 | Close encounter of a hairy kind
2008-08-22, Dharamsala, India. By: Kathryn | | Hi all,
I realise it's been a while since I last posted on here but the work i've been doing has been keeping me in the office til 6 or 7 at night and then eating out with friends seems to take up ... |
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 | The Dalai Lama and protests ahead of the Olympics
2008-08-07, Dharamsala, India. By: Kathryn | | Hi all,
First thing to report is that i'm feeling so much better now - pretty much fully recovered from being ill last week. It's good timing because this week has been really busy.
The Dalai L... |
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| Tso Pema, Mandi and a pretty nasty illness!
2008-07-31, Dharamsala, India. By: Kathryn | | Hi all,
I did start writing an update last Monday but the internet connection cut out at the office so i couldn't upload it. That night i became really ill and after 6hrs at the hospital the next d... |
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| Films, mice and a trip to the doctor
2008-07-18, Dharamsala, India. By: Kathryn | | Hi all,
It's been a while since I last wrote but that's because i've been really busy with my voluntary work and have had the usual problems with internet access etc. - apologies in advance for th... |
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| Gyuto Monastery and the Dalai Lama's birthday!
2008-07-06, Dharamsala, India. By: Kathryn | | Hi all,
I'm going to make this quick because it's finally stopped raining and the sun has come out so i want to make the most of it! I went to the Gyuto Monastery yesterday with 2 of the women I wo... |
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| McLeod Ganj - my new home!
2008-07-01, Dharamsala, India. By: Kathryn | | Hi all,
So there's a bit of an update re: my plans to travel and volunteer in India. Basically i've got the opportunity to do some really exciting voluntary work with an NGO right here in Dharamsal... |
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 | Shimla and Dharamsala (McLeod Ganj)
2008-06-23, Dharamsala, India. By: Kathryn | | Hi all,
It seems like ages since I last wrote an update, but i've been having real problems accessing this website for some reason. I've been in Dharamsala (in Himachal Pradesh) for the last few da... |
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 | Warming Up
2007-05-23, Dharamsala, India. By: sabtravels | | Today we decided to indulge in a ‘warm up’ trek before our upcoming trek into the Himalayas.
Triund is a popular hike from McLeod, at about 9kms of route, it was pitched at easy to moderate in te... |
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| Lounging around in Mcleod
2007-05-22, Dharamsala, India. By: sabtravels | | The original plan was to spend the next two days in Dalhousie, Chamba Valley and carry on to Manali to meet up with the rest of the group for the hike into the Himalayas.
But by now, we were real ... |
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| While at McLeodganj..
2007-05-19, Dharamsala, India. By: sabtravels | | After a leisurely start to the day and some yummy breakfast at a nearby French Café, we head out to explore McLeod. First stop : Forsythganj about 2 or 3 kms away from McLeod. The main attraction he... |
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| Bangalore to McLeodganj
2007-05-17, Dharamsala, India. By: sabtravels | | Having signed up for a hike into the Western Himalayas, with a bunch of people I had never met, I decided to take some extra time off and explore Himachal Pradesh on my own before the hike began. One ... |
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 | Little Lhasa
2007-05-18, Dharamsala, India. By: mashman | | Leaving Srinagar, I was quickly transported back to the chaos that is India. My Kashmiri friends had intially told me that Dharamsala was an easy 10hr bus ride away before changing their minds and te... |
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 | In the land of Tibetans
2007-01-08, Dharamsala, India. By: sbfeley | | I have, now, a traveling companion and it is SO nice. Mich and I met at the airport, as planned... it was bizarre as to how well it actually worked. Ravi (I thought his name was Robbie, but with the... |
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 | My sister is having a baby!
2005-10-26, Dharamsala, India. By: jimeroni | | I'm still in Dharamsala at the moment. I'll be heading to Delhi tomorrow evening and moving on to the Grand Daddy of tourist traps Agra where the Taj Mahal is. I plan on doing some very tourist thi... |
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| Where am I, and what am I doing here?
2005-10-10, Dharamsala, India. By: jimeroni | | Today I had a very diverse experience sitting in an Indian restaurant which is owned by a Nepali man eating very good pizza with a 66 year old woman from Germany. Hail stones the size of quarters fe... |
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 | India Again
2005-07-14, Dharamsala, India. By: gabrielle2 | | India…. What can I say. This country is a riot of colours, smells, tastes, and textures that you step in and squash between your toes. My time in Calcutta was mainly spent in three different Mother... |
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 | India Update 1
2005-07-17, Dharamsala, India. By: sloughj1 | | Greetings everyone,
Since, you have not heard from me in a while I thought I would just start with where I am at now in the trip. I can recap later. Currently, I am in Dharamshala, India. A beau... |
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 | Nearing Nirvana
2005-06-14, Dharamsala, India. By: S0ck3t | | Well, I did get ripped off on my first day in India, but at least I fully expected it. I very carefully took a bus to my chosen hostel (2am in the morning). There was a man outside who said"sorry it's... |
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 | three sikhs and a herd of sheep
2003-05-17, Dharamsala, India. By: lomotravel | | After acquiring some sleeping pills and having a final meal at shagri-la, and saying our goodbyes to mika, cyril, biju and baba we boarded another hell bus that would take us almost to manikaran, deep... |
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| riding cows, drunk finns, punch ups and momos
2003-05-16, Dharamsala, India. By: lomotravel | | Twelve days in mckleod….twelve days? I expected to spend perhaps three….but time flew….as they say….when you are having fun…it certainly does. One night, completely out of the blue, I sat on the stree... |
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| dawn and dusk
2003-05-05, Dharamsala, India. By: lomotravel | | The bus pulls in early in the morning…after a ride of hell and humour. The bus station is deserted, there is no-one about except one sleeping taxi driver. We coax him into taking us up to mckleod ganj... |
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