Clearly, I'm just incapable of maintaining a blog, but I feel compelled to write this post.

Last night, I met one of the most interesting people I've ever come across.

His name is Barton Brooks and he founded Global Colors, a non-profit. He's currently circumnavigating the globe in one year while volunteering in about 30 countries. He's funded by a ridiculously wealthy family.

He found a rikhshah driver yesterday, doubled the driver's daily fee, and asked the driver to help him spend $75 in one day to do something for the local communtiy. Right now they're at a crematorium buying wood to burn with the bodies of the homeless.

Brooks is an unbelievably charismatic guy and calls what he's doing Guerrilla Aid. The idea is to just help out whenever and wherever you can. If you're walking by a monastery, ask what you can do to help and then spend the rest of the day helping the monks build a garden (he did this not too long ago). He's going to be on Oprah soon.

It's impossible to convey how impressed and inspired I am, so I wanted to share the experience.

Otherwise, the trip has been fun. Our favorite stop was our first, Darjeeling, where we watched the sun rise opposite Khangchendzonga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khangchendzonga, the world's third highest mountain and a part of the Himalyas. Here's a photo from that morning (there's a small town in the foreground).