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Philippines

Juri Waroschanov — Wed, 18 Aug 10 00:00:00 +0000

One night with bus to Istanbul. Flight to Bahrain. Transit queue after a whole aircraft of Bengali and another shorter night on our way to Manila. In the last years I forgot airplanes can sometimes land during the day, so the 30 hour weariness soon evaporated under the sun light. 10:30 in the morning is a perfect time to look for a hotel. We took a jeepney and it drove us for half an hour in a 4 km distance from the airport.

Ethiopia

Juri Waroschanov — Mon, 16 Aug 10 00:00:00 +0000

Man is a man when on the road, and somewhere in Ethiopia I turned my third human year and started the fourth. With no cake but very little ice cream we celebrate Teddy's “first steps”, and the country was an ideal place to unleash a whole arsenal of skills and instincts, picked up and practiced on the dusty roads. There was almost no preparation, and in addition to the very precise topographic maps from 1979 we had flight tickets, broken piggy bank and 3-month multiple entry visa.

Egypt

Juri Waroschanov — Fri, 13 Aug 10 00:00:00 +0000

It is my principle not to travel on organized trips. But in Egypt, for the first time I traveled absolutely unorganized. I did not take neither a book, nor a travel guide. I wrote on a piece of paper the things I wished to see. I remembered that the Pyramids were located just next to Cairo, and Abu Simbel temples or Luxor were also in Egypt.

Yemen

Juri Waroschanov — Thu, 31 Dec 09 00:00:00 +0000

November - December 20095 December, Sana’a. Coming out of the hotel I am passing for the last time alongside the military barrier in the labyrinth of narrow streets at the market around Midan At-Tahrir.

Kyrgyzstan

Juri Waroschanov — Mon, 31 Aug 09 00:00:00 +0000

I do not remember when this idea was born. I looked up the catalogue (terrible word in the context of nature) and the search engine spat out three summits few kilometers east of Lenin peak (7134 m) - slightly lower and completely deserted. The area was described by the last expedition, which wandered there about 5 years ago. Three Czechs tried to descend on ski from Kyzylagyn peak (6684 m), but went up to about 5000 m.

Iran-Pakistan

Fri, 27 Feb 09 00:00:00 +0000

I asked a Shiite in Peshawar if they still have problems with the Sunnis, and he said - "We don't kill each other anymore because now there is a dialog between us," but perhaps by a habit part of the dialogue

Lahore

Thu, 19 Feb 09 00:00:00 +0000

Today I arrived in Lahore – it’s almost on the Indian border, where I was 3 ago on my trip west of Indonesia. The border there is a daily ceremony for uniting the two countries (India and Pakistan), and

Multan

Wed, 04 Feb 09 00:00:00 +0000

Crisis in Pakistan seems to be going deeper. In addition to the country facing bankruptcy and the rupee falling every day, there is electricity regime - 12 h in the cities and only 4-5 h in rural areas.

Gilgit

Sat, 24 Jan 09 00:00:00 +0000

Gilgit became one of my many homes.

Tarishing

Thu, 15 Jan 09 00:00:00 +0000

I reached just below the south wall of Nanga Parbat rising 4000 m high and then the police wanted me to hire a guide, so only contemplated the view from the village.

Chitral

Mon, 20 Oct 08 00:00:00 +0000

Today’s attraction was an old man with blue eyes and boy with a blond hair. I had not seen such a wonder in about 2 months (I haven’t seen even myself in the mirror for about a week) so I was strongly

Aliabad

Wed, 08 Oct 08 00:00:00 +0000

In Aliabad under the slopes of peak Rakaposhi (7800 m) I was nearly swept by the anger of another cheerful Friday anti-American-Israeli demonstration.

Pasu

Thu, 25 Sep 08 00:00:00 +0000

I had a Pashtun party to celebrate the anniversary 2x20 - no gifts or alcohol (although alcohol can be found in Gilgit), where are meeting the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and the Himalayas. The place is like

Islamabad

Sun, 21 Sep 08 00:00:00 +0000

It’s Sunday. I go for a lazy afternoon walk to Islamabad. The minibus leaves me square in square F-6/4, and many of the houses around are partially covered with sheets or clothes. I am approach square

Quetta

Tue, 16 Sep 08 00:00:00 +0000

Quetta is a pleasant town surrounded by mountains and inhabited by a strange mixture of calm Pashtuns and Baluchis. Two Baluchis in flip flops can stop half high-tech division in the passages to the city

