Monday, 23 Oct 2006 | Views [2234]
20: End of Phase 2c (Beijing to Kathmandu via Tibet) The last dinner of our tour was held in a Tex/Mex-ish restaurant in Kathmandu,
and afterward our tour leader Brett was presented with a little scrapbook as a
thank-you and memento ... Read more >
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Thursday, 19 Oct 2006 | Views [1172] | Comments [1]
The Wheel of Dharma The Wheel of Dharma is one of the eight auspicious symbols in
Tibetan Buddhism. Present in many religious artworks, as well as
underlying some Tibetan Buddhist rituals, it signifies the cycle of death and
rebirth. ... Read more >
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Saturday, 14 Oct 2006 | Views [1602] | Comments [1]
In Romanised Tibetan, "a" is pronounced roughly the same as the start of "about" or the "u" in "hut" rather than the "a" in "hat"? That doesn't make "Yak" quite "Yuk"... Read more >
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Thursday, 5 Oct 2006 | Views [2457] | Comments [3]
(In which Taro continues in his quest to provide Way Way Way Too Much Information) Steve: "He's a fountain of knowledge on squat toilets" Taro: "I'm a bidet of knowledge" There are lots of cultural differences to ... Read more >
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Tuesday, 26 Sep 2006 | Views [1020] | Comments [1]
Yesterday, in a park near Tianamen Square, we saw some traditional-looking buildings that had recently been built and another that was in the process of being finished: a couple of square metres of bare concrete was left uncovered and labourers perched ... Read more >
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Thursday, 14 Sep 2006 | Views [1280]
(5)
DdaDACDF
(3, 4)
If I'd
done as much travel as I've done, I would have taken the Gecko's tour
from Hanoi rather than from Saigon. I don't think that I would do
Hanoi-Beijing overland solo, though.
(1,4,3) ... Read more >
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Friday, 8 Sep 2006 | Views [967]
Hell Is Other People How do you politely tell someone that they're driving you and others insane?
On the last night in Hanoi, I left Long, Cam, Jock, and Margie at the Draught Beer place down the road while I had a shower.... Read more >
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