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“Trek in the Himalayas” Sarahfey’s photos around Paro, Bhutan (travel blogs trekking himalayas)

  • Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:16 am

Preview of Sarahfey’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Paro, Bhutan Entry Title: “Trek in the Himalayas” Entry: “Our flight to Bhutan had a stop in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Sarah got her first sight of the Himalayas. We flew into Paro, the only city with an airport in Bhutan. It had taken five flights through five countries over five days to reach Paro from Windhoek, Namibia and there was a big temperature change – it was in the 40′s in Bhutan as opposed to the 100′s in Namibia. We had two days in Paro before our trek. We visited the Paro dzong (A dzong is a large Bhutanese building that serves many purposes. It was a combination of a fortress, administration center and a monastery/religious ritual site) and Tiger’s Nest, an incredible monastery. In our 17 days in Bhutan, we would see many dzongs, monasteries and other religious sites, but the Tiger’s Nest had the best location. Tiger’s nest is about 2000 feet above the valley floor and perched on a sheer cliff. We started our trek at around 8500 feet of elevation, and it would take three days of trekking to reach the Jhomolhari base camp at 13000 feet. Luckily for Sarah, the trails that we were on had bridges and there weren’t any glacial stream crossings. The trails were originally yak herder trails, and we shared them with many yaks and horses. The trails were very muddy at times and covered …

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“Shopping Beijing” Laurahenne’s photos around Beijing, China (shopping china forums blogs)

  • Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:23 am

Preview of Laurahenne’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Beijing, China Entry Title: “Shopping Beijing” Entry: “China was mostly what I had expected. Big city, lots of people, large neon signs in Chinese, and I stood out like a sore thumb wherever I went. I had a great time though. It was so interesting and beautiful and I really like this city. I like how you can bargain prices, and I like how the sales girls get mad at me because I get them lower than most of the other foreigners. I like how even if I don’t know Chinese at all, you can still get around and function perfectly normal. I also really like the food, well most, and I especially love Beijing Duck. It is full of fat and really isn’t that good for you but it is fun to eat and tastes good. You make tiny tacos out of it. They come out with the different parts, the super thin tortilla, the veggies and the duck and some sauce and you dip the duck in the sauce add some veggies, roll it up and eat it. It takes a long time to eat it, cause the tacos are so small, but it is so good. The last couple days were more of my shopping days. I hadn’t bought anything the entire time while I was in China so I decided that the last days were going be the days where I check out what Beijing has to offer shopping wise. I started off the day by first going sightseeing at the Temple of Heaven. Which was …

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“Welcome to Fes” Jennyandpaul2′s photos around Fes, Morocco (travel blogs about fes morocco)

  • Posted on August 4, 2011 at 4:27 am

Preview of Jennyandpaul2′s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Fes, Morocco Entry Title: “Welcome to Fes” Entry: “After an extra day in Tangier, we took the train to Fes. The five hour ride took us past views of the Atlantic Ocean, the desert, and through some smaller cities. Fes itself is a huge city that is working hard at mixing the modern with the ancient. We found an inexpensive Riad to stay in within the Medina. For those of you who don’t speak Moroccan, allow us to translate: Riads are older houses built around a courtyard. Many of these have fallen to disrepair, so a number of nonprofits, working with UNESCO, are trying to preserve them by turning them into guesthouses. The one we stayed in was called the Sekaya (which means Fountain). The Medina is the old residential section of the city. It’s where the living, shopping, interacting, and working is done. The Medina in Fes is huge and in its center is the gigantic Grand Mosque that can house up to 20000 men praying at the same time. Non-Muslims are not allowed into it, so we couldn’t go in, but as we flew out of Fes to Seville, we flew over it and it looks like 5 giant football fields in the middle of cramped residential city blocks. The Medina is comprised of 14 gates and has thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of small ‘shops’ selling everything from handmade leather bags (made at the …

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“Another long, crazy day” Travelinbitch’s photos around Tangier, Morocco (moroccan travel blogs)

  • Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:24 am

Preview of Travelinbitch’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Tangier, Morocco Entry Title: “Another long, crazy day” Entry: “So, our morning in Fes. We had breakfast on our lovely rooftop patio and then met up with Mohammed for our morning tour of the city before catching the train to Tangier. He was pretty adamant that we visit the tanneries, even though we were reluctant, due to the smell. But he started by taking us to some very old, beautiful buildings. Really was amazing. The university in Fes was founded by a woman, Fatima, in 940. That’s right, 9-40! It, like all the buildings in Fes, is incredible. Huge, like 2-3 storey high, wooden doors. (Seriously, the doors throughout Morocco were killing me. If I had the resources, I’d have brought back several. What I’d do with them in Calgary is anyone’s guess, but I’d do it anyway) As it was Friday, it was much calmer than usual. As it got closer to 12:30, when the mosques open, it got busier. But, I loved Fes much more than Marrakech. Maybe it was due to the quietness, but it seemed cleaner, people were less pushy (that could be due to Mohammed), but it was lovely. We were taken to places to make some purchases, like carpets (resisted), scarves (didn’t resist), jewellery and even the apothecary. He seemed a little annoyed when we didn’t want to buy ancient allergy remedies that we could order …

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