Ghulam and our guide Sharif met us with an armful of roses, a bouquet for each of us. Alison and I met eyes and smiled realizing that there were some benefits to the roles of women in this culture to balance the deficits!

Pretty normal city really, way more structured and organized than India, a little like Washington, DC in a strange way - a bit modern, starchy and lacking Mugal architecture.

What do carbon offsets have to do with Alison and Zoe's ascent and ski of Koser Gunge? Lots.

Climate porn authors play into the anxious thrill we get as we watch models of the oceans swallowing Florida, or hear that the entire American breadbasket could turn into a desert. Even more so, the language used in these stories in pure sensation: it’s the end of the world.

Yesterday I read an Internet news piece about how Paris Hilton’s parents reported that their daughter passes her days in LA County just “staring at the ceiling”. What do you think she is thinking about while she’s lying there in her County issue orange? Climate change?

We're watching the glaciers disappear ... not in thousands of years, but right before our cameras.

i hope to get better internet access later today. until then...

Yesterday it was 120 degrees F here in Islamabad. It’s dusty and chaotic. Any task you want to accomplish takes a long time. We spent two hours this morning trying to find a place to cash American Express travelers checks - no luck.

I remember first meeting Alison in Aspen, CO when I saw her give a talk on climate change. I was impressed with her poise, knowledge, and passion, and how much effort she has put into getting us to look more closely at what we can do to lessen our impacts on the planet.

Today, I am be free to express myself, my femininity, my sense of style and dress as I please. Next week, I will do my best to respect the laws of the land, of the culture, of the role I play as a woman, as a Westerner, as a blue eyed, fair skinned lady in Pakistan.