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Barkot Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Barkot, India
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Day 8 - Into the mountains
... 5km to the nearest electrician. It’s dark and the road is getting worse. Around 9.30 we reach a small village called Barkot (near Yamunotri) where we stay for the night. I’ve got a bad case of headache (most likely altitude sickness), ...
Witch's Hill/Fairy Hill/Burnt Hill/Pari Tibba
Our original plan was to go to Gangotri, the physical start of the Ganges river, and sacred place for Hindus. We decided to go by cab. It would be an 11 hour drive. Thursday night at dinner, after we had arranged for a cab, 4 of the nine people ...
On the Road in the Himalayas to Uttarkashi
... more photos. It's a little far out for this 62 year old Grandma, but not totally out of character either. There are some parts of India that just cry to be seen on a motorbike. So I am not willing to be closed to that as a possibility. (I think the ...
Guter Gott (Kurzgeschichte)
Der schweiss- und staubverkrustete Wanderer, der an jenem schicksalshaften Tag ganz alleine in dem winzigen Bergdorf, dessen Name mir leider entfallen ist, eintrifft und sich nichts sehnlicher als eine warme Mahlzeit und eine Pritsche zum schlafen ...
Rock and Rose Gardens
... I was really impressed with the displays and loved the scenery; there were plenty of waterfall backdrops which seem to be a mark of India. We then went across the road and took a boat ride through the lake. Chandighar is set up for tourism ...
on to holy Hariwar
Jen and I travelled on to Hariwar, the holy pilgrimage town near the source of the Ganges river, holy of holies in Hindu ...
Chardham, Fall 2001
Birds seen - spotted dove scavenger vulture white wagtail rufous backed shrike white crested laughing thrush common rosefinch black drongo red jungle fowl ...
Month at an Ashram
Hello again! I am back to the "outside" world after spending the past month at an ashram near Uttarkashi for a yoga teacher training course. The course was fantastic and so were the students. There were ...
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