Category: Travel
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Bhutan trekking day 2
To bed at 8 pm, so I wake up at 5 am with the sun just coming over the mountain ridge. The night was restful in the tent, or was it the exhaustion, but at times I struggled a bit with the thin air. Our porters are already active and prepare breakfast. Since it is […]
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Bhutan 2
The arrival While this landing in Paro is spectacular and can only be mastered in good weather,Low clouds, the conditions with fog and rain often disrupt flight schedules, which is something we have later to consider before our flight back. But for now we have arrived. Almost immediately one can feel the thinner mountain air. […]
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Timphu Festival
Thimpu Tshechu is a public holiday in Thimpu, Bhutan on the 10th day of the 8th month of the Bhutanese lunar calendar. Tshechu are annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district of Bhutan on the 10th day of a lunar month. The tshechu for Bhutan’s capital, Thimpu is an important three-day festival. So far […]
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The long road
The South Island of New Zealand is an amazing place. If you travel west to east, you experience a cross section of Europe over just a short distance. From the wild Tasman sea coast, which can look like the mediterranen or the storm battered North Sea, over the high alps, which can resamble the highest […]