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Pashupatinath: Shiva’s Kathmandu Valley Temple
From the tourist ghetto in the Thamel district, four of the Kathmandu Valley’s major UNESCO World heritage sites are within easy access. Back in 1996 Laila and I walked to all of them on our first visit to Kathmandu. Swayambhunath … Continue reading
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Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda At Night
Previous Post: Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda – The Golden Heart of Myanmar During my one week’s stay in Yangon, I visited the Shwedagon three times, once in the late morning and twice in the late afternoon. While there is no bad … Continue reading
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Bhaktapur Three years After The 2015 Quakes – Part 2: Taumadhi Sq., Potters’ Sq., and Tachapal
Previous Post: Bhaktapur Three years After The 2015 Quakes – Part 1: Durbar Square The return visit to Bhaktapur continues! While Durbar Square is undoubtedly the one site that all visitors will see, there is more! Just around the corner from … Continue reading
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Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley – The Temples of Lalitpur (Patan)
Related Post: The Kathmandu Valley and Its UNESCO World Heritage Sites Nepal’s Kathmandu valley does not lack for dazzling religious and royal palace architecture. The map below shows some of the seven sites that have made the UNESCO World Heritage … Continue reading
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Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda – The Golden Heart of Myanmar
Previous Post: Mingalaba From Myanmar – Land of the Golden Pagodas If you visit Myanmar (formerly called Burma), you will probably be starting off in its largest city, the business and cultural capital Yangon (Rangoon to the British). At the … Continue reading
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By Boat And Bus through The Andes – The Cruce Andino
Previous Post: Climbing Volcán Osorno In Chile’s Lakes Region How to get from Puerto Varas, Chile to San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina? I had a choice to make. The Andesmar bus takes seven to eight hours and the price is a reasonable … Continue reading
A Train Ride Across the Highlands of Sri Lanka
Previous Post: Sri Lanka’s Horton Plains & the Hike To World’s End Sri Lanka’s ultimate train trip runs 290 kilometers from the capital all the way east to Badulla. In his excellent blog The man in Seat 61, train aficionado Mark Smith says that … Continue reading
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