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Vihren
Mt. Vihren, Pirin mountains, Bulgaria, visited July 2021. Mt. Vihren (2914 m) is the highest mountain in Pirin National Park in Bulgaria, and the third highest peak of the balkans, after Mt. Mussala (close in Rila NP) and Mt. Olympus … Continue reading →
Mt. Kailash (Kailas)
Mt. Kailash (6714 m) is one of the most sacred places of Tibet. It is a holy place for Buddhists, Hindus and Jains. To Tibetans it means ‘the pillar of heaven’, to Hindus it is the place where Shiva resides. … Continue reading →
Mt. Emei (Emei-shan)
Emei means in Chinese ‘the eyebrows of Buddha’. One says you can see the ‘halo of Buddha’ in the clouds when standing on the top and the light is dim enough. Along the way to the summit (many many steep … Continue reading →
Climbing the Lion’s Head
CAPE TOWN, OCTOBER 2000 - Table Mountain dominates the city of Cape Town. Every day – when the weather allows it – people go up the mountain by cable car or hike to the top. The sights on top of this mountain … Continue reading →
Climbing Mt. Sinai
DAHAB – SINAI, OCTOBER 2004 - We were staying for 5 days in Dahab in Sinai, on the Red Sea coast. From Dahab I made a trip to Sinai mountain, which is an hour or so away, and climbed this holy … Continue reading →
Mount Kailash Kora – continued
KAILASH, JUNE 2001 - continued… Day two The big hiking day ! Today we had to cross the highest point on the kora, Drölma-la, about 5600 metres. I woke up and the cold I had been developing the last couple of days, was … Continue reading →
Mount Kailash Kora
KAILASH, JUNE 2001 - After a bouncing drive of several days on the high planes of Tibet, after having crossed numerous high passes, after more than a week without a shower, we finally arrived on the sacred place of Mount Kailash. In … Continue reading →
Saga Dawa, moments of magic
TARBOCHE (KAILASH), JUNE 2001 - This is the story about one of the most impressive moments I’ve ever witnessed anywhere. Still now that I’m “back with my feet on the ground” for some months already, I sometimes wonder if I was really … Continue reading →
A visit to the nunnery in Lhasa
LHASA, MAY 2001 - Lhasa, the spiritual centre of Tibet… The former residence of the Dalai Lama is now a deserted museum and isolated from the old Tibetan part of town, which is the Barkhor area surrounding the heart of Tibetan budhism, the Jokhang … Continue reading →
NEPAL
KATHMANDU, MAY 2001 - Upon arrival on the international airport of Kathmandu, after an exhausting trip of more than 20 hours and three connecting flights, the hills of Kathmandu valley and the country side housing welcomed me on my first encounter with the … Continue reading →