Random Selection of Pictures

The official comment that I'm using to describe my trip is: "It was an adventure, many good experiences and many challenges."

Speaking of challenges, the first day back at work sucked. Barnes and Noble has a new level of membership that includes a credit card. The bank is paying for employees to promote the card in stores. The employees who are doing this are to promote the Mastercard alone. They can't assist in the cafe. They can't ring up purchases. They can't help customers. All they can do is hand out pamphlets and explain the membership. I was assigned this job yesterday. For eight hours. EIGHT HOURS. I had to wear an apron with special pockets to hold the pamphlets. I was one step above a foam hat. All my fellow employees pitied me and feared they'd be the next to suffer. Dan, in contrast, threatened to take pictures.
To make matters worse, I get to do it again today. On the plus side, I haven't been yelled at...so far. But apparently there's a high risk. I've also established a method. Basically, I've become a greeter. Then when people would leave, I'd offer them a pamphlet with the credit card application. I'd say it'd be a good bookmark. That got the most takers.

Of course, one customer compared my job to that of the greeters at Walmart and my soul died a little. If I don't quit by the end of tonight, I'm calling myself a superhero.

Here's a random start on the picture sharing:









This was taken during a rain storm at one of our camps in the Himalayas. It will go down as one of my favorite memories of the trip...and possibly my year. I danced in the rain on one of the Himalayan mountains. I never thought I'd ever have that chance.









You might recognize this little guy from the movie "Outbreak." The monkeys were everywhere and were a little dangerous at times.








Several of us climbed to a top of a mountain to see a waterfall. I wasn't very happy with the situation, as I didn't know about the "climbing a mountain" aspect of the waterfall-viewing.









Here's a picture I took of the hike back down the mountain.








A picture taken as we bussed our way through the mountains. I'd say about half the trip was spent on the little unstoppable bus.









A sideways view of Beth sending a prayer down the Ganges.


More pics later!