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Meditation retreat

Once we had found our homestay we went to the nearby Gompa. It is called Stansanling Gompa and is a large teaching gompa with many young monks living there. It...

Nubra Valley

We are revisiting the wonderful Nubra valley region of Ladakh. After a uneventful ride over the 5635m Khardumgla pass we opted to ride down one arm of the river Shyok...

Tsati

Having easily crossed the Kardung La pass we opted to stop in the small village of Tsati where we were the guests of a local family. This is Sati village...

Inner Quiet

Spiti is very close to the Chinese border. It is remote, silent and beautiful here this full moon evening. We have ridden our bikes through the lower Spiti valley to...

Indian Himalayas 2023

Some old friends and I are doing a Himalaya bike ride this July 2023. It’s not an organised TOUR, But, rather a rambling… there are some side roads and remote...

Himalayas

If you are lucky you can see views like this when you fly over Himanchal Pradesh India’

Love for the Mountains

It is only in the mountains that I begin to feel the immensity of the land.Here the world lays before me in full 3D! A mighty river runs like a...

Being Inside in the time of Lockdown

Being inside and social isolating. In 1996 I started a long silent retreat. It was to be the most valuable gift that I have ever given to myself.It certainly was...

Flying into Leh

An early morning flight from Delhi to Leh The awe inspiring view from the airplane of the western Himalayan mountain range. We cruise effortlessly over hundreds of miles of mountains, lit...

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