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Back From Gosainkund Winter Trek
I’m back from Nepal. Uploading of videos and pictures have taken a lot of... read more
Will I Ever Make It To Lumbini?
Lumbini, birthplace of the Buddha. I failed to make it there because a false... read more
Vietnamese Humour
I wish Vietnam has more honest taxi drivers like this. I’m sure you... read more
Lightning Risks
I’ve mentioned earlier that I hate to trek under wet weather conditions... read more
Beautiful Gosainkund
If you don’t have the time or money for Everest, Gosainkund can be just... read more
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Kunming To Weixi
I arrived in Kunming on the evening of 3rd Feb. It was a warm 20 deg C and things were looking good for a successful expedition. That evening, I took a sleeper bus to Lijiang and from Lijiang bus station, …
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Tagged china, himalayas, kunming, mountains, shangrila, tibet, weixi, yunnan
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Deqing & Mt Meilixue
I’m sending this to you from Meilixue Tavern at Fei Lai Si, Deqing County, right at the border between Yunnan and Tibet. The average temp is a relatively warm -7 deg C. This is a Tibetan “teahouse” managed by a …
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Tagged china, deqing, fei lai si, meilixue, tibetan, yunnan
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Home At Last
It’s a drastic change from subzero temperatures to 30+. My nose is telling me that. Ah choo … Now, where were we? Yes, I was in Deqing, trying to find a way out. On the first day of Chinese (or …
