In 2000 I made it back to Nepal (click here for my first trip) and much had changed. In ‘95 Durbar Square, the ancient heart of Kathmandu, seemed to be a forgotten (or yet to be discovered?) area of the city, and in the mornings and evenings was virtually deserted, at least by travelers. Freak [...]
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Cirque de Navacelles
Posted in France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, Walking, tagged cirque de navacelles hike, garrigue on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We woke up to sun today, happy that The Weatherman still can’t get it right even in the 21st century. A day of hiding from the elements quickly transformed into this little journey.
I’d been meaning to get up to this area for a long, long time, but until now the dreaded crowds kept me away. [...]
Pic Carlit – 1st Walk in the Pyrenees
Posted in France, Walking, tagged pyrenees, pic carlit on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The title above is not exactly correct now that I think about it – we actually crossed the Pyrenees on our way to Santiago de Compostella way back in 2001. Well, this was our first proper hike in them then. We had been invited by Jean-luc and Danielle, two fellow mountain lovers who are an [...]
St. Guilhem le Desert – A Walk in the Woods
Posted in France, Languedoc, Medieval Stuff, Walking, tagged camino de santiago, hiking, Languedoc, st. guilhem le desert on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tour de France starts in two days, so I promise there will be a return to ‘le velo’ very soon. In the meantime, we have been taking advantage of our new wheels and getting out of the city to do a bit of hiking.
We made a return to St. Guilhem le Desert (see last [...]
Conques
Posted in France, Medieval Stuff, Walking, tagged camino de santiago, chemin de st jacques, conques, massif central, way of st. james on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll have to start a new category I think, since this one is neither cycling nor ’self propelled’. But it is France and beautiful and we did do a little tiny hike…so it goes in the blog.
Last weekend we did a 3-day motorcycle trip north into the Massif Central. This is an area of ancient [...]
Flashback #13 – Camino de Santiago, Spain – 2001
Posted in Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Medieval Stuff, Rest of Europe, Spain, Walking, tagged camino de santiago, pamplona, pelegrino, pigrim, puente la reina, santiago de compostela, st james on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I begin to write this entry I find it more than a little curious that I now live in a town with a pilgrim’s church and refuge, albeit not in Spain and not on the route we walked 8 years ago. There are many roads that lead to Santiago, and we are on just [...]
Flashback #12 – Tiger Leaping Gorge, China – 2000
Posted in Asia / Australia, China, Cycling, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Walking, tagged china, lijiang, michael palin, tiger leaping gorge on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 2000 Shoko and I quit our jobs (not the first time or the last…) to set off on an overland voyage that would take us from Hong Kong to southern India, where our trip was thwarted by a family tragedy (they always have bad timing, don’t they?), and we were sent back to Japan [...]
Flashback #11 – Ladakh, India – 1996
Posted in Asia / Australia, India, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Walking, tagged alchi, hemis monastery, himalaya, india, indus river, ladadh, lamayuru, leh, leh palace, thiksey, tibet on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After Flashback #9 I took the 2-day bus ride over one of the highest roads in the world (the Leh-Manali Highway – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh-Manali_Highway), crossing the Himalya and down into their shadow, near Tibet. In fact, Ladakh is known as ‘little Tibet’, a moniker most likely given to attract tourists, but possibly aptly named (I’ve never [...]
Flashback #10 – Batad, Philippines – 1995
Posted in Asia / Australia, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Philippines, Walking, tagged banaue, batad, hiking, philippines, terraced rice paddies on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before I discovered the wheel I was an avid hiker, and when I first travelled to Asia I brought along my hiking boots and Gore-tex and got into the mountains every chance I could. This little trek was the first one I did.
Batad is an ancient village high in the Cordillera mountains in the northern [...]
Flashback #9 – Malana, India – 1996
Posted in Asia / Australia, India, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Walking, tagged jari, kullu valley, ladadh, leh, malana, manali, manikaran, parvati valley on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another slow week for riding here in southern France, so I’m continuing to find old, scanned photos and put them to work. This entry is another on the ’self-propelled’ theme started with the Annapurna Circuit last month.
In the summer of 1996 I was in India, having spent a year in Australia, trying my damnedest to save enough [...]
