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The beautiful San Jacinto mountains rise straight up at the desert’s edge, like a cosmic, not quite to be believed movie set, Nature’s version of the ultimate special effect. Get up a half hour before dawn and watch as the sunrise turns the range into an exquisite terra cotta expanse. This only lasts for about 20 minutes, so don’t be late. Read more |
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Karmi Farm lies in a northwesterly direction from Darjeeling on the border of West Sikkim , Nepal and Bhutan . It lies at an altitude of 4,500ft in the foothills of the Himalaya with a perfect climate for hill walking. It is 90 minutes drive from Darjeeling . Continue story |
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When I visited Iran, we tracked the nomads, looking for an opportunity to observe their lifestyle at close quarters. We finally spotted four black tents huddled on a rocky plain and approached. Mongrel guard dogs barked furiously to protect the goats and sheep, corralled in chicken wire fencing. Read more |
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Nearing the end of a multi-course meal at a family-owned restaurant in the mountains of Calabria, I ordered the locally famous tartufo di Pizzo. As I took my first bite of the tartufo, I was stunned into an ecstatic silence. The dessert instantly became the most memorable part of that meal. Continue story |
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The fin was directly in front of me, perhaps thirty meters away as it broke the surface of the water. The shark’s open mouth, over a meter wide, was just in front of my face; I could do nothing except stare at this huge fish as it sucked in whatever came between its jaws and wonder if I would meet the same fate. Read more |
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As far back as 400 AD the narrow Kibi Plain was a significant cultural region. Soft pedalers now enjoy this historically rich area on a well-marked 15-kilometer bicycle route under the sunniest skies recorded in all Japan. Continue story |
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My memories of hot-off-the-fogon Honduran corn tortillas are from my difficult, wonderful, life changing eight week stay in the rural village of Chogola Abajo in Intibucá, Honduras. I was there with the program Amigos de las Américas and was involved in doing construction projects in the community. Read more |
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Picture a ‘river of grass.’ Wide and shallow, not like other rivers. A river lush with vegetation. It has no current, no falls or rapids, and no sound of moving water. This inhospitable beauty has survived many, many assaults from both nature and man. It is the one of the richest, densest and most subtle eco-systems the world has ever seen. Continue story |
Severely blue skies, clean, crisp air, white wispy clouds and blue-gray jagged peaks of local mountains all surrounding a gigantic valley full of vast grazing fields in ribbons of green and gold. There are also many fast-flowing, coldwater streams finding their way down from the high country to tangle and merge into one mighty river. America still has real gems for vacation homes or getaway spots and Ennis, Montana, is one of those spots. Read more |
Via Inverness I traveled through the Scottish Highlands to Fort William. My host in Inverness, a Norwegian flight courier, took me halfway down along the water of Loch Ness, from where a primary school headmaster from Australia stopped along the road to give me a lift to Fort William. Read more |
Volunteer for an Eco-Spiritual Tour of the Himalayan Mountains
Come join us for a travel adventure of a lifetime! Combine parts of the Peace Corps, Earthwatch and New Age Spirituality, and you get Global Eco-Spiritual Tours. In August, we will return one tour group to spend 10 days experiencing the environmental landscape and Buddhist culture of the Ladakh region deep in the Himalayan Mountains of northern India. A non-profit, tax-exempt organization, Global Eco-Spiritual Tours donates proceeds from the tour to schools and clinics in their tour region.Tour members will work together on low impact ecological projects and learn about the spiritual heritage of the Ladakh region, a former Himalayan mountain kingdom, situated west of Tibet.
Previous tour highlights included planting 90 sapling trees, bottling 180 liters of spring water, donating 8 solar panels, visiting 9 monasteries, participating in meditation sessions, making two sand mandalas, attending summer harvest festivals and a 3-day trek through the Himalayan Mountains.
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"The cost of the tour is a tax deductible, charitable donation that you actually get to participate in as you travel," says Chris Perry, a professional geologist and environmental consultant based in south Florida.
"Ladakh is a mysterious, spiritual place with a delicate ecology and a lot of poor kids. Our goal is to help improve the lives of the Ladakhi and Tibetan refugee children through our member donations. The beauty of this idea is to expand it to other eco-spiritual destinations so that more impoverished children can benefit worldwide."
The tour group will travel the region by jeep caravan and spend most nights in a Tibetan-style hotel. A few nights will be spent trekking and camping in the Himalayas.
Openings are still available for the tour, August 1-12, 2005.
To learn more, visit the web site
GlobalEcoSpiritualTours.org
250 S. Ocean Blvd., Suite 266
Delray Beach, FL 33483 U.S.A.
Fax: 561-266-0092
or call 561-266-0096.
E-mail: global@paradista.net Tour Donation Cost: $2500 per tour member, excluding round trip airfare into India. A discount of 30% off the normal tour fee is available to all student volunteers, professional writers and photographers.
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