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Trekking in northern Pakistan
Pakistan offers some of the best trekking in the world. The Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush ranges which dominate northern Pakistan are truly spectacular. They encompass soaring mountains of rock, ice and snow, huge sweeping glaciers, plateaux and high pastures … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, buddhist painting, ecology, environmentalism, image, mountain, northern areas, northern pakistan, pakistan, photography, rock art, rock painting, tourism, travel, trek
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Nepal : From Lumbini, the Buddha’s birthplace
For the world’s one billion buddhists, Lumbini ( now a small village in southern Nepal) is where it all began. The Buddha’s birthplace is arguably the single most important historical site in Nepal – not only the source of one … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, history, India, Nepal, religion
Tagged archeology, asia, birthplace, buddha, buddhism, india, lumbini, nepal, photographie, photography, pilgrimage, religion, sculpture, statue, teraï, tourism, travel
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Tourism in Nepal
Tourism is Nepal’s top foreign-exchange earner, and many see it as the country’s most promising economic engine. But while the industry creates tens of thousands of much-needed jobs, plus indirect employment in related industries, this work tend to be menial … Continue reading
Posted in Nepal, society
Tagged asia, development, economy, himalaya, nepal, phewa lake, phewa tal, photographie, photography, pokhara, tourism, travel, trek, voyage
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India : the Santal tribe
Among the many tribes living in India, the largest one is the Santal. Most of them live in the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Orissa. And even in Bangla desh. In the past, Santal were nomads wandering from place to … Continue reading
Thaïland : the indian influence
Located in a swampy area, the Wat Phra Ram, one of the oldest monument at Ayutthaya, has started to be constructed around 1369 by the king Ramesuan on the cremation site of his father, Ramathibodi I, the first king of the Ayutthaya … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, history, India, religion, Thailand
Tagged architecture, art, auto rickshaw, ayodhya, ayuthaya, ayutthaya, brahmanism, buddhism, culture, hindu, history, image, india, indian, khmer, king, mix, monument, photographie, photography, rama, rickshaw, spread, thai, thailand, tourism, travel, voyage, wat phra ram
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India : the bad boys kings
Since 3 decades, Jaisalmer, a town situated in the indian Thar desert, has seen a huge development due to its strategic importance near the Pakistani border and its medieval style. Be they soldiers, tourists or locals, people mingle freely in a place that has become … Continue reading
On indian callousness
Here is an example of the lack of concern for details that has become the hallmark of the Indian life at every level. In 2004, P.V. Naramsinha Rao, a former Prime Minister, died. According to the hindu rites, his body … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing and shocking, India, society
Tagged agra, cadaver, callousness, corpse, culture, death, dog, hindu, inde, india, indian, indian prime minister, lifestyle, narasimha rao, photographie, photography, prime minister, tourism, travel, uttar pradesh, voyage, way of life, yamuna
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Ancient India : the way to drive an elephant
War, as an art as well as a science, was well understood in ancient India. In the Antiquity, hindus had knowledge of more than 90 nerve points in the body of the elephant. By pressing on them with the toes … Continue reading
Posted in history, India
Tagged amber, amer, architecture, ayurveda, culture, domestic, domestication, elephant, flower, fort, inde, india, indian, jaipur, medicine, photographie, photography, rajasthan, tourism, tourisme, tradition, veterinary, voyage, war
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