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Travel Blogs from Dharamsala (Mcleod Ganj), India
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Trekking up a very large mound of earth
This is a top pick! Oooooouuuucch!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rich and I have extremely saw legs, blisters all over our feet and we're walking like 2 old and decrepid pensioners after our trek yesterday! Because I wasn't up for doing any serious mountain climbing or full-on trekking due ...
A Little Bit of Tibet in India
This is a top pick! ... to put most of us Westerners to shame, and an inspiring spirit of hope and determination. The town of McLeod Ganj is also known as Upper Dharamsala, and together with the bigger city of Dharamsala south down the mountain a couple of km's and some ...
The Meditation Centre
Pictures of my arrival in McLeod Ganj and then of Tushita Meditation Centre. It was the best thing I did in India. It was ten days (+1) of Buddhist philosophy, meditation guidance, reflection. The hill itself is said to be holy, as several important ...
Himachal Pradesh
Wow, what a place!! We arrived here in Dharamsala on Monday 26th after a morning of Indian public transport - a surprisingly efficient train and 2 bus services got us here at 4pm. We had a few interesting moments on the train - one guy called his ...
A Magnificent Himalayan Farewell (K)
... of this world, that it will be enough? We came to the Himalayas by way of Dharamsala (Mcleod Ganj), the home of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Our day hikes to the small ...
The Indian Driving Test
... , after several people getting on then off the jeep, the driver going round the block then someone else getting back in..."it's India" is the only explanation I can give you, it's a phrase I hear a lot of from Westerners trying to explain the ...
Tibet in Indien
... sich zu solchen Jubilaen etwas goennen, aber wir hatten wieder einmal eine kleine Reise vor uns, diesmal genau nach Westen, nach McLeod Ganj. Dieses Dorf oberhalb von Dharamshala waere wohl den wenigsten ein Begriff, wuerde hier nicht der 14. Dalai ...
Back to Tibet........almost
Namaste, It was a full day on buses from Amritsar to McLeod Ganj via Pathankot (4 hours) and Dharamsala (3 hours) before a final half-hour journey to McLeod Ganj. We don't particularly enjoy bus rides in India and this one confirmed ...
Home of the 14th Dalai Lama
... again, so did Mr. Ali. We ignored our paranoia and went out for a first good look of the upper Dharamsala in daylight which is called Mcleod Ganj. This s where the Tibetan government in excile operates and the 14th Dalai Lama resides. This a place where ...
Dharamsala / McLeod Ganj - Himachal Pradesh
... car trip!), but it is lush, green and cleaner here. Our hotel is unfortunately a 14km drive from the town centre of McLeod Ganj, the true gem of this place. Filled with monks walking the streets and foreign tourists that seem to be chilling out here for ...
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