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The Himalayas Pt II | Occidental Passage
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The Himalayas Pt I. Silk Road in China →. The Himalayas Pt II. 18 July, 2010. Tenzing Norbu and I got stuck in a landslide on our way to Sikkim. We took full advantage of the delay, going for a refreshing swim in the mighty Teesta just below the fallen rocks. After the disappointment of having to abandon my post-India plan for travel north on the Karakouram Hwy. Through Pakistan because of bureaucratic bullshit from the embassies, I decided to take a train East, to the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Sikkim.
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Family Matters | Occidental Passage
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The Himalayas Pt I →. 20 May, 2010. Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque, located in Old Delhi. The following images are from my older sister’s brief sojourn in India. Emily, Ethan and I spent two weeks between Delhi, Amritsar, Rishikesh, Haridwar and Agra. Ania, a mutual friend of ours, joined from London for ten of those days. The India-Pakistan border outside Amritsar - Waga Border. The Golden Temple, Sikhism's most holy shrine, located in Amritsar. To see just how over the top the two sides can get.
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Dead West through Central Asia | Occidental Passage
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Dead West through Central Asia. 24 October, 2010. One of three medrassahs (Muslim university) at The Registan in Samarkand. Mussulman's father during a chay break in a small village near Langar. I asked for a family portrait, and this is what I got.the wife/mother looking on from behind. The name Samarkand has, since childhood, stirred up memories of the stories from 1001 Arabian Nights. Mussulman's wife was a little bit shy, but let me take a photo nonetheless. Bukhara was once the capital of Islamic le...
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The Himalayas Pt I | Occidental Passage
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The Himalayas Pt II →. The Himalayas Pt I. 6 June, 2010. Between my 6-day trek with Ethan in the Kullu Valley. My 28-day mountaineering course with the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering ( NIM. In the area around Uttarkashi, and my 5-day pilgrimage to Gomukh. A Hindu temple just after starting the trek to Hampta Pass. We got our blessing from the mountain gods and continued the climb up. Himalayan camping - we found a shepherd's paddock to crash by after an arduous climb to the top on our first day. For t...
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Towards the beach | Occidental Passage
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Beach bumming →. 21 December, 2009. It took roughly two weeks to get from NW Vietnam to the beaches of southern Thailand, a journey that took me back to Hanoi, into the (amazingly) even more frenetic metropolis of Saigon, and finally through several places in Cambodia. I’ll be hanging out in Thailand with the family for the next ten days or so, taking a break from serious travel to recharge my batteries seven months into my trip. The road from Muong Lay to Sapa. Sure enough, Kate was still around, and ev...
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Persia | Occidental Passage
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Dead West through Central Asia. This is the End →. 28 November, 2010. One of several entrances to the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashahd, the most important Shi'ah Muslim pilgrimage site in Iran. Imam Reza, the Eighth Imam, is buried in a mausoleum within the complex. Kang, a stepped village outside of Mashhad. The roof of each home is the terrace of the one above it. Climbing up the steps in Kang. School girls in Kang. We hitched a ride to the trail-head in a rickety old truck. With Mahdi on the summit. That&#...
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Lazy Laos | Occidental Passage
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The route through East Asia →. 16 January, 2010. Laos is officially the most laid back place I’ve ever been. I cannot say enough about it. It has the rhythm of a wide, slow river. I really think the Mekong. Boys in the village. Sunset on the Mekong River in Luang Prabang, the old capital. The night market in Luang Prabang, the most peaceful market in Asia. Our guide Tanoy in a banana tree forest. You know youre trekking in Laos when you have a designated nap time on the itinerary. Getting from the far no...
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October | 2010 | Occidental Passage
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Monthly Archives: October 2010. Dead West through Central Asia. 24 October, 2010. One of three medrassahs (Muslim university) at The Registan in Samarkand. Mussulman's father during a chay break in a small village near Langar. I asked for a family portrait, and this is what I got.the wife/mother looking on from behind. The name Samarkand has, since childhood, stirred up memories of the stories from 1001 Arabian Nights. Mussulman's wife was a little bit shy, but let me take a photo nonetheless. Bukhara wa...
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December | 2010 | Occidental Passage
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Monthly Archives: December 2010. This is the End. 31 December, 2010. Around the world in 570 Days. Not bad. The tail end of the trip, through the Caucasus and Turkey, proved just as rich and full as any other period during my 19 months of roaming around. I’m now ready to settle down for a minute or two, or so I think, in the motherland. Remy and I took a trip to Qoboustan, about an hour outside of Baku, checking out the mud volcanoes along the way. Mud cracks never get old. Georgian monk in T'bilisi.
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The route through East Asia | Occidental Passage
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South India →. The route through East Asia. 16 January, 2010. Below is the route I traveled through East Asia, from Seoul, Korea to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. South India →. 3 responses to “ The route through East Asia. 23 January, 2010 at 15:38. You are my hero! Leave some energy for the himalaya trecks coz i won’t be easy on ya! 11 February, 2010 at 23:35. 22 February, 2010 at 22:40. Is it all right? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.