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• In The Moonscape: Trekking Through Ladakh

  

  “Always be a little unexpected.” What we hadn’t realized before starting out on our trek is the number of roads currently being built through this once totally... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Shackles, Incense, and Dancing

  “She loved life and it loved her right back.” Arranged marriages are a strange and unknown affair for most of us westerners, and though we often think of them a... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Approaching The Valley: Trekking Through Ladakh

  “There is only one success, to be able to spend your life in your own way.” SECOND FAR AWAY VILLAGE WITH TRAIL Just before our third pass which brought us... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Reverse Culture Shock

  “Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard Reverse culture shock is a... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Zanskar: In the Land Of Frozen Rivers

  

  “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” Since we were unable to cycle through Zanskar a few weeks ago we... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Monasteries and Monks: Ladakh

  

  “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Kevin and I decided to rent a scooter for the day in order to visit the famous monasteries in... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Run With The Children: Far Western Nepal Part 4

  “Travel is rebellion in its purest form… We follow our hearts. We free ourselves of labels. We lose control willingly. We trade a role for reality. We love the... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Tourism Without Destruction

  “Gandhi already did Gandhi, Mother Theresa did Mother Theresa so well, and Martin Luther King, he did Martin great! You be you! You be you! You be you! Who... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Cycling On The Moon: Ladakh

  

  “If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.” The last few days before Leh proved to... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Ladakh: Hospitality At Its Finest

  

  “Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.” Just before reaching the pass that would... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Give Me, Give Me, Give Me

  “Because from childhood I know no human being died because of poverty – everything happens because of ignorance.” Cycling through Suru valley was wonderful as... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Cycling Through Suru Valley

  

  “What we all want in life is to travel, fall in love, and be happy.” Halfway between Srinagar and Leh we decided to take a 250km detour down to Padum which is... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Mountain After Mountain After Mountain

  

  “I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Cycling Through Kashmir

  

  “Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, it all sort of falls into place.” Mountains make for great camping, and great camping makes... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Life in the Mud Huts: Far Western Nepal Part 3

  “Nostalgia in reverse: the longing for yet another strange land.” “…“Basnu,” (sit down) she says, as I am handed a leaf wrapped around a warm, malleable hunk... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Where Time Stands Still: Far Western Nepal Part 2

  “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” Part two about my amazing adventures through western Nepal. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Into the Unknown: Far Western Nepal Part 1

  “But that’s the glory of foreign travel… Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Srinagar: The Beauty Or the Beast

  

  “…We become focused on the small things, the specifics, the politics and bickerings of daily life. We forget the important questions – about what it means to... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Kashmir Valley: A Little History Lesson

  “Find what you love and let it kill you.” The Kashmir valley is a gigantic green expanse of land winding through the Himalayas in Northern India following the... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Jammu

  

  “You live your life and tell me it can’t be done, I’ll live mine and show you it can.” There are girls with burkas running arm and arm with each other down the... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL