http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/beereni/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from beereni en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:37:30 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:37:30 +0000 Have you ever heard about d'roof of d'world where d'sky is so close that felt like you could touch it... if you felt that way surely you're in tibet. The sun is so close to you that you can feel it on your skin and stamped obviously on your cheek like a 'blueberry blush on' painted by your professional 'make up artist'. d'parade of innocent smiles that naturally grow on this land of deserts http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/blog-425294.html Started from Lukla... after 1 day rush preparing my permit buying some mountain gears arranging my tibet visa and finally bought my Yeti Air ticket to Lukla... leaving Kathmandu next day early in the morning I finally arrived in Lukla after 1520 min flying. It felt so good to smell the fresh air of d'mountain again... and d'cold wind was quite a big change after d'hot Kathmandu. Arou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Himalayas/blog-413652.html After having some problems with my flight Biman Bangladesh Air that supposed to fly me to Dhaka'n'Kathmandu and suddenly they cancelled my flight this airline is quite unreliable in terms of schedule they can change schedule as they wish and in my case they just decided to stop the route from BangkokDhakaKathmandu while actually I have already paid for the ticket and they didn't even bothe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-413622.html I found myself back in Thailand but where to go this time It's a tough decision considering so many options available on my 'things to do list' while in Thailand. Depending on how many days you'd like to spend there you do have a broad choices on where to go and where to stay. And all places in Thailand have it's own charm at least I can guarantee that Thai people is one of d'kindes http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ayuthaya/blog-413533.html It's just today that suddenly I feel like going back to Nepal to do Everest Base Camp and other side trek like Kalapathar Chola Pass and may be Island Peak Summit.I only have lesser than 2 weeks preparation and now I'm trying to schedule it for beginning May arrival in Kathmandu and start right away from Lukla. I would be very lucky if I can hook up with travel buddies along the way that http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Himalayas/blog-390967.html That was quite a few months ago I happened to witness the rare occassion which is the cremation of Ubud's King in Bali. I just have a chance to write a little about it now and upload a few pictures.I enjoyed so much this gala ceremony although I didnt understand that much the meaning of each step of the ceremonies. The Ubud people have been doing lots of rituals for months for the preparation o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Ubud/blog-371185.html May 14thhellip Manang Yak Kharka LetdarWe woke up in the morning back in Manang feeling content with our nice room clean blanket and attached toilethellip How could we be happier Smelling the nice coffee and bakery being baked when you just opened your eyeshellip Yes you could absolutely smell it It made up my dayhellip made my spirit high thinking that my breakfast wou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Thorung-Pedi/blog-311520.html TILICHO LAKEMay 9th hellip Manang Khangsar I'm getting really excited dreaming of Tilicho Lake already. I don't know why but this place seems to be so important for me to visit as the highest lake in this region Tilicho is not the highest lake in the world i just found after the trek there is the highest one in Tibet actually above 6000m.So by leaving Manang after lunch time heading to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/blog-303439.html I arrived in Pokhara by Greenline bus around 3pm in the afternoon catched a cab to Shangrila right away and relaxed a bit. I took a cab to the lake side for sunset and had dinner there. The next morning i went to peace pagoda tibetan refugee and devi's fall and back at shangrila around 12pm. Dipu my trekking companion already wait for me in the lobby. We got to know each other and talk http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/blog-286820.html Okay so I arrived on Friday 25th in Kathmandu around 3.50pm leaving Bangkok at 13.55pm. Flew with Royal Nepal Airline. Had a long queue to process the visa on arrival... you need to prepare 2 passport photos to do this. Local staffs looked at me and asked me to move to Nepali passport control line they must have thought I were Nepali now. This is what happened with my adaptable face http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-282719.html BANGKOK 23 25 MAY 2005Bangkok The Budharsquos CitySo where to start Okayhellip I almost miss my flight to Jkt since I thought my flight is at 2.30 pm while itrsquos actually at 1.50 pm but got lucky as usual. Itrsquos boring having to fly to Jkt just because I canrsquot find direct flight from Bali to Bangkok. Well Jkt is hot dusty and pollutedhellip so I felt really http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-270552.html Have you ever heard of Nyepi the Silence Day in Bali It's the only island in the world I guessed where the people and local authority decided to 'SILENCE' the whole island which means no work no traffic no light no fire and no nothing... but silenceThis Nyepi Day is celebrated as the Balinese New Year that has different Calendar as Western one. It's just like celebrating Chinese Ne http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/blog-259066.html It's been quite boring in the office today... I decided to write and do research a little bit about my next trip to Nepal where I'm gonna do my first trekking adventure to the himalayas region... Thorung la... I'm comiiiiiiiingBeen checking a few information from some websites and blog bout this Annapurna circuit can't wait to be there. I booked my ticket ALREADY I'm gonna be in kat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/blog-248164.html I just came back from Flores and it was one of the best place on earth where you can see lake mountain and sea scenery from one stand point if you understand what i mean. I started from Labuan Bajo then Seraya island about 30 min1 hour boat ride from Labuan Bajo then moved to Bajawa via Ruteng found a megalithic village in Bena with its hotspring nearby... nice people... then http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/blog-246456.html