Celebrating the Ladakh Festival in Leh, India (09/2018)
We were quite lucky that our return to Leh coincided with the start of the Ladakh Festival. The Ladakh Festival is celebrated over a couple of days with many individual […]
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India 2016 (part XXXVIII): Spiti Valley
Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh: After four long days of driving, we finally reached Kaza, the main town within the Spiti Valley and our base for the following days. While Kaza […]
Video: Tabo to Kaza (India 2016)
For most parts, the Spiti Valley between the villages of Tabo (~3300 m) and Kaza (~3600 m) is wide and majestic. The highlight of this stretch of the journey was […]
India 2016 (part XXXVII): Tabo-Kaza
Tabo-Kaza, Himachal Pradesh: Compared to our thrilling drive to Tabo (~3300 m) on the previous day, the journey to Kaza (~3600 m) was much more relaxed. Before breakfast, we went […]
Video: Nako to Tabo (India 2016)
The road from Nako (~3600 m) to Tabo (~3300 m) in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh is considered to be among the world’s most treacherous. Steep slopes towards the […]
India 2016 (part XXXVI): Nako-Tabo
Nako-Tabo, Himachal Pradesh: On the third day of our road trip through Himachal Pradesh, we had to drive only 65 km to reach the tiny village of Tabo (~3300 m). […]
Hume’s Groundpecker (Pseudopodoces humilis)
A bird of many names, the Hume’s Groundpecker (Pseudopodoces humilis) is or was alternatively called Ground Tit, Tibetan Ground Tit, Hume’s Ground Tit, Tibetan Ground Jay, and Hume’s Ground Jay. […]
China 2015 (part XVI): Leshan
Leshan, Sichuan: On our last day in Sichuan, we took the public bus from Chengdu to Leshan, 130 km towards the south (for a map click here). Visitors from all […]
China 2015 (part XIII): Kangding
Kangding, Sichuan: A short bus ride brought us from Tagong to Kangding, the capital of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (click here for a map). The city is crammed into […]
China 2015 (part XII): Tagong
Tagong, Sichuan: Our next destination after our days in Litang was the tiny village of Tagong (click here for a map). This sleepy, little settlement is quite popular with backpackers […]
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