I was recently reminded of this story so I thought I would share.
A few years ago I took a tour through Tibet. At each restaurant, the waiter would always gave a choice between "local beer"
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Premium Beer in Tibet
Friday, August 01, 2008
Tibet Trip, Part 3: Everest and Nepal
As I catch up on this blog, let me finish the trip report for last years trip through Tibet arranged through GAP Adventures
. The remainder of the trip included a visit to the Everest base camp on the Chinese side, and drive through Nepal to Kathmandu.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Tibet Trip, Part 2
Well, it’s been awhile since I started writing about last year’s trip to Tibet with GAP Adventures
. As I approach the 1-year anniversary of this trip, it seemed time to come back to finish the report for the second week before the details slip from my mind. This post covers travels through the rural towns of Tibet.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
China-Tibet Trip, Part 1
I joined a 2-week tour through China, Tibet, and Nepal with GAP Adventures. It started out in Beijing, and then took a 2-day train to Lhasa, Tibet. After a few days in Lhasa we traveled for the 2nd week in 4-wheel drive SUV’s across Tibet, visiting several towns and Everest base camp before exiting through Nepal.
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Sunday, December 31, 2006
India -Part 2: Southern India
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Photo Album, Part IITrip Report
After 3 weeks of work in Delhi, I had one week of vacation in India. Originally, I had looked into options to visit areas near the base of the Himalayas, but many of the tours had started to shut down in winter. Then I looked into tours through ...Read the rest of this post...Collapse post (Summary only)...
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Sunday, November 26, 2006
India -Part 1: Delhi, Agra, and Rajasthan
I am in Noida, India, which is a suburb of Delhi. I am 2 weeks into a trip which will include 3 weeks of business travel followed by 1 week of vacation. During the first two weekends, I have visited Agra, Delhi, and Jaipur, capital of the state or Rajasthan.
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Photo Album, Part IAgra Day Trip
The first weekend after a week of work, I arranged a day trip to Agra through ECO, the car rental company recommended by my office. They have a special arrangement ...Read the rest of this post...Collapse post (Summary only)...
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