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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Visualize a free Tibet
Tibet is known as the “Roof of the World” or the “Land of Snows”.
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Dalai Lama
His Holiness visited Spiti in June 2009 and gave a teaching to many locals who came from nearby valleys to see him. The newly built monastery which was inaugurated by...
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Butter Art
For Tibetan Buddhist monks and laity, artistic butter designs, known as torma or tsepdro, take on a spiritual role. Traditionally made using yak butter mixed with barley flour and coloring...
