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Books

Chloe Atreya's "Invisible Cities- A Metaphoical Complex Adaptive System", Festina Lente Press
Valerian Albanov's "In the Land of White Death", The Modern Library
Thomas Pynchon's "Slow Learner"


Hikes and Places

Cycling in the Vietnam Mekong Delta
Lares Valley Trek, The Peruvian Andes Mountains
Lake Namtso (4718 m/ 15479 ft) and Lake Yamdrok Yumtso (4441-3570 m/ 14669-11713 ft), Tibet
Yellowstone National Park
Xuebao ding (The Ice Mountain; 5588 m/ 18333 ft) in Tibetan Sichuan, China
Angkor, Ta Proehm and Prea Kahn, Cambodia
Mayan ruins of Tikal in Guatemala and Palenque and Uxmal in Mexico
Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Cotapaxi Volcano (5897 m/ 19347 ft), Ecuador
Koke-dera - Saihoji Moss Garden and Zen Temple, Kyoto
Vizcaino Desert, Baja California, Mexico
Mt. Fuji (3776 m/ 12388 ft), to the summit at night
The Wave, Arizona
Highline Trail and Fire Lookout, Glacier National Park, Montana
Na' Pali Coast Trail, Kauai


Diversions
Hiking, mountains, deserts, bicycling, photography