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Kashmir on the Lake: Srinigar Houseboats Srinigar, in the Kashmir region of northern India, sits on a big, shallow lake at the edge of the Himalayas. Most ‘hotels’ are houseboats, reachable only by hand-paddled gondolas. Central Srinigar is like a cross between Venice Italy and More... →Buddha on the Chindwin One of a series of posts from the Chindwin River in Burma (Myanmar). Those statues of a fat, laughing Chinese Buddha are no part of Theravada Buddhism in Burma. Summarizing Buddhist beliefs and practices is like trying to summarize More... →Leadville 100 Trail Run – A View from the Sidelines As a spectator watching the 30-hour Leadville Trail 100 Run last weekend, I watched the 4 a.m. pre-dawn start on Saturday, put in a very long day along the course, got a nice dinner and a full night's sleep, then More... →Another Hotter’n Hell Hundred For the small group of my friends that makes the annual late-August pilgrimage to Wichita Falls, Texas for its Hotter'n Hell Hundred (“HHH”) bike ride, the weekend is all about tradition. Like we’ve done for almost all of the More... →