KathmanFlu

On November 15, 2014November 15, 2014 By Rick McIn health & fitness, product complaints, travel4 Comments

I’m sick again in Kathmandu. 😦 Everyone tourist gets sick here, actually.

Catching up on the interwebs.

___ original post from Nov 2009:

I’ve always exalted the mystical, magical capital of Nepal.

Sadly, fact is, it’s a hellhole.

Everyone in the polluted city is sick. Sick with respiratory problems. And worse.

The rivers are trashed. I hear that cremations are being discouraged, but there are still corpses in the water.

Everyone you meet is coughing, horking and spitting. The valley holds air pollution.

Tap water makes people sick. There are electrical brown outs almost every night. Can’t they generate hydro-electricity in the Himalayas?

I studied the trash removal system. There is one, actually. But it’s hopelessly bad.

As in India, best case scenario is to feed your paper to a sacred cow.

The only “progress” I can see over the past 11yrs is that the first KFC / Pizza Hut just opened. Is that progress?

I want to blame the Mayor for not improving this city … but Wikipedia tells me there is no mayor of Kathmandu at the moment.

Why am I not surprised.

if you could change one thing about your body …

On November 13, 2014November 13, 2014 By Rick McIn happiness, health & fitnessLeave a comment

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Retrosi on Simplicity

On November 2, 2014October 26, 2014 By Rick McIn blogs, happiness, health & fitness, philosophyLeave a comment

‘A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.’ ~Henry David Thoreau

… what would happen if I uncluttered my life.

A life uncluttered by most of the things people fill their lives with, and left with space for what really matters. A life that isn’t constant busy-ness and rushing, but contemplation and creation, connection with people I love and time for nature and activity.

That doesn’t mean I have zero clutter and zero complications: I’m a part of the world, not a secluded monk. I have possessions, electronics, distractions, and occasional busy-ness. I just would reduce it to make space for things of more importance. …

Simplify

That’s from a Gymnastics friend of mine, Tony Retrosi.

He’s preaching to the converted in my case. 🙂

One point in that post hit home more than any other:

• Your attention is your most valuable possession. Give it as a gift to the people you love most, not a bunch of clowns on the Internet. Give it to the work that matters most, not distractions. …

Got it.

bus to Syabrubesi, Nepal

On October 28, 2014October 26, 2014 By Rick McIn health & fitness, hiking, travelLeave a comment

7-9hrs of crumbling mountain roads today.

Wish me luck. 😦

missing Glen Campbell

On October 19, 2014October 18, 2014 By Rick McIn health & fitness, musicLeave a comment

The Country Music Hall of Fame member … was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2011

… video for the final song he’ll ever record — “I’m Not Gonna Miss You.” It was recorded in 2013 …

Click PLAY or watch it on VEVO.

Because of the progression of the disease, the 78-year-old Campbell was admitted to a special care facility in Nashville in April. …

Glen Campbell releases powerful final song and video

Are we no closer to solving Alzheimer’s? 😦

running Nanning, China

On October 4, 2014October 3, 2014 By Rick McIn health & fitness, travelLeave a comment

Most mornings I jog along the river just outside the Green Forest hostel.

Folks are out dancing, doing Tai Chi, walking backwards, walking while clapping hands, swimming, stretching. Morning exercise outdoors is a great Chinese tradition. There are fitness playgrounds everywhere.