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Chadar Trek

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 6, 2017
Post category:Adventure Asia 🌏backpacking Hilly /Mountains India 🇮🇳travel Trek

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 “Life is an adventure, it’s not a package tour.” – Echart Tolle When bad luck strikes it takes a moment to change everything. Due to heavy snowfall mountain passes become impassable during winter and some villages in Zanskar valley remain isolated from outside world. From ancient times frozen Zanskar river is used as a trade route to connect Leh in winter. This trek starts from Leh in Ladakh, literally “the land of high passes”, lies between the Himalayas and the Kunlun mountain range at a height of more than…

Haut Route Trek

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 8, 2017
Post category:Adventure Europe 🌍Hilly /Mountains Switzerland 🇨🇭Trek

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇫🇷 This is the Mountaineers' Route covering a distance of 180 Km from Chamonix valley in France to Zermatt in Switzerland. I arrived in Geneva and then transportation was arranged to Chamonix. That day we had an introduction ,equipment check and goodnight's sleep in cozy room. We had six people in our group - Randy and Ryan Maksymowich father and son duo from Canada, Chris Lennox, retired doctor from Scotland, Chris Parks and Rona Hodson British couple staying in New York . Our guide was Andy Perkins, a French national. Day 2 Montroc - Balme…

Cruz del Condor and Colca Canyon

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 20, 2017
Post category:Adventure Hilly /Mountains Peru 🇵🇪South America 🌎Trek

🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 This was a 2 day 1 night trek from Arequipa. I arrived Arequipa after a long bus journey all the way from Nasca. The city is located at the altitude of 2,328 M . I was staying at Casa De Avila. The trek started the very next morning at 3AM. I booked the trek through my the hotel. The bus arrived at 3 AM to pick me up. We drove to Chivay and had our breakfast and then drove another few hours through bumpy road to Cruz-del-Condor for Condor viewing. Andean…

Egypt : Desert route from Cairo to Luxor

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 4, 2017
Post category:Adventure Africa 🌍backpacking Desert Egypt 🇪🇬Landscape travel

🇪🇬 🇪🇬 🇪🇬 Day 1 & 2 21/22- 12- 2102 Cairo - White Desert Our desert journey started immediately after we landed at Cairo airport . The car was waiting for us to pick us up from airport , we bypassed Cairo city and proceed towards the desert. On the we saw unfinished apartment blocks illegally occupied by homeless families, these were the effort of previous regime to provide mass housing for citizens. We saw glimpse of Giza pyramids over skyscrapers before entering in Desert. Twenty two kilometers from beginning of the road the railway from Helwan…

Epic Trans-Siberian : St. Petersburg to Vladivostok Part – 3

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 7, 2016
Post category:backpacking budget City Europe 🌍Russia 🇷🇺travel

🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇷🇺 Irkustsk - Ulan Ude - Vladivostok

Epic Trans-Siberian : St. Petersburg to Vladivostok Part – 2

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 25, 2016
Post category:Asia 🌏backpacking City Europe 🌍Russia 🇷🇺

🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇷🇺 Kazan - Yekaterinburg - Irkutsk

Inca Trail : Machu Pichu

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 24, 2014
Post category:Adventure Hilly /Mountains Peru 🇵🇪South America 🌎Trek

🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 This is probably the most famous trek in South America and rated by many as one of the top 5 treks in the world. Total length of the trek is about 50 Km. It combines beautiful mountain scenery, lush green cloud-forest, subtropical jungle and, of course, a stunning mix of Inca paving stones, ruins and tunnels. The final destination of the trail just cannot be beaten: Machu Picchu, the mysterious “Lost City of the Incas”.This is a controlled trek. Only a certain number of people are allowed to trek each day.…

Amazon : Along the Madre de Dios River

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 23, 2014
Post category:Adventure Camping Forest National Parks Peru 🇵🇪Sea / River / Waterbody South America 🌎travel Wild Life

🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 Manu was established as national park in 1973. With 800+ bird species, 5000 plant varieties, 1000 vertebrate species , 13 types of primates; covering an area of 17000 Sq Km; it is probably the most bio-diverse place in our planet. An arduous bus journey from Cusco took us to the reserve area and then we entered the mysterious cloud forest. Humidity and altitude in the cloud forest makes it an ideal place for a variety of flora and fauna. I spotted one pair of Cock on Rocks , Peruvian national bird. Slowly we descended and reached…

Petra

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 22, 2014
Post category:Asia 🌏backpacking City Jordan 🇯🇴Landscape travel

🇯🇴 🇯🇴 🇯🇴 We arrived Petra by car from Wadi-Rum. It was less than 2 hrs journey . We checked - in to our hotel and our first stop was "Petra - By - night". Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week entire Siq to the Treasury was lit with over 1,500 candles. It is a magical way to see part of the rock city by candlelight and explore the old city. This was our Day 2 in Petra. We planned to spend the entire day walking in Petra. This is one of the most…

Prague

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 12, 2014
Post category:City Czech Republic 🇨🇿Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel

🇨🇿 🇨🇿 🇨🇿 It was an extended weekend trip to Prague and Munich. This is considered one of the most beautiful cities of the world brimming with cultural sites. Our hotel was very close to the town square . This is a historic square. The elegant tower of the Town Hall with the world famous astronomical clock, the proud silhouette of the fairy-tale Týn Cathedral, the monumental Church of St. Nicholas and countless multicolored houses of many styles lend this place a unique atmosphere. Charles Bridge is a historic bridge that crosses the Vltava…