{"id":1418,"date":"2010-03-01T18:11:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T07:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2024-06-19T07:41:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:41:08","slug":"a-week-in-the-life-of-sherry-ottsworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/a-week-in-the-life-of-sherry-ottsworld\/","title":{"rendered":"A Week-In-The-Life of Sherry: Ottsworld"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Sherry has been <a aria-label=\"blogging about her travels (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ottsworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blogging about her travels<\/a> on Ottsworld for 3 \u00bd years.\u00a0 She quit her corporate job and traveled (primarily solo) around the world to over 23 countries, armed with her camera.\u00a0 Recently she spent the last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/expat-life-in-hoi-an-vietnam\/\">living in Vietnam <\/a>experiencing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/the-irony-of-expat-life-pros-and-cons\/\">ups and downs of expat life<\/a> in a very foreign culture.\u00a0 She then revisited Nepal &#8211; this time with her 73 year old father &#8211; to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottsworld.com\/blogs\/tag\/tiger-balm-tales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hike the <\/a><\/em><a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ottsworld.com\/blogs\/tag\/tiger-balm-tales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Annapurna<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottsworld.com\/blogs\/tag\/tiger-balm-tales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Circuit<\/a>. Please enjoy a week-in-the-life of Sherry, starting at the end of her trek with her father.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This post was originally published in 2010. It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content.&nbsp;<\/em><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve just spent the last 23 days hiking the Annapurna circuit with my father and today we are heading back to Kathmandu.&nbsp; In a constant effort to save money and experience more of the local culture (ok \u2013 it\u2019s really to save money), we purchase $6 bus tickets from Pokhara to Kathmandu.&nbsp; The bus is called a tourist bus \u2013 which basically means that there are no locals or livestock on the top of the bus.&nbsp; We depart at 7AM for the 7 hour journey; 15 minutes later we\u2019re sitting in the Tata garage with the bus being inspected by mechanics.&nbsp; I settle in with the patience of a world traveler; recline the seat, put on my ipod, and get out my journal to write about the situation as it\u2019s happening.&nbsp; I\u2019m calm and relaxed until I hear the familiar sound of power tools loosening bolts.&nbsp; Minutes later I see the transmission and clutch on the ground.&nbsp; This is going to be a long day; but quite a typical travel day in Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few hours later they give up and send a new (not shiny with a new car smell, but new meaning different) bus.&nbsp; The journey back to Kathmandu is slow, and uncomfortable, but we are at least moving in the right direction and the whole experience has provided me lots to write about.&nbsp; Lunch break consists of Pringles and Diet Coke \u2013 two staples you can find in any country.&nbsp; Bathroom breaks are few requiring my iron traveling bladder to kick into overdrive.&nbsp; The journey back is thwarted again by a major traffic jam on the only road leading through the pass and into Kathmandu Valley.&nbsp; The whole journey takes us 13 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nepal-Bus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nepal-Bus-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Riding a bus in Nepal, with people sitting on top and hanging out the side; photo by Sherry Ott of Ottsworld\" class=\"wp-image-1421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nepal-Bus-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nepal-Bus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nepal-Bus.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m happy to be in Kathmandu, but exhausted from a day of sitting and waiting with nothing to really do but think about everything I had to do in the coming week!&nbsp; I check my email quickly and try to update Twitter with a few relevant tweets and thank-yous.&nbsp; I\u2019ve been offline for weeks traveling and have a mountain of catching up to do.&nbsp; I fall asleep at the keyboard.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuesday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoying our splurge of a hotel in Kathmandu.&nbsp; The Ambaassador Garden Hotel is a gem in the middle of Thamel costing $50 a night for a double; extravagant for Nepal and for my budget.&nbsp; However, I\u2019m traveling with my father and use this opportunity to splurge a bit when I can split expenses with a travel partner; something that rarely happens.&nbsp; We plan our day over breakfast; go to our tour agency and have them confirm our flights for Thursday, see Dubar Square, have photos printed for locals and mail them to the villages, pick up remaining souvenirs\/gifts for family.