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Kinnaur

Kinnaur Photo Highlights are HERE

All Kinnaur Photos are HERE

We’re catching up! This report is only about 6 weeks behind…

Since our last trip to India we had wanted to visit the remote Himalayan region of Spiti. The region is one of the most isolated and sparsely population places on the planet. It forms part [...]

Interlude: The Magic of India

This entry doesn’t fit into the order of the usual travel reports, which are still horribly late. It’s just a few words on my state of being for the last couple of weeks. Once again, India has worked it’s magic on me, and has taught me a lesson, the hard way.

My mum arrived in India [...]

Punjab to Himachal Pradesh – Fantasy Gardens, Smokers Paradise and the Monsoon Strikes

Photo Highlights are here

If you want to see all of the PHOTOS click here

Apologies for the delay in getting these blog entries out. I entirely blame outside forces, in the following order: Lack of electricity, lack of Internet, a blown power supply (too much electricity I guess) and finally mould in the keyboard of my laptop. That [...]

Tamil Nadu – Is it me or is it hot in here?

Tamil Nadu Photos are HERE

After the blast furnace heat of Dubai we flew to Chennai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu where we encountered heat of the “bathroom door closed with the shower on full-blast” type of tropical heat. Oh my god, it was hot. The temperature only read 38C or so, but [...]

Dubai – A Love-Hate Relationship

Dubai Photos Are HERE

After Iran we had originally thought of making our way to India via Pakistan, overland. I had been chatting a lot about the country with the Pakistani guys that run the shop down the road from our flat in London, and even bought the Pakistan guidebook a few months ago. [...]

Iran – Appearances Can Be Deceiving

When we mentioned to people back home that we were going to visit the middle east we got a lot of raised eyebrows. Many people couldn’t understand why we would want to come here, because it was violent, full of religious fanatics, woman haters, terrorists, etc, etc. We were told over and over that if [...]

Iraq

No, we’re not crazy. Although if someone had told me a month ago that we would be going to Iraq I would have thought it was crazy. Back in Syria we met a couple of Norwegian guys that had travelled here in the north of Iraq and they told us that is was worth [...]

Turkey

Turkey Our original intention after Syria was to go directly north from Palmyra, entering Turkey in the southeast of the country, spending a few days and then heading into the north of Iran. Traveling without time restrictions and without a definite plan has given us room for flexibility and we are able to chop and change [...]

Where are Len & Michaela?

Sunday 05 September 2010:

Varanasi, India

Next stop:

Bodhgaya, India

For Map, see below:

Syria Photos

Better late than never, Syria photos are here:

http://lbellemore.smugmug.com/Thebigtrip2/syria

We are doing well. Currently we are in smog-filled Tehran trying to get our Indian visa processed. It’s as much fun as you can possibly have.