CHINA | Friday, 6 May 2011 | Views [1521]
Destination – Tibet – Lhasa – Chinese food in China is just called food…
The Flora Hotel in Lhasa is quite all right and the staff are very helpful (the owner/manager is awesome!!). Breakfast is also nice and the breakfast menu is in English, ... Read more >
CHINA | Wednesday, 4 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
3 days crossing the Himalayas from Kathmandu to Lhasa on the Friendship Highway
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CHINA | Saturday, 30 Apr 2011 | Views [1397]
Destination –
Nepal to Tibet – The Crossing... Day 1 – Kathmandu
to Nyalam (3750 metres)
Well, the day (Friday)
before the trip, at 7 PM, we finally get our passports and “Chinese group visa”
back from the agency. All confirmed, ... Read more >
NEPAL | Monday, 25 Apr 2011 | Views [1315]
Destination –
Nepal – Pokhara Lake to Kathmandu – could you show us the way out please?
Anyway, after
the trekking/meditation experiences, we reconvene and spend our days with long
walks, good restaurants and trying to sort out how we are going ... Read more >
NEPAL | Wednesday, 20 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Trekking around the Annapurna Mountain Ranges
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NEPAL | Tuesday, 19 Apr 2011 | Views [11388]
Nepal – Pokhara – 4 day 50 km - Ghorepani/Poon Hill Loop Trek
After coming to
an “arrangement” whereby Luiza stayed down in Pokhara doing a nice all
inclusive Yoga & Meditation course, I decided that someone in the family
has to at least ... Read more >
NEPAL | Monday, 18 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Lovely Phewa Tal lake and trekking the Annapurna Ranges
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NEPAL | Friday, 15 Apr 2011 | Views [1736]
Destination – Nepal – Pokhara – are you sure there’s no mountain high enough?
Now, off to Pokhara. We get up at 6Aam leave at 6.30 to catch a bus at 7 for a 7 hour trip. Again, the bus is old and crappy, not even a hint of suspension. Once ... Read more >
NEPAL | Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Bustling Thamel in downtown Kathmandu - a springboard to the Himalayas, Tibet and beyond
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NEPAL | Friday, 8 Apr 2011 | Views [2523]
Destination – Nepal
– Kathmandu – Are we there Yeti?
We decide to leave
India in style. We pay (a lot for local standards) for a taxi from Darjeeling
in India to Kathmandu in Nepal, door to door. It’s nice to indulge sometimes. The hotel organizes
it ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 6 Apr 2011 | Views [651]
Some notes
about “smart packing” for long term trips:
My fashionable
friend Faith (FFF), who is not only a great personal stylist but also a classy flight
attendant with American Airlines, asked me to dedicate a section of the
blog to smart packing.... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 4 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Tea plantations, altitude, steam trains, cold and peace, great zoo and plenty of mountains Himalaya style
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INDIA | Sunday, 3 Apr 2011 | Views [796]
Destination: India – West Bengal – Darjeeling – what is
clean, quiet, nice, cool and it’s in India?
From Siliguri,
we take a shared Jeep taxi to Darjeeling, with the driver plus 10 other passengers. Uncomfortable but going up surely. The ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 28 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
Place of the Lord Buddha's enlightenment
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INDIA | Sunday, 27 Mar 2011 | Views [890]
Destination: India – Bihar – Bodh Gaya – lights please!
“Our” conductor wakes us up just before we arrive in Gaya. From Gaya, we take a shared rickshaw (10 people) to Bodh Gaya, the town where The Buddha achieved enlightenment. Having said, ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 26 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
Holy, holy Ganges and the smell of burning flesh from the burning ghats
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INDIA | Friday, 25 Mar 2011 | Views [1143]
Destination: India – Uttar Pradesh - Varanasi – It’s all about expectations…
Ok, let’s be honest here, we were kind of dreading this trip to Varanasi. We’ve heard the most confronting things happen in this place. Dead bodies floating in the river, ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 24 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
Taj Mahal & Red Fort
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INDIA | Thursday, 24 Mar 2011 | Views [1004]
Destination: India – Uttar Pradesh – Agra – of course you
have to see the Taj Mahal!
We take a
midmorning train from Delhi to Agra. Nice, easy and quick ride. Get to Agra in
the afternoon and checked into the Tourist Rest House. Kind of ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 20 Mar 2011 | Views [627]
Destination: India – Delhi - New Delhi – it’s shopping and
eating heaven!
We arrived in
Delhi on a Saturday afternoon after a very nice and comfortable 5 hour bus
ride. As I said before, they do exist, at least from Jaipur to Delhi. And ... Read more >
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