Little Tsering Puntso entering Spitok Gompa's main building

May 11th 2007
Having arrived in Leh on 24th April, it transpired that my most recent e-mail did not reach any of my contacts in Leh. They thought I was coming around 26th! Hence, there I was at the airport...all aloooone... and the Journey had started in earnest. I got a taxi to only place I knew of...through a dusty road, away from Leh town and up the hill to the Spitok Gompa (monastery). Unknowingly, I took ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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Irena Arambasic

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After 6+ years of adding Slavic spice to the environmental education programmes at the WWT London Wetland Centre, there was a danger of succumbing to the well known life-distracter sometimes known as 'natural career progression in management'. Wanting to reawaken and start a new, different cycle I am flying (carbon footprint covered) southwest - via Argentina and Australasia, on route to Himalayan region. The 'sensible' part comes disguised as research for Masters in Science Education and exchange of experiences with colleagues in the field. The rest is as open as infinity...and beyond. ... full info

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