Archive for the ‘Tibet’ Category

Another Man’s Shoes

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Sometimes walking WITH another man’s shoes can show you a window into a life that is quite different form yours.

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What It’s Like: In A Tibetan Dance Club

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

A night spent in a Tibetan Dance Club in Lhasa. Who is the 3am surprise performer?

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Assaulted

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Often, when I tell people I am travel around-the-world, the first thought that seems to run through nearly everyone’s mind is “Isn’t it dangerous?” The truth of the matter is that even after two years of traveling I’ve only had one incident and it happened to be a near assault by a man I [...]

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What It’s Like: To Cook Chinese Cabbage In A Restaurant In Tibet

Monday, November 24th, 2008

A short, mostly raw, uncut video of What It’s Like To Cook Cabbage in a random roadside restaurant in Tibet.

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Tibet in Widescreen

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

It has nothing to do with my skills as a photographer, it has everything to do with the natural beauty of Tibet. It is impossible to truly capture the expansive grandeur of Tibet with a camera, but these photos are my humble, vain attempts to do just that.

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Short Stories from Tibet

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Short stories from Tibet. Is buddism holding Tibet back? Is China the last great colonizer? The boy with the biggest heart.

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Guest Traveler: Rishard Bitbaba

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

A guest traveler post from an Iranian-born American who took on Mt Everest.

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7 Days In Tibet: In Photos

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Tibet offered some of most amazing places, expansive vistas and beautiful natural wonders of anywhere I’ve traveled thus far. Here are just a few of my favorite photos.

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The Cow in Tibet

Friday, October 10th, 2008

The cow, a beautiful mountain pass and a group of nomadic teenagers.

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Seven Days In Tibet

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

The quest to visit a hidden kingdom of devout people of simple means, isolated for centuries behind nearly impassable mountains and centered both geographically and spiritually around a towering white castle rising steeply above fertile green valleys, sapphire lakes and endless cobalt skies, sounds like the start of an epic adventure. And though modern technology, namely airplanes and Land Cruisers, would allow me to easily overcome the towering Himalayas, that have stunted such quests for centuries, a new, more formidable barrier has been erected: the visa form.

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