Video: Shimla to Sarahan (India 2016)
After getting our inner line permits in the morning, we left Shimla (~2200 m) around 1 pm and reached Sarahan (~2300 m) around sunset at 6:30 pm (for more on […]
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India 2016 (part XXXIV): Shimla-Sarahan
Shimla-Sarahan, Himachal Pradesh: During the first half of September I went on a fantastic road trip – from Jaipur all the way into the high Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh. Together […]
China 2015 (part IX): Yushu
Yushu, Qinghai: Since we knew that our bus from Xining would arrive in Yushu in the middle of the night, we had already booked a hotel in advance. Although information […]
China 2015 (part VII): Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake: The morning following our visit to Kumbum Monastery, saw us on the road to Qinghai Lake. The bus journey took around 3 hours one way and led us […]
China 2007 (part VIII): Nam-tso Lake
Nam-tso Lake, Tibet: Because longer excursions outside of Lhasa were too expensive for independent travellers and students such as us, we could only afford a day trip to Nam-tso Lake […]
China 2007 (part VI): Beijing-Lhasa Train
Beijing-Lhasa Train: One of the greatest experiences I ever had was the epic railway journey from Beijing to Lhasa. The train left in the late evening and reached Xian in […]
Yellow-breasted Tit (Cyanistes cyanus flavipectus)
The Yellow-breasted Tit (Cyanistes cyanus flavipectus) is a subspecies of the Azure Tit which is especially common in Central Asia. Outside this area, the small birds are only rare vagrants. […]
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