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Piecing together trekking gear to start Nepal's Annapurna Circuit trek tomorrow. Pray for good weather for the next two weeks.
| Piecing together trekking gear to start Nepal's Annapurna Circuit trek tomorrow. Pray for good weather for the next two weeks. |
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| Will someone please donate a few $100M to Nepal so they can resurface the road from the Indian border to Pokhara trekking center?? L:Pokhara |
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| Took coal-belching steam "toy" train from Darjeeling to Siliguri through sea of trucks filled with Gorkhaland fans. |
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| Excellent last supper in Darjeeling: paneer tikka & gobi muttar.Toy train tomorrow, probably through Gorkhaland independence demonstrations. |
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| Watching the news on Burma with a sad heart. Thinking of all the warm people we met there in January and hoping they are OK. |
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| Reminiscing about last supper in Sikkim: good company, Indian food, pleasant dining room & death metal playing on the stereo. L:Darjeeling |
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| Hopping on jeep from Gangtok, Sikkim to the tea plantations of Darjeeling. Hoping for clear skies & looking forward to tea tastings. |
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| Trekking in Western Sikkim (India, between Bhutan & Nepal). Crisp views of Mt. Khangchendzonga at 5AM. Audrey survives 1st leech encounter. |
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| 2 days visiting villages near Siliguri - inspired by empowered women microcredit groups and saddened by stories of missing family members. |
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| Heading to villages near Darjeeling to profile an organization helping families recover children unwittingly sold into slavery. L:Siliguri |
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| Strike over: cars honking again with reckless abandonment. Leaving Kolkata for the hills of Darjeeling and Sikkim (Northeastern India). |
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| Strike against inflation today in Kolkata. Kids take over empty streets with games of street cricket. Dan gets a cricket lesson or two. |
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| Getting into IPL cricket craze in Kolkata. Hard to discern between cricket team and Bollywood film ads...entertainment & sports very close |
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| Sweating, eating amazing food, taking refuge in English language bookstore, taking metro, chatting at Victoria Monument. This is Calcutta. |
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| L:22.340,88.220 |
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| Monkeys took over platform 4 at Varanasi junction. Was so hot - 42C 108F -we successfully fried eggs on our forearms. Kolkata is chilly 100F |
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| Early morning boat trip to see morning puja (prayers) along Ma Ganga (Ganges river). Leaving steamy Varanasi for Kolkata (Calcutta). |
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| On rowboat enjoying Mother Ganga (Ganges) twilight. Boats full of holy men & cremated remains on one side, riverside palaces on the other. |
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| Recalling the incredible hospitality in Chandigarh. Currently dodging cows and drawing breaths of cremation ash at Varanasi's burning ghats. |
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