
> side, reverse pattern shifting of the pre-1990  Enfields
> was a bit of a new trick for an old dog.  All totaled I
> enjoyed 11 ideal days of the most perfect (and perfectly
> bizarre) roads and driving conditions an antiquated biker
> riding on some antique "Harley's of Asia" could ever
> ask for.
>
> I'll hope to see you all and share more at the June ALE
> barbeque social once the date for that is settled.
>
> in peace,
> aaron
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