Good resource for trekking: http://www.himadventures.net/ but there are a few.
After the Himalayas I never thought I would be awed again......
From West To East
Ladakh - Two weeks in one of the highest habitable parts of the Himalayas - the flight from Kashmir is great and the landing strip in Leh (capital) is quite hairy as you approach the valley.
http://www.jetairtours.com/ixl.htm - good ref
Our return plane couldn't land because of dust storms so we were "stuck" at 3500m. Great fun!
'Little Tibet' or, 'the moonland' or 'the last Shangri La' are all names that have been applied to Ladhak. It is an 'other-worldly' place with gompas perched on soaring hilltops, shattered looking landscapes splashed with small but brilliant patches of green and ancient palaces clinging to sheer rock walls. Leh at a height of 3,500 meters is the main entry point to this region. The Ladhak and Zanskar valleys are trekker's delight. The region has the highest motorable road in the world and getting there by road, from either Srinagar or Manali, provides one of the most exquisite views of the Himalayan range.
MONASTERIES
Alchi, Hemis, Lamayuru, Likir, Phyang, Shey, Spituk, Stok, Thiksey, Shankar , Basgo, Chemrey , Stakna, Matho , Mulbekh and Tak-Thog
McLeod Ganj - A year with the Dalai Llama, Tensing Gyatso - I lived somewhat strangely in a stone cabin in the grounds of a bungalow where meditation courses from the Thai tradition were held (Vipassana). It was about 1000ft above McLeod Ganj overlooking the Dalai Llama's palace.
http://www.gonomad.com/destinations/0010/axelrod_dharamsalaguide.html
When the Chinese occupation of Tibet erupted into violence in 1959, forcing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and his government to flee the country, the Indian government offered them a new home in Dharamsala, an abandoned colonial hill station nestled in the foothills of the western Himalayas. Thankful for the refuge, the Tibetans accepted, and in the nearby village of McLeod Ganj (named after a colonial Governor), they rebuilt their government and culture-in-exile.
Pokhara - 3 months with a Nepali family (mother and four daughters 10yrs old to 22) Three really big mountains - Dhaulgiri, Machapuchari, Annapurna spread out above Lake Phewa - check out - www.pokharacity.com meanwhile here is
Machapuchari - my favourite Himalaya
The Fishtail. Has anyone climbed it?
Spent a couple of weeks in Darjeeling, closest I ever got to Everest - you can see the highest mountain in the world in the distance. Take a trip on the railway - great fun. You can get a bus from Darjeeling to Kathmandu, which I did. Takes a couple of days but it is very cheap.
Darjeeling (Nepali: दार्जीलिङ्ग (help·info) ) is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Darjeeling district, in the Shiwalik Hills on the lower range of the Himalaya, at an average elevation of 6,982 ft (2,134 m). During the British Raj in India, Darjeeling's temperate climate led to its development as a hill station (hill town) for British residents to escape the heat of the plains during the summers.
McLeod Ganj - A year with the Dalai Llama, Tensing Gyatso - I lived somewhat strangely in a stone cabin in the grounds of a bungalow where meditation courses from the Thai tradition were held (Vipassana). It was about 1000ft above McLeod Ganj overlooking the Dalai Llama's palace.
http://www.gonomad.com/destinations/0010/axelrod_dharamsalaguide.html
When the Chinese occupation of Tibet erupted into violence in 1959, forcing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and his government to flee the country, the Indian government offered them a new home in Dharamsala, an abandoned colonial hill station nestled in the foothills of the western Himalayas. Thankful for the refuge, the Tibetans accepted, and in the nearby village of McLeod Ganj (named after a colonial Governor), they rebuilt their government and culture-in-exile.
Pokhara - 3 months with a Nepali family (mother and four daughters 10yrs old to 22) Three really big mountains - Dhaulgiri, Machapuchari, Annapurna spread out above Lake Phewa - check out - www.pokharacity.com meanwhile here is
Machapuchari - my favourite Himalaya
The Fishtail. Has anyone climbed it?Spent a couple of weeks in Darjeeling, closest I ever got to Everest - you can see the highest mountain in the world in the distance. Take a trip on the railway - great fun. You can get a bus from Darjeeling to Kathmandu, which I did. Takes a couple of days but it is very cheap.
Darjeeling (Nepali: दार्जीलिङ्ग (help·info) ) is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Darjeeling district, in the Shiwalik Hills on the lower range of the Himalaya, at an average elevation of 6,982 ft (2,134 m). During the British Raj in India, Darjeeling's temperate climate led to its development as a hill station (hill town) for British residents to escape the heat of the plains during the summers.
So ends my Himalaya blog - go see this glorious range of mountains - it will change your life. Om Mani Padme Hum.
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