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Cycling across the Himalayas Colin 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... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Thimphu \| Himalayas \| Tibet \| Bhutan Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Sports
Film review: Seven Years in Tibet Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] Based on a true story, the 1997 Jean-Jacques Annaud film stars Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who, during an attempt to scale the Himalayan peak Nanga Parabat, is interned... Destinations: Lhasa \| Tibet Topics: Culture \| People \| Literature \| Religion \| Performing Arts \| 20th Century History \| Art
Pico Polo Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly... Destinations: Nepal \| Bali \| Indonesia \| Tibet \| Tokyo \| Manila \| Hong Kong \| Mumbai \| India \| Lhasa \| China \| Kathmandu \| Thailand \| Japan \| Philippines \| Bangkok Topics: Travel \| Literature
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4 Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] 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,... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Himalayas \| Tibet Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1 Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line, unplug the modem and pull out the power cord. That's when the umbilicus is severed, and the... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| Nepalganj Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 3 Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Hotel Batika, Nepalganj If this is to be a journey beyond preferences, I am sorry. For I would truly prefer to be elsewhere. I would prefer to be somewhere northwest of Simikot, trekking through the... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| Nepalganj Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 5 Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] en route to Kirmi The Karnali is the color of elephant hide, a churning river that looks fully capable of cutting the gorge it flows through; of cutting it another thousand feet. I climb past a high... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| Karnali River Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Kailash Pilgrimage Journal Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] 16 May - 2 June 2002 * * * * * Day 1: 16 May 2002 / Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line . . . [ more ] Day 2: 17 May 2002 /... Destinations: Nepal \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| Kathmandu Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Religion
Tibet's Horse Racing Festival Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] * * * TSARA TOWNSHIP, Tibet, Aug 8, 2005 - The muffled thud of hooves on thick grass provided an echo of Tibet's distant warrior past. For a few hours, as the people of Tsara on Sunday gathered for... Destinations: Lhasa \| Tibet Topics: Festivals
'Seven Years in Tibet' Recipes & Photos Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] MoMo Dumplings Dough: 2 c All-purpose flour 3/4 c Hot water Combine hot water and flour. Mix with fork until dough forms a ball. Knead dough until it is soft and elastic. Wrap in plastic and chill in... Destinations: Lhasa \| Tibet Topics: Food

Cycling across the Himalayas

Colin 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...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Thimphu | Himalayas | Tibet | Bhutan
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Sports

Film review: Seven Years in Tibet

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911]

Based on a true story, the 1997 Jean-Jacques Annaud film stars Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who, during an attempt to scale the Himalayan peak Nanga Parabat, is interned...

Destinations: Lhasa | Tibet
Topics: Culture | People | Literature | Religion | Performing Arts | 20th Century History | Art

Pico Polo

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly...