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Intrepid Season 2005 - China, Tibet, & Nepal (part III)

Brett Voegele
2005-11-19 14:41:04

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Braille Without Borders, Dropenling Handicrafts, and simply wandered the streets. I was also able to meet up with a few friends in the area, so that's always nice.

The rest of the trip in Tibet was pretty uneventful - aside from the numerous flat tires on our landcruisers. In several small villages along the way we were treated to locals working in the fields...cutting/separating the grain, drying the grain, and collecting and storing the hay to be used as animal feed for the winter. It was great to see the operations being done by hand, as they no doubt have been done for thousands of years.

From Lhasa we hit Samye Monastery, Gyantse, Shigatse, and Sakya, before making our way towards Everest/Qomolangma. It was definitely more chilly there than it had been on previous trips. I'm sure the upcoming trip with my dad will be cool as well. Tingri and Zhangmu/Dram completed the Tibet portion of the trip.

In Nepal we were fortunate enough to catch the tail-end of one of the biggest festivals of the year - Dashain. There are numerous animal sacrifices, though we missed most of those. To us, the most prevalent sight indicating there was a festival ongoing were the numerous bamboo swings erected everywhere, with laughing children, and adults, taking turns to see how high they could fly. It was fun.

After our normal two nights at the High View Resort in Dhulikhel, and a great visit to the village of Panauti, we were in Kathmandu for our final night dinner and the end of the trip.

I was able to take a lot of video during the trip, and hope to capture some more during the trip with my dad. I'm hoping that when I head back Stateside for Christmas that I'll be able to incorporate those videos into the site. I also have some other things in mind for the site, so stay tuned....

I'm also hoping to be able to add a few more pictures to the "Gallery" section in the next few days, so check the "What's New" for those.

And with that, another one is finished. I hope all is going well in your part of the world, and I'll catch you from somewhere down the road - most likely after I complete the trip with my dad in December.