https://www.professionalhiatus.com Putting our careers on hold to answer the call of travel Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:21:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/11/30/trek-to-mount-everest-part-1-flight/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/11/30/trek-to-mount-everest-part-1-flight/#comments Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:44:25 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=5031 As we sat sipping our iced coffees at a little cafe in Pokhara celebrating the completion of our trek, we contemplated if we could really leave Nepal without seeing Mount Everest....]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/11/30/trek-to-mount-everest-part-1-flight/feed/ 4 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/11/15/annapurna/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/11/15/annapurna/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:39:19 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=4900 Trekking in Nepal has been a personal dream since I first started to admire pictures of 'big' mountains as a teenager. I always imagined it as a remote, difficult to access place where only 'real explorers' traveled...]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2013/11/15/annapurna/feed/ 3 https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/11/23/quilotoa-loop-trek/ https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/11/23/quilotoa-loop-trek/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:49:07 +0000 http://www.professionalhiatus.com/?p=2480 One of the best parts about open-ended traveling is that it gives you the option to change your mind regarding the next destination at a moment's notice. After a fantastic week studying Spanish in Quito, Kenny and I planned to leave the capital city for for the relaxing hot springs of Banos, Ecuador... ]]> https://www.professionalhiatus.com/2012/11/23/quilotoa-loop-trek/feed/ 6