Blogs from Asia - page 14775

Seit nunmehr 4 Wochen reise ich zusammen mit Kanada-Michael (siehe Foto). Wenn wir Leute treffen ist es immer das gleiche: alle freuen sich, dass sie sich statt zwei Namen für zwei Leute nur einen Namen zu merken brauchen. Uns auseinaderzuhalten wäre alledings für alle leichter, wenn wir auch zwei Namen hätten. Kanada-Michael hat jedenfalls heute früh beschlossen, auf Don Det, einer der 4.000 Islands eine Wanderung zu dem Wasserfall zu machen, den ich gestern mit den anderen Leuten per Fahrrad besucht habe. Der Wasserfall liegt nahe der Grenze von Laos zu Kambodscha und ist selbst in der Trockenzeit ein Highligt, denn immerhin stürzt der Mekong hier circa 10 Meter in die Tiefe und rauscht dabei ohrenbetäubend laut. Früh um 9 Uhr geht Kanda-Michael los. Als er kurz vor Sonnenuntergang sonnenverbrannt und rot wie eine Tomate zurückkommt, ... read more

mountains. he he he he he he. I think today is a wonderful day. i saw one of the most beautiful things i have ever seen-----the himilayas. i always knew that they would be big, but i don't think that there is any conceivable way to understand their enormity until you see them from an airplane (and it wasn't a small one---thank heavens!). We flew out of Chengdu at 7:30 this morning. It was nice to see Chengdu from the air also, since we flew in at night last time. It's a huge, sprawling tumor. Anyway, outside of Chengdu, the land turns green with patches of farm and after about 10 minutes on the plane, you begin to see, looming mysteriously in the distance the MIGHTY Himilayas. As we soared over the first wall we hit ... read more

Can't believe...just lost the whole entry...with a view that it was probably too long anyway, here's the brief version. Went to Varkala to hang out on the beach for a few days...met some people who had been to Sri Sivananda's Yoga ashram and knew a lady I had met at Amma's who had also recommended I go. With the decision to go made...I finally gave in and bought some fisherman pants to do me Yoga in. bumped into the couple from Hull again, got a lift from a british guy on the back of his enfield to the train station, wicked journey. Got to Ashram, met some wicked people...the bloke called Vera, was a star, his wife worked at the ashram...he showed me all was not a pure at the ashram as you might have been ... read more

Today turned out to be a busy day. We thought it would be more quiet, but we ended up doing a lot. We got an early start today, and went to the little train station. It took us to Gora, where we caught the cable car. It took us slowly up a steep hill, stopping a few times along the way. At the top we got onto the ropeway (it was a kind of big gondola that could carry 6-8 people). The views were beautiful and we were high up and going higher. We even got to see the top of Mt. Fuji! Though the rest was hidden by clouds. There is one place you pass by that is all barren, and all the sulfurous steam is pouring out from the mountain side. We switched to ... read more

The Mekong Delta, rich in diversity, people, vegitation and oh yes WATER, lots and lots and lots of water. The quote for the trip "man we have crossed so many rivers", by one, Luke Matthews ... like duh!... read more