Tibet photos published on www.ricoh.com Feb user report
Four new photos have been selected for Ricoh’s February user report and I have been lucky enough to have two of my photos among them – YAY! Mine are under ‘mushypea’ and ‘dave turner’.
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Four new photos have been selected for Ricoh’s February user report and I have been [...]
Tibet: A buddhist trilogy
The 28th Feb saw the end of a special two week showing of the digitally remastered classic, Tibet: A buddhist trilogy.
Shot in Northern India in the 70’s before his HH the Dalai Lama was well known on the global stage. Incredible close up and personal footage of Tibetan culture well preserved forever, but I [...]
Ordered “The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet’s Lost Paradise”
A friend I met in Kathmandu put me on to this amazing book.
“The Heart of the World recounts an extraordinary journey into one of the most inaccessible places on earth, and a pilgrimage to the heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of beyul, or mystical sanctuaries, lies at the eastern edge [...]
“Hello, hello, money, money”
You know you’re getting near to a border town when the kids start holding out their hands for cash.
My goodness what a week! I left Lhatse (last Monday) at 5.30am and said goodbye to my new Italian friends ans started the long bike ride up to the 5250m pass of Gyatso La to the west. [...]
Dog chases & wrap around tents
Today I had a dog chase me at 43km/hr – he was a prized Tibetan Mastif with foam at his mouth and ma-hoosive teeth! Well, at least that’s the memory I have :o)
Last night I wanted to sit on the side of the road with my tent wrapped round me like a blanket and [...]
Leaving Lhasa
G’day folks!
I am in Lhatse at the moment, grabbing some R&R before climbing to
Lhakpa La (5200m) tomorrow and then descending to Shekar in the evening.
I rode 150km from Shigatse yesterday and arrived in Lhatse at 11pm in
the drk, wind and rain – I felt like I was no my last legs as at this
altitude 150km [...]
