Destination: India

The Mountain Man Goes Under

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 | By ruthandklas | Views [447] | Comments [1]

We arrived in beautiful Leh, in Kashmir, in the Indian Himalayas which sits at an altitude of 3600m - one of the highest inhabited towns in the world. We spent the first few days resting to acclimatize which we'd anticipated but then both feeling ... Read more >

Photos: The Dalai Lama's teachings - a few drawings

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 | By flyingpiglet | Photo Gallery

Tags: dalai lama, dharamshala, drawings, teachings

The Dalai Lama's teachings, Dharamshala, August 2013

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 | By flyingpiglet | Views [2551] | Comments [1]

The Dalai Lama has just returned from a month’s meditation retreat in Ladakh. I must say, it was good to think of him there, having the time to do some quiet meditation after a fairly hectic few months of foreign travel which even took him to Australia ... Read more >

Tags: dalai lama, dharamsala, dharamshala, teachings, tibet, tibetans

First day in Delhi, India

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 | By kpmendez85 | Views [254]

It's 5:24 am and I've arrived in the heart of Delhi, India. Its my first time here, so far so good. The airport is brand new, looks like its been recently renovated. I was not questioned at all in immigration, stamped quickly, took my backpack and exchanged ... Read more >

Photos: Delhi & The Taj Mahal

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 | By ruthandklas | Photo Gallery

Trip to The Taj Mahal

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 | By ruthandklas | Views [528] | Comments [3]

SO relieved to finally leave Delhi! Feels like we've been smoking 40 a day!  The trip to Agra took 3 hours after spending 5 hours booking tickets on the worlds most bureaucratic system ever, it required photocopies of our passports, visas etc.... Read more >

The Journey Begins!

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 | By ruthandklas | Views [344] | Comments [3]

Delhi is bonkers! First night out Ruth gets a bucket of curry water thrown over her from an upstairs window (at least we hope it was curry water), her white t-shirt (one of the 3) is now a yellow-ish colour - nice! 5 laned motorway becomes 8 laned because ... Read more >

On Thin Ice: How I Saved My Sherpa

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [5236] | Comments [1]

A high pitched scream echoed down the canyon walls – something was wrong. I ran around a bend in the river and could see that Tsering had slipped into the near-frozen water. I watched as he desperately clawed at an ice shelf with his fingernails ... Read more >

Tags: connect locally, himalayan treks, india, off the beaten path treks, terrifying travel tales, travel, trekking

Photos: Tim

Fri, 9 Aug 2013 | By tjrossi | Photo Gallery

"Hello World !\n"

Fri, 9 Aug 2013 | By thomaswilden | Views [278]

The first contact can be made here: http://maskdances.blogspot.com and here: http://serendipity-at-work.blogspot.com  

Tags: setting up the social media platforms

Photos: Tibetan carpet weavers, McLeod Ganj

Mon, 5 Aug 2013 | By flyingpiglet | Photo Gallery

Tags: tibetan carpet; dharamsala; dharamshala: tibet

Tibetan carpet weavers, McLeod Ganj

Mon, 5 Aug 2013 | By flyingpiglet | Views [2996]

The other day I visited the carpet workshop in McLeod Ganj. When you walk into the big airy workroom, your attention is first drawn to the gorgeous carpets hanging on the display wall. The colours are rich and varied, and the carpets have a beautifully ... Read more >

Tags: mcleod ganj; dharamsala; tibet, tibetan; carpet

In search of wildlife in South India

Mon, 5 Aug 2013 | By sparklenshines | Views [627]

Roads winding down and up, twisting and turning through hills and jungles. A steady buzzing grows in your head - as if to keep company with the chirping of birds - magnified by the silence around you, You look through the trees, half afraid of the jungle ... Read more >

Tags: bangalore, drive, india, leopard, ooty, panther, resort, royal bengal tiger, travel, wildlife sanctuary

To McLeod Ganj in a taxi; monsoon mist and a monkey

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 | By flyingpiglet | Views [1905] | Comments [1]

Well, I’m back in McLeod Ganj (Dharamshala) for a third time teaching at Tibet Charity. This time I decided to splash out and take a taxi from Delhi, because the bus travels overnight and I was interested to see the scenery. It’s also a ... Read more >

Tags: mcleod ganj; dharamsala: dharamshala: monkey; mon

Photos: India

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 | By justinecutler | Photo Gallery