Himachal Pradesh is a state from the north of India, already in the Himalayas. We chose to spend our winter here, in the region of Dharamsala and Mc Leod Ganj (the place of the Tibetan government in Exile, where the Dalai Lama has is living since the chinese occupation). The area is on the
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We just had an active traveling time with our friend Sam who came for 1 month traveling with us. We went to a lot of places as you can see from the pictures. Mona and me entered India from Nepal on the 19-10, and Sam arrived on the 23th. Then, we went to: - Haridwar and Rishikesh: pilgrimage
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Dimanche 25 novembre 2007
On our arrival in Nepal after a 4h trip in a deep gorge coming down from the Tibetan plateau, we could nor believe our eyes: within 30 km (we came down from 4000m to less than 2000m), the landscape turned from a rocky mountain to a green lush vegetation covering every square cm of soil whatever
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Welcome to Disneyland Tibet! Crossing the country from Lhasa to Nepal was not exciting because of the Yeti, not because of the Messner and also not because of the untouched population of Tibet. It was exciting because traveling alone in this country without Group, Jeep and Guide is vorbidden.
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We left Mongolia on the 5th of September and arrived in Beijing on the 6th. Beijing: This city is preparing for the Olympics 2008, and the infrastructure is being developed at an incredible tempo. Old areas with street shops are destroyed and replaced by modern high rises and large avenues. The
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Vendredi 14 septembre 2007
The durian is a tropical fruit that many people would call “the spiky monster that smells like old socks rotten together with onions”... We discovered it 3 years ago when we first went to South east Asia, and since then we can not forget this creamy, delicate and tasty flesh. We found some that
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Vendredi 14 septembre 2007
We discovered Mongolia ( from the 26.07.2007 on) mainly through our 2 canoe trips on the "Orkhon" and "Egin" Rivers: Ernst a german married to Bolor and living in mongolia organises great river tours. As he knew that I am a kayakist, he proposed us directly the great tour in the Orkhon canyon
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Here are some pictures of our trip through Russia from 11.07.2007 to 26.07.2007: Moscow, Transiberian railway and Baikal lake. The last picture is our impression when trying to cross the border to Mongolia! We were traveling from host to host thanks to Hospitality club, a way to get a home all
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