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Cycling across the Himalayas Colin Hinshelwood - chinshelwood [123] The 1,200-km Highway 318 from Lhasa to Kathmandu has suddenly become one of the most fashionable, gruelling and wondrous trails for international mountain bikers. Originally an artery of the famed... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Thimphu \| Himalayas \| Tibet \| Bhutan Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Sports
Pico Polo Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly... Destinations: Nepal \| Bali \| Indonesia \| Tibet \| Tokyo \| Manila \| Hong Kong \| Mumbai \| India \| Lhasa \| China \| Kathmandu \| Thailand \| Japan \| Philippines \| Bangkok Topics: Travel \| Literature
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4 Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] 1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- up. Amazing, how quickly it all comes back: the agony, first. The slow, panting ascent on astonished,... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Himalayas \| Tibet Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1 Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line, unplug the modem and pull out the power cord. That's when the umbilicus is severed, and the... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| Nepalganj Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 3 Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Hotel Batika, Nepalganj If this is to be a journey beyond preferences, I am sorry. For I would truly prefer to be elsewhere. I would prefer to be somewhere northwest of Simikot, trekking through the... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| Nepalganj Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 5 Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] en route to Kirmi The Karnali is the color of elephant hide, a churning river that looks fully capable of cutting the gorge it flows through; of cutting it another thousand feet. I climb past a high... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| Karnali River Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] 16 May - 2 June 2002 * * * * * Day 1: 16 May 2002 / Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line . . . [ more ] Day 2: 17 May 2002 /... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| Kathmandu Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Photos from Tibet April Thompson - athompson [581] A story told with photos. Destinations: Lhasa \| China \| Tibet Topics: Travel \| Photography
Four Women in Tibet: The Journey to Everest April Thompson - athompson [581] "Looking for fellow travelers to trek to Everest Base Camp. See April at the Yak Hotel." Two days after I post this notice around Lhasa, four women have joined forces in the name of Everest. Now we... Destinations: Lhasa \| China \| Tibet Topics: Travel \| Women & Travel

Cycling across the Himalayas

Colin Hinshelwood - chinshelwood [123]

The 1,200-km Highway 318 from Lhasa to Kathmandu has suddenly become one of the most fashionable, gruelling and wondrous trails for international mountain bikers. Originally an artery of the famed...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Thimphu | Himalayas | Tibet | Bhutan
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Sports

Pico Polo

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]

In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly...