Colburn's Travels

The film Little Buddha was filmed here. 

Temple of Shiva of erotic arts...Kama Sutra.

The Nepaleise flag is 2 triangles...not a rectangle.

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2 cremation going on on this tributary to the Ganga river of India.  Notice to monkey about to jump in to river.

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Can see Himalayas in background

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Notice monkeys in background

Oldest stupa in the world 500BC.

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Special picture for Ita and Eric.

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As seen from the flight.

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Took a flight to see the tallest peaks in the world.

The tallest was Sagarmatha (Everest 29028 ft),  the next tallest was Makalu at 27766 ft.

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4 million people live in the valley, 28 million in whole country.

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A big big tomb.

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In Kathmandu

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Mt Everest in background.

Saw the top 7 tallest peaks in the world today.

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First picture is the zig zag valley for takeoffs and landings.

Immediate turn after take off...another turn within 10 seconds...and a U turn about a minute later.

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We arrived in Kathmandu and set our clock back 15 minutes...yes you read right. The time here is GMT+5:45.

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Views were incredible...path carved into the hill in some places.

Look in the middle of the rock formation to find it.

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Traditionally livestock likes in the first floor and the family in the
second floor.

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There are only 8 rated pilots in the world.

Basically it first involves a descending U turn between mountains in a
valley, then zig zag through the valley, with a final turn into final.

It is worth watching the video below... You an also see that Boeing uses
this airport for its maximum specs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paro_Airport

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlKApjc9T2U&feature=related

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero_23/737-700Bhutan.pdf

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Built in 1839 it measures 46 meters long x 15 meters high.

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This is where the tsunami hit hard, 4000 died.

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After a very steep walk that was very interesting with kids we arrived at this temple.

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Tombs buried under each of these mounds.

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Buhdist monastery...many people praying with constant tapping.  

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Walked to the top of the mountain to see this Budha inside this man made cave.

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At the King Sejong museum...the king responsible for their alphabet.

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Met up with our friend Tom

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After arriving in Korea, we took a tour to the demiliterized zone.

Was surprised how touristy and how military it was at the same time.

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N Korea in the background.

Notice the no picture yellow line.

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Very nice station to be used in a future unification.

Someday you will be able to take a train all the way to Europe from here.

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Now we have been to all of them: Florida, California, France, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

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Incredible long lines even just to get the fast passes for ride. This fast pass line was 45 minutes at 9am...to get on the ride at 6pm!

The lines to get sodas were 10 minutes.

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Arrived in Japan. We went to Disney Sea the companion attraction to Disneyland.

Disney Sea was started in 2001 and is one of the most popular Disney parks worldwide.  The theme is nautical and apparently Disney is thinking of adding this attraction in California.

It was very full and we were very foreign :). Blonde count for the day was 4. We obviously looked foreign so at one point we were asked if we wanted our telepromter in Chinese or English :)

Weather was fantastic...sunny high of 70...we went on rides we had never seen before...downside was lines were incredibly long...there were even lines of 50 people to go into the stores!

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Here is our customs agent...all by phone.

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The night had waves and winds from opposite directions (25 knots and 2 ft waves at anchor)...it was hard to walk across the room. Afraid to fall off from the bed.

At 430 anchor alarm went off...dragged for 500 feet, but luckily reset.  Waves and wind agreed after that...so slept good.

Now we are motoring against the waves.

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Water temperature 60, Air 47, Chill 40. South Benjamin Island.

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It is 35 degrees....nice, but might be the last day of summer.

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It was 32 this morning...no swim today.

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