It had been 9 days since a signal on my phone and I had just completed a trek onto the plateau and was without food and water for 36 hours. This was a safe place to be, a “xiaomaibu”, which is basically a convenient store. The owner, and her father, told me to stay the night there. After the most delicious bowl of instant noodles and some water this little girl and I were playing non-stop for a few hours. We sat outside on a pile of dirt with her teddy bears having “tea time”. She climbed on top of massive bushes for me where I then had to clean the prickly things out of her shoes. I got countless hugs and snuggles and even a couple of kisses. In the morning she taught me how to eat my Tibetan fried dough in the tea, correctly.
Her father kept telling her I didn’t understand what she said, but the two of us made do and I had a glorious evening with an angel that dwells on the roof of the world.
Hello Eleanor,
Just received my copy of the current Brooks Bugle. Really enjoyed the article and photos about your travels. The full page photo will end up on the bike shop wall next to my work bench. As always, you are an inspiration to do more, live more, see more.
Your final quote about life being like a very very long bicycle ride….Well, that pretty well sums it up.
Thanks for sharing your life and adventures, you are an amazing person!
Be well,
Stephen
Hello Eleanor,
Just received my copy of the current Brooks Bugle. Really enjoyed the article and photos about your travels. The full page photo will end up on the bike shop wall next to my work bench. As always, you are an inspiration to do more, live more, see more.
Your final quote about life being like a very very long bicycle ride….Well, that pretty well sums it up.
Thanks for sharing your life and adventures, you are an amazing person!
Be well,
Stephen