Travel Journal Overview: The riots were still ongoing, but the Chinese troops were there en masse. What’s worse, was my whole journey was about to be shut down not by Tibetans, nor the Chinese, but by tourists. It was past 1pm when our bus escorted us though Lhasa. We were heading in the opposite direction …
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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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First taste of Kathmandu
Travel Journal Overview: Thinking my time in Pokhara was over, I grabbed a bus for the capital Kathmandu. There was no way in my mind it was going to be better than Pokhara had been. My plan was simple, meet friends, see some sights, move on to Tibet. What happened over the next few weeks …
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Sarangkot at dawn, visting the world peace stupa at lunch
Travel Journal Overview: Mountain vistas, world peace stupas, and tourist galore – boy was I happy. Yet as always, my mind was set on planning. Being awake before the alarm, having the taxi’s number already displayed on the phone and waking up Myoko five minutes before the arranged time were all sure fire indications I …
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The sands of a dream fall from a tight fist
Travel Journal Overview: Home Nepal was not, but it give me the feeling of what it should be like. However like all good things, there’s very often another feeling around the corner. What happens when you finally find something you are looking for? You’ve reached a goal. You flounder. At least I did. A day …
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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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From Lahore Pakistan, to Amritsar India – I am not alone
Travel Journal Overview: I’d traveled solo for quite sometime. Now in Lahore I’d be joined by a young German traveler on one of “those” Indian journey’s. This in itself did little to inspire me to travel India. I had not a single inclination that I would enjoy myself in the land of many a backpacker. …
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