&nbsp; The souvenirs part is something I rarely do, but with my dad here he can carry the gifts back to the US!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Kathmandu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Kathmandu-600x270.jpg\" alt=\"Nepalese women at a fresh market; photo by Otts World\" class=\"wp-image-1422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Kathmandu-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Kathmandu.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the tour agency we have a problem with the flight confirmations and proceed to sit in the office for the next 3 hours resulting in us finally \u2018hiring\u2019 a woman to get my father an Indian Transit visa in a day&#8217;s time; normally an impossible task, but money buys speed.&nbsp; We cross our fingers that she\u2019s legit and hasn\u2019t just walked off with our $60USD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We replan the day \u2013 no Dubar Square \u2013 just a bit of souvenir shopping.&nbsp; I\u2019m feeling a bit guilty for experiencing no culture today.&nbsp; As my dad falls asleep by 10PM, I stay up until midnight working online going thru emails, and blog comments, trying to organize 21 days of notes and 14Gig of photos onto my laptop for future writing.<br \/><em>See Also: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/how-to-start-a-travel-blog\/\"><em>How to Start and Run a Travel Blog<\/em><br \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Get up early before dad and hop online.&nbsp; Do updates for Twitter and Facebook and answer emails. We have breakfast at the hotel and plan our day again.&nbsp; Dubar Square today for sure; then off to lunch with our local friend Giri (friend of mine from volunteering at his village and living with his family that I\u2019ve come back to visit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First I photograph the guest house and talk to the manager a bit as I know I want to write a post on this gem of a hotel; it\u2019s too good not to share with my readers.&nbsp; Our walk to Dubar Square takes 4 times longer than it should because I keep stopping to take photos.&nbsp;&nbsp; We spend the next two hours looking around at the various buildings and people watching; plus I take about 1 Gig of photos of course.&nbsp; I am a bit worried at how in the world I will have time to edit and upload all of them, but will worry about that later.&nbsp; We have no guidebook or guide.&nbsp; I prefer to simply look and soak up the culture and people around me in such a vibrant town square.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Peanut-Vendor-Kathmandu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Peanut-Vendor-Kathmandu-428x600.jpg\" alt=\"Nepalese man selling peanuts; photo by Ottsworld Sherry Ott\" class=\"wp-image-1423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Peanut-Vendor-Kathmandu-428x600.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Peanut-Vendor-Kathmandu.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giri picks us up for lunch and drives us to his house (he also delivers the Indian Transit visa\u2026yeah\u2026the \u2018bribe\u2019 paid off!).&nbsp; We meet his extended family and have some of the best food of our trip so far.&nbsp; We are treated like royalty and sit and talk to the extended family about Nepal, village life, their family history and the future; a terrific stimulating conversation better than any guide book!&nbsp; Giri surprises us after lunch and takes us to the main sites in Kathmandu:&nbsp; Bodhnath, Pashupati, and the Monkey Temple.&nbsp; Pashupati is an eye opening experience since it is the main Hindu temple where bodies are cremated out in the open.&nbsp; I take a few pictures of the rituals for myself, as I know I probably won\u2019t post them since people are quite touchy about these things in my own culture.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Giri-and-I.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Giri-and-I-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Sherry Ott in Kathmandu\" class=\"wp-image-1424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Giri-and-I-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Giri-and-I.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>That night we have a last drink with Giri, our last meal in Kathmandu.&nbsp; I don\u2019t do any online work that night trying to soak up the last bit of time in Nepal and time with my dad.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Up early to the airport and fly off.&nbsp; I say goodbye to my dad at the Delhi airport where we both have layovers in different terminals.&nbsp; He\u2019s heading to the US, and I\u2019m heading off to Sri Lanka.&nbsp; For the first time in a month I\u2019m solo again and it feels really weird.&nbsp;&nbsp; I tell myself not to get in a funk about it and instead use all of this new solo free time to work on note and photo editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will take me weeks to get this trip documented and up on the site and that has me a bit stressed since I\u2019m in countries with poor internet connections if any exist at all.