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September 10, 2010, 10:21 pm
 Cloudy 29°Creal feel: 39°C
current pressure: 1007 mb
humidity: 85%
wind speed: 0 m/s SW
sunrise: 5:04
sunset: 17:29
Forecast September 10, 2010
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Partly sunny with showers 34°C 
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Spiti Photo Highlights are HERE All of the Spiti Photos are HERE
Tabo Tabo (3050m) is the oldest continuously functioning Buddhist temple in India. Built in 996 AD it is also apparently the second most important gompa(Tibetan Buddhist temple) in all of the Himalayas. Being in Spiti proper, the area around Tabo is extremely dry. The [...] Kinnaur Photo Highlights are HERE All Kinnaur Photos are HERE
We’re catching up! This report is only about 6 weeks behind… Since our last trip to India we had wanted to visit the remote Himalayan region of Spiti. The region is one of the most isolated and sparsely population places on the planet. It forms part [...] Photo Highlights are here If you want to see all of the PHOTOS click here Apologies for the delay in getting these blog entries out. I entirely blame outside forces, in the following order: Lack of electricity, lack of Internet, a blown power supply (too much electricity I guess) and finally mould in the keyboard of my laptop. That [...] Tamil Nadu Photos are HERE After the blast furnace heat of Dubai we flew to Chennai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu where we encountered heat of the “bathroom door closed with the shower on full-blast” type of tropical heat. Oh my god, it was hot. The temperature only read 38C or so, but [...] Dubai Photos Are HERE After Iran we had originally thought of making our way to India via Pakistan, overland. I had been chatting a lot about the country with the Pakistani guys that run the shop down the road from our flat in London, and even bought the Pakistan guidebook a few months ago. [...] When we mentioned to people back home that we were going to visit the middle east we got a lot of raised eyebrows. Many people couldn’t understand why we would want to come here, because it was violent, full of religious fanatics, woman haters, terrorists, etc, etc. We were told over and over that if [...] On Saturday we leave for the Camino de Santiago, starting in St Jean Pied de Port in France and ending up in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. There are different ways to Santiago, but this particular route is called the Camino Frances, for obvious reasons. The Camino de Santiago translates into the Way of St James and [...] The Big Trip II To see the old map click HERE PHOTOS If you type “fave” into the search box on that page you will get the ones I like best. About a month ago we satisfied our cravings for uncomfortable beds, killer taxi rides, heavy backpacks and smoggy air by heading off to Egypt for a couple of weeks. We had been thinking about this trip for [...] I suppose I should tell you a little bit about our big return to London. Actually, let me start by recounting our exit from India. As you know, Michaela spent a few weeks in Austria, and I in Canada before we reunited in London. As Michaela isn’t writing this, I you’ll have to make due [...] |
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