Stories about Himalayas
The Mountain TrailsNandini Raybaruah - nandini_rb [150] Part I – Embarking on an unfamiliar territory… Adventure really did not begin at the crack of dawn. I was unsure. This would be the first time in four years I’d be on my...
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Himalayas
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The Mountain TrailsNandini Raybaruah - nandini_rb [150] Part IV – And we move on… So right after a heavy breakfast consisting of Tibetan breads and mashed potatoes with eggs, well I hated to fill up myself so early in the morning but...
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Himalayas
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Southern-East Asia and Central Asia experience in photographsOlga Mo - peremeny [55] RADIOTRAVEL is the big long-distance and long-term journey. We travel in countries of Southern-East Asia and Central Asia. Aim of this project - creation of online blog-book. During the journey we...
Destinations:
Karnataka |
Himalayas |
Ko Tao |
Mumbai |
Hoi An |
Guilin |
Himachal Pradesh |
Kathmandu |
Hangzhou |
Beijing |
Bangkok |
Kerala |
Ninh Binh |
Nepal |
Hanoi |
Vietnam |
New Delhi |
Varanasi |
India |
Ladakh |
Zhejiang |
China |
Port Blair |
Thailand |
Kochi(India) |
Goa
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Last Days of the Tiger Leaping Gorge?Adam Bray - kanzis_slave [1,617] Deep in Yunnan Province, at the foot of the Himalayas, the Yangtze River (here known as the Yellow Sands), carves the deepest gorge in the world between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (5,596m) and Haba...
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Yunnan |
Himalayas |
Tibet |
Lijiang River |
China |
Yangtze River
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Ecotourism in Sichuansatcha smith - satcha [130] Dr. Yin Kaipu of the Chengdu Institute of Biology has just returned from another trip to the Hengduan Mountains north of Chengdu and is bubbling with excitement. His dreams of an ecotourism hiking...
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Himalayas |
China |
Sichuan |
Chengdu
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Cycling across the HimalayasColin Hinshelwood - chinshelwood [123] The 1,200-km Highway 318 from Lhasa to Kathmandu has suddenly become one of the most fashionable, gruelling and wondrous trails for international mountain bikers. Originally an artery of the famed...
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Nepal |
Lhasa |
Thimphu |
Himalayas |
Tibet |
Bhutan
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] 1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- up. Amazing, how quickly it all comes back: the agony, first. The slow, panting ascent on astonished,...
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Nepal |
Lhasa |
Himalayas |
Tibet
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The Himalayan Yeti -- Believe what you willNabanita Dutt - ndutt [3,768] 1913: A Chinese hunting party captured an apelike creature that their Tibetan loaders identified as the Himalayan snowman. The creature, severely wounded in the tussle, was held captive in a cage in...
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Nepal |
Himalayas
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Annapurna: Goddess of the HarvestAdrian Ho - xperion [79] Part I The Annapurna Range is a mountain massif in the northwest of Nepal. The Annapurna Circuit is one of Nepal's classic long distance treks (the others being Everest and Lantang). As most trekked,...
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Nepal |
Himalayas
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Annapurna base camp, Nepalakrur dhoj shah - Niyatri [216] The annapurna base camp (ABC) situated at an altitude of 4130 m surrounded by famous magnificient mountains and has consistently been much cherished dream for many adventurers and exotic lands to...
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Nepal |
Himalayas
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