CHINA | Thursday, 3 Oct 2013 | Views [2893] | Comments [2]
Shangri La / Zhongdian, Yunnan Province
Touristy or not, this is a great place! In about 2001, the government changed the town’s name from Zhongdian to Shangri-La to increase tourism. There are a number of places from Kashmir ... Read more >
CHINA | Thursday, 3 Oct 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Monday, 30 Sep 2013 | Views [1694]
Tarapith
The flight from Dibrugarh stopped in Dimapur, Nagaland before continuing on to Kolkata. From the plane window I could see lush green forested hills broken only by a few villages/towns with brown roads and waterways. Rivers ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 30 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Monday, 30 Sep 2013 | Views [658]
Highlights from Assam Newspaper articles over the past few days (Sept 22-28,2013):
I thought I’d share some of the main stories from the newspapers and broadcasts over the past few days to give you a sense of what the region and country is ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 28 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Saturday, 28 Sep 2013 | Views [1790]
Namphake
Today I had the good fortune to visit a small Tai Phaki Buddhist monastery in Namphake, a small village which has the largest population of Tai Phaki people in the country. There are only 70 families and about 600 people living ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 28 Sep 2013 | Views [2209]
Tea Research Institute
( www.tocklai.net )
When I mentioned that I was interested in learning more about tea production, Pradip said he knew of a place I might be able to visit. We arrived completely unannounced at ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 28 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Friday, 27 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Friday, 27 Sep 2013 | Views [1251]
Majuli
The road from Jorhat to the ferry for Majuli passes by miles and miles of rice and tea fields. I also saw people fishing in what looked like lily ponds in the middle of the rice fields and in their water-soaked front yards.... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 27 Sep 2013 | Views [710]
Guwahati – Jorhat
When the doors to the plane opened in Guwahati I was almost overcome by the heat and humidity. It had been warm in Delhi, but nothing like the sense of melting away the Northeast created. I’... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 27 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Tuesday, 24 Sep 2013 | Views [718]
Kashmir Reflections
I left Kashmir a few days ago and am only now beginning to process what I found there. Let me start by saying that I was fortunate to meet very gracious and beautiful people throughout my short ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 24 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Thursday, 19 Sep 2013 | Views [2775]
Road from Pahalgam to Srinagar
Kashmir is full of learning experiences. Even during the 88 km trip from Pahalgam to Srinagar there was ample opportunity to get glimpses of beautiful ancient temples giving testimony ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 19 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Thursday, 19 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Saturday, 14 Sep 2013 | Views [1025]
Pahalgam, Kashmir
The Kashmir Valley was once a large lake and according to Hindu mythology it was called Satisar after Shiva’s first wife, Sati. Brahma’s grandson, the Rishi Kashyapa, was the one who was supposed to have sliced ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 12 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Views [3424] | Comments [1]
Jammu, Katra & Vaishno Devi.
Back in India and what a shock to the senses! Dirt, noise, disease, poverty, general grime amid monkeys, goats, cows and pigs on the streets; men and boys peeing in gutters filled with trash; guards with guns;... Read more >
KAZAKHSTAN | Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Views [841]
Almaty
Almaty is a relatively new city for this region. It was developed by the Russians in the early 19th C from a small village; only after Tsarist Russia took control of the region did it became the capital of Kazakhstan. It remained the ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 7 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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KAZAKHSTAN | Friday, 6 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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KAZAKHSTAN | Thursday, 5 Sep 2013 | Views [1814]
Tamgaly Petroglyphs
Fabulous, Fabulous, Fabulous!
This World Heritage site in the middle of nowhere in Southern Kazakhstan has the most amazing collection of petroglyphs I have ever seen.... Read more >
KAZAKHSTAN | Thursday, 5 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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UZBEKISTAN | Wednesday, 4 Sep 2013 | Views [1958] | Comments [1]
Uzbekistan Impressions:
When we first arrived in Khiva, the restaurant had an MTV channel playing. This seems to be a constant throughout Uzbekistan, one can’t eat without MTV. The episode/song that was ... Read more >
KYRGYZSTAN | Wednesday, 4 Sep 2013 | Views [1754]
Issyk Kul
From Bishkek to Cholpon-Ata
The day started with a visit to the Burana Tower and Bulbans near Tokmok. The Tower is really the remains of a minaret that was attached to a mosque used by the Karakhanids, ... Read more >
KYRGYZSTAN | Tuesday, 3 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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