We are 11 months and 12 countries into our journey and apparently all that excitement is just too much for my laptop to handle. It may have died on us completely, though we are holding out hope that if it can’t be totally rescued, we may at least be able to save the pictures from, ALL OF NEPAL that we stupidly did not back up on our USB hard drive that we bought for specifically that purpose.
Never get lazy with your back-ups people!
So, we’ll keep up with the Photo Fridays for the next few weeks, but keep your fingers crossed for our data recovery attempts, we need all the luck we can get.
The Parallel Life 
Noooo!! Thinking good electronics thoughts for you! My computer’s docs/pics were rescued when it died years ago, so I bet your pictures can be saved somehow too. Crossing my fingers for you and the laptop. 🙂
We’re pretty sure that if we can just get somewhere with a tech person who has the stuff we need, it can be saved….we’re hoping anyways!