&nbsp; My layover is 9 hours so I decide to splurge $30 USD for a&nbsp; lounge pass.&nbsp; Sure, I want to be comfortable, however the main reason is so I can get internet access and try to make some headway on my mountain of editing for 9 hours.&nbsp; I sit down to work with a glass of wine, and I quickly get distracted by emails and tweeting.&nbsp; I\u2019m getting no writing done\u2026crap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flight to Sri Lanka leaves on time and I arrive in Colombo at 11PM and now have a 3 hour car ride to the seaside town of Galle.&nbsp; I arrive at the villa completely exhausted at 2:30 in the morning.&nbsp; I\u2019m ushered into my massive luxury room and I\u2019m so tired I fall asleep immediately.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I wake up to the sounds of the ocean waves, and survey my room.&nbsp; The bed alone is bigger than my whole bedroom in my apartment in Vietnam.&nbsp; I\u2019ve come to Auraliya, a luxury villa in Sri Lanka, to do some photography for my friends who own the villa.&nbsp; They want to improve their online marketing and needed photography of the villa.&nbsp; I was planning on coming to Sri Lanka anyway \u2013 so we made a deal where I could stay there and I\u2019d photograph the place in exchange for free lodging.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Auraliya-villa-Sri-Lanka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Auraliya-villa-Sri-Lanka-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Pool at a resort in Sri Lanka\" class=\"wp-image-1425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Auraliya-villa-Sri-Lanka-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Auraliya-villa-Sri-Lanka-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Auraliya-villa-Sri-Lanka.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I leave my room and am greeted by a staff of 5 men wearing colorful blue sarongs and crisp white shirts, plus one beautiful black lab.&nbsp; The villa is the definition of luxury and I\u2019m dwarfed by its size and beauty.&nbsp; It sleeps 13 people and has a staff of 5 to wait on your every whim.&nbsp; I was only 1\u2026I feel so small.&nbsp; The beach backs up right to the villa property.&nbsp; This was the site of the horrific tsunami which destroyed this villa and the communities around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property is heaven, until I find out that they rarely have a reliable internet signal.&nbsp; As a blogger, I live by an internet signal; no signal, no blogging.&nbsp; I worked on offline tasks of photo editing and writing instead and photographed all of the villa rooms today.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sri-Lanka-Beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sri-Lanka-Beach-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"footprints on an empty beach in Sri Lanka\" class=\"wp-image-1426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sri-Lanka-Beach-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sri-Lanka-Beach-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sri-Lanka-Beach.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Woke up with sore throat and headache.&nbsp; Raining outside.&nbsp; Lounged around writing and photo editing all day while the staff brings me a never-ending supply of fresh juice and snacks.&nbsp; Feeling worse by the hour.&nbsp; By the end the night I\u2019m drinking herbal remedies from the staff and breathing in steam from under a huge sheet.&nbsp; I have no proper drugs of my own, so I revert to the local remedies.<br \/><em>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/staying-healthy-while-traveling-natural-preventions-and-cures\/\">Staying Healthy While Traveling &#8211; Natural Remedies<\/a><\/em><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Body ache, fever; my world globetrotting officially catches up with me.&nbsp; I am down for the count.&nbsp; Alone in a big luxurious house and miserable.&nbsp; No one to talk to, no internet, no drugs, just lots of fresh squeezed juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I leave the villa in a rickshaw to go into town and go to a pharmacy.&nbsp; I feel like I may pass out.&nbsp; Get to the pharmacy, tell them symptoms and they say I should go to a doctor.&nbsp; I walk out with some Panadol and Tiger Balm\u2026this will have to do.&nbsp; Try to do more photo editing and writing, but pass out in bed with a box of Kleenex, smelling of tiger balm, and desperately sick; not just sick, but homesick.&nbsp; I hate being sick while solo on the road; it\u2019s the only thing that makes me homesick.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I agree! Being sick on the road is no fun, but I\u2019m happy to say that Sherry made it through and is still traveling and sharing her experiences. Sherry also brings up a great point about the constant search for an internet connection as a blogger. I feel that pinch too&#8230;tis a bit of a leash!<br \/>As with most nomadic travelers, Sherry&#8217;s plans are not set in stone, but she is on her way to South America shortly, and waiting to see what calls her next for inspiration. 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