Holiday Inn Portland-Airport (I-205), Or

... true. What a blesing to have this opportunity. We do reap what we sow!<br><br>This blog will document my experiences in India. <br>My next entry will be posted upon arrival in Delhi.<br><br>Stay tuned. <br>Namaste! <br> <br><br><br>

... that I will be able to share my perspectives from India with the public health community here in the states. <br><br>Although the nature of this trip is spiritually influenced, it is my intent to keep this blog secular. <br><br>Stay tuned. <br> Namaste!

... Pacific Ocean. Well, before I go too deep in what I plan on doing...I better get there. I am excited for my going away party on Saturday the 21st of November. This will be at East China Town Lounge, AKA: Bar East, in NW Portland. I have invited all the folks. This will be followed up by some good family time over Thanksgiving...and then I bounce. I will be staying at my parents house for the final week in Portland...haven't done that since college, so it will be nice to be a kid ...

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... Hood. We drove up to the Timberline Lodge and it started to snow. Elizabeth got out to take pictures and it started snowing harder. She was wet and cold when she got back in the car. <br><br>We drove back to Portland to check into the hotel. The GPS told us to take the wrong street to the hotel so we turned around ...

... shaped whistle vendors in the world. While Joe filmed the balloon woman (what she&#8217;s actually making is up for grabs&#8230;MB thought it was boobs on a stick), MB, Jim and Derek were accosted by a bumper sticker-wielding dervish (Quoth the lady to Jim and Derek: "I&#8217;m going to give you a citation for looking too good," and to Maribeth &#8220;You must be the brains of the operation.&#8221;) What finally appeased her ...

... middle on the top floor. That&#8217;s us!)<br>- Read up on the hostel. It has an eco-roof covered in plants and uses the trickle-down rainwater for the toilets! All of its cleaning supplies come from 'green companies' such as Seventh Generation and Bio-kleen. All of their paper products are made from recycled materials, including the toilet paper. They compost and recycle all materials that can be recycled. They even participate in ...

... weather forecast was calling for clouds and rain so I thought it best not to waste my time and money (and come back another time instead!). So I wandered the streets of Portland, stopped to have a coffee, spent a few hours in the huge Powell's bookstore, sat for a cup of tea, and came back to the hostel. I was so exhausted, it made me realize how much an overnight bus ride can take out of you. It's also making me rethink my plan to see ...

... Actually that's not entirely fair or accurate. The folks in Portland are definitely of the Earth-not-things loving variety, but their obvious energy and work ethic separates them comfortably from the kinds of stoner lay-abouts we all would recognize as typical hippies. But they do have hair and beads and stuff, so there you are. The market was great. Plenty of booths offering all kinds of delicious goodies generally ...

... towel and bedsheet, and a good pack. I went with a 60 liter capacity pack, it's an Eagle Creek and has a detachable day pack which comes in handy for day-to-day trekking when you leave the big pack behind at the hostel. I picked up a 2 month Eurail pass, good in 18 countries for unlimited travel. This gives ultimate flexibility since you can just hop on most trains without having to get a ticket or anything. Some of the nicer trains and ...