Climbing Mount Everest the hard way!
Mount Everest. Touring Kathmandu and Patan yesterday was surprisingly interesting and exotic. However, the main purpose of our trip to Nepal was to go up Mount Everest. Since Kathmandu is already at an elevation of 4,600 feet, we only had another 25,000 feet or so to climb to reach the summit. I had been warned…
The Gandhi paradox – A day in New Delhi!
The Gandhi paradox. We visited the Gandhi Smriti (Memorial) in the center of New Delhi, the house and garden where Gandhi lived the last month of his life and where he was assassinated on the 30th of January 1948. Even today, the Gandhi Smriti is a remarkably peaceful oasis in the middle of a…
Guilin China : the postcard city !
Guilin China : the postcard city! Read our previous posting at “Suzhou : Paradise on earth?” Our two and a half hours Shanghai Airlines flight from Shanghai to Guilin gives me plenty of time to pull out my laptop and start writing my blog of the day. It certainly is a better way to pass…
BEST of Central African Republic food : Maboke de Capitaine !
Maboke de Capitaine. The maboke de capitaine, or aumoniere de capitaine, is a famous and tasty specialty dish of the Central African Republic. The term “maboke” , which is the plural of “liboke”, refers to the mode of cooking, with the food inside large banana leaves closed at the top, with the shape resembling that…
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