Tibet, Roof of the World, has remained isolated from the outside world, a land of fascination and mystery for travelers. It was only in the mid-1980s that foreign tourists were official allowed into Tibet by the new Chinese overlords. I traveled there in 2000, with a small group of adventure travelers. Our first stop was Lhasa, which is the heart and soul of Tibet and is at an altitud…
Laos, our tour begins after a short flight from Vientianne to Luang Prabang, Laos’s ancient royal capital filled with gilded temples surrounded by mountains and rivers. After a one-hour boat ride up the Mekong River we stop for a visit to the Pak Ou Caves where we saw thousands of Buddha statues. After a lunch we visited a village that has houses raised on stilts topped with steep thatch…
Vietnam, see through my eyes as I went on a Wilderness Travel adventure through Vietnam spring 2002. Starting in Hanoi, a thousand year old city that lies on the banks of the Red River and still retains much of its French colonial atmosphere. We visited Ho Chi Minhs tomb and surrounding grounds. We wended our way through the heavy traffic to visit the Turtle Shrine, the Chinese Shrine,…
Adventuresome river rafting on the Zanskar river in the high Himalayas of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir State, India.
Adventuresome river rafting on the Zanskar river in the high Himalayas of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir State, India.
Adventuresome river rafting on the Zanskar river in the high Himalayas of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir State, India.
