Traveling Overland through Tibet – Part one of two

Travel Journal Overview: And so I left Nepal for Tibet. The penultimate country that wasn’t a country anymore, according to some, on my overland journey. I was carrying a mixed bag of feelings around.  The following is part one of two entries involving a daily account. For those looking exact details and practical information on …

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Going nowhere in Kathmandu, China’s worst winter in 50 years

Travel Journal Overview: Riots aside, I should have been ready to hit the road for Tibet. I had everything sorted out with an agent. Only one thing now stood in the way. The worst Chinese winter in 50 years. Stephi pointed to the front page of the Kathmandu Times. My eyes widened as I saw …

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That Girl on the Ganges

Travel Journal Overview: Quite often I will take from my journal here, and create a travelogue in my stories section. This is one such extract.  Below is the original blog write up.  While the following link contains a better written travelogue and story, including many more photographs. Accomplishing Something on the Ganges Bob had headed …

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Varanasi, the Ganges, the burning Ghats- I started to like India

Travel Journal Overview: The guide book said the place was a nightmare, I didn’t believe a word of it.  I was right. Varanasi quickly won me over, and my true like for India became evident. I left the train and bid Garima farewell as she met her uncle on the platform. The station was not …

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Buying a train ticket from Amritsar to New Delhi should be easy …

Travel Journal Overview: I’d already learned not to have high expectations. I was pushing these feelings as far down as possible about India every minute. True the Golden Temple was amazing, but the country continued to rub me the wrong way. Getting a simple train ticket was just another example. I was at the train …

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The Golden Temple is better than the Taj Mahal, a new world wonder

Travel Journal Overview: Somethings are obvious before you even get there. For me that’s what I felt about the Golden Temple in Amritsar versus the Taj Mahal in Agra. I knew little about the Golden Temple, and it simply soared high in my expectations. I entered the main archway that led to the temple, the …

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