Taftan

Sun, 14 Sep 08 00:00:00 +0000

After a day riding various vehicles I crossed without a problem the no man's land between the Iranian border and Quetta. The landscape is desert and the territory south of the road is normally closed to

Bam

Sat, 13 Sep 08 00:00:00 +0000

Several years after the earthquake of December 26, 2003 the city still is literally "on crutches". The old walls in the town center are supported by thick wooden pillars, and most of the territory was

Shiraz

Wed, 10 Sep 08 00:00:00 +0000

Shiraz is very authentic and preserved town, we glut ourselves with the same name grape variety, but couldn’t find the wine. We slip into an Islamic shrine - the mausoleum of Shah Cherak and everything

Esfahan

Mon, 01 Sep 08 00:00:00 +0000

Esfahan is perhaps the most beautiful city till now - nothing to do with dirt and madness of Tehran, only gardens, fountains, parks and wide and shady boulevards. One of the most beautiful mosques in Iran

Tehran

Mon, 25 Aug 08 00:00:00 +0000

After several days in Tehran I can only say cities in super heavy category (> 15 million) are hard to go about... but for half a Euro you can ride the bus 35 times or the subway 5 times. In Tehran there

Abbas Abad

Thu, 21 Aug 08 00:00:00 +0000

As strange as it sounds my first impression of Iran is that of a huge campsite. Tents can be seen everywhere in the cities, beaches and parks, and because we didn’t have one we slept for a few days in

Colombia

Juri Waroschanov — Fri, 29 Feb 08 00:00:00 +0000

VolcaniadeJanuary – February 2008In the first days of 2008, a note1 appeared on my site. It said that the Llaima Volcano in Chile had erupted. Arriving in Colombia several days later, it became clear,

India

Juri Waroschanov — Fri, 30 Sep 05 00:00:00 +0000

Finally, I have reached the endless ocean, called India. But first, as an introduction to India, I am going to share my impression from the Himalayas. Here, you are not going to find anything about Hinduism, magicians, saris, elephants, the Gang River, or anything else, that is typical for the plains. That is because the mountain peoples around the Globe are rather a common group of people, than a part of any other.

China

Juri Waroschanov — Sat, 30 Sep 00 00:00:00 +0000

August – September 2000Beijing. For most foreigners Beijing is the city of Tiananmen Square and the MAOsoleum, the city of the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, of the summer residence and other

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Venue: Trishuli, Dhading
Organizer: Nepal Association Rafting Agents ( NARA)

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India Nepal Crafts Festival

Venue: Nepal Academy, Kamaladi
Organized by South Asia Foundation in association with: Embassy of India in Kathmandu, Government of GOA, B.P. Koirala India Nepal Foundation, GHRSSIDC and Promoted by NTB

Tamang Mahotsav 2070

Venue: Tundikhel, Kathmandu
Organizer: Nepal National Tamang Ghedung, Kathmandu

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Venue: Solukhumbu
Start point: Everest Base Camp ( 17,598 ft.)
Finish point: Namche bazar ( 11,306 ft.)
Organizer: Himalayan Expiditions

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Venue: Namche, Solukhumbu
Organizer: Namche Festival 2012 Main Organizing Committee

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Nepal celebrates World Environment Day each year by tourism entrepreneurs, government organizations, conservationists, students, media persons and local communities organizing programs like river cleaning, tree plantation, cleaning of debris in the mountain area etc.

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In the Himalayan land of Nepal, Paru Hang, and Sumnima were the ancestors of kirats from the ancient times. The period between 900 BC and 300 AD is known as Kirat era in the history of Nepal. There were 29 kings who ruled the country for about 1225 years. Present day Rais and Limbus are the descendants of the kirats.

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The 5th International Sagarmatha Day is going to be celebrated on May 29 as every year. The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation and private sector are organizing various programs to mark the day of the first ascent to the world’s tallest mountain.

Buddha Jayanti

Buddha Jayanti is the special occasion for both Hindus and Buddhists and all those who believe in Buddism. People celebrate this day as the day of the Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. Lord Buddha’s birthplace-Lumbini Grove-is in the Terai region of Nepal is crowded with the people of Nepal as well as Buddhism follower’s from around the world.

The Teechi

The Teechi festival dances are all organized by the Choedhe Monastery, which is that of the Sakya sect of Lo Manthang. The monastery abbot is Khempo Tasi Tenzing Rimpoche. Altogether about 65 monks from Lo Manthang, Nhenyul and Chhosyer live in the monastery.

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