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Live and learn Arabic in Egypt in Summer

ghadaarabeya — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:17:09 +0000

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Annapurna Circuit Trekking, Annapurna Circuit Trek, Annapurna Trekking in Nepal

outfitternp — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:44:44 +0000

Annapurna circuit trekking is one of the popular trekking circuits in Nepal. The trek of Annapurna region is called Annapurna circuit trekking. In 1980s Manang area was opened for the trekkers, since then the circuit was possible for the trekking.

The region no doubt is rich in sceneries apart from the diverse culture and flora and faunas.

There is no question that if you arrange trekking in the region during the winter season, you can see the orange trees loaded with fruits, you can also smell like perfume that come from the different kinds of flowers which bloom during the season.

Moreover, the higher you go up the more panoramic views of Manange village, forests and queuing hills you can see, which are some of the features of Annapurna circuit trekking.

No doubt, how easy it listens to be, the trekking in the region is the risk as well. Crossing over Thorong La is risk either, at a times it is chance of hazardous especially when it snows. Therefore, the trekkers have to be well prepared before hand.

Fact of Annapurna Circut TrekkingTrekking Destination: Throung-La Pass
Group Size: Min-1
Highest Access of the Trekking: 5416M
Grade: Moderate
Transportation: Bus, Car, Land cruiser or Aeroplane
Mode of Trekking Tour: Tea house/Camping
Trekking Hour: Approximately 5-6 hours each day
Total Days: 22 Days

Itinerary in Detail
Day 01. Arrive at Kathmandu airport (1345meters). You will be met by our representative and transfer to hotel and a short brief about the trekking after refreshment.
Day 02. Drive from Kathmandu to Besishar.
Day 03. Trek to Bhaundada.
Day 04. Trek to Chamje.
Day 05. Trek to Bagarchhap.
Day 06. Trek to Chame.
Day 07. Trek to Pisang.
Day 08. Trek to Manang.
Day 09. Manang Acclimatization:
We spend a day for acclimatization at Manang. The whole day we spend by doing some walking and over viewing the wonderful views around the village & the day time is best to gain altitude. We back to our accommodation.
Day 10. Trek to Yak Kharka.
Day 11. Trek to Phedi or High Camp:
The trail Ascends to Phedi at 4420m. Then we decide whether we stay phedi or climb one hour more to high camp and stay there.
Day 12. Trek to Muktinath :
The trekking from Phedi or high camp We make the climb steeply that is regularly used and easy to follow. However, the problem may arise due to the altitude and snow. It often causes terrible problem to cross the pass if it is covered by snow. About four hours climb up to the pass marked by the chortens & prayer flags. As you reach the top, you are rewarded by the wonderful view from the top. And trek down to Muktinath.
Day 13. Trek to Kagbeni.
Day 14. Trek to Marpha.
Day 15. Trek to Ghasa.
Day 16. Trek to Tatopani.
Day 17. Trek to Shikha.
Day 18. Trek to Ghorepani.
Day 19. Trek to Hile.
Day 20. Trek to Nayapul and Drive from Nayapul to Pokhara.
Day 21. Drive back to Kathmandu.
Day 22. Transfer to international airport for your final flight departure.

more info> visit our page: Annapurna Circuit Trekking

Music of the World

ohio — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:02 +0000

What are some interesting things to listen to out there? Any recommendable artists? Mali has wonderful music, I've been listening to Habib Koite lately; all of his songs are incredible. Andean folk music is also very cool. Accoustic huayno... the new electronic shit is horrible, but man, anything with panpipes just sounds so cool. Anyway, what else do roadjunkies listen to?

Arunachal Pradesh - any ideas?

474 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:24:26 +0000

Hi all

I'm thinking of going to Arunachal Pradesh (North-east India). Anyone[/i] been? Would appreciate your views, tips, anything.

Thanks

Reporters' project

Ali Baba — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:08:39 +0000

Was this just hype and hot air???

Aid/Volunteer

Piccolo48 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:09:12 +0000

Yo, I'm tired of these boutique volunteers where you have to pay to join; or requires a college diploma

I am looking for a genuine substitute for a job and a genuine excuse to travel. You know, free volunteer organizations that get you travelling and require no skills

the closest example I can think of would be WWOOF. Any other examples of volunteer organizations any idiot can get in to?

TRAVEL IDEAS PERU; from Trujillo to Iquitos

nick — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:35:08 +0000

Hey there

i am travelling in Peru for some time. i love the country and think it has a lot offer. for the last 2/3 weeks i ve been travelling on a great route from Trujillo to Iquitos.

1) From Trujillo you can take a bus (company HORNA) right into the highlands to a village called Huamachuco (5 hours). Its a nice little place to spend the night and break the journey.

2) Then from Huamachuco countinue the journey to the small town of Cajabamba (3 hours).

3) From cajabamba there is a lot transportation to the city of Cajamarca. Its a very pleasent place and you can spend some quality time relaxing there.

4) From Cajamarca take a bus onwards to a village called Celendin (3 hours). a good place to spend the night and walk around.

5) From Celendin there is a daily morning bus with Movil Tours direct to Chachapoyas (8/9 hours). this route is quite arduous but very scenic. especially as the journey takes up the whole day.

6) In Chachapoyas you can of course visit the ruins of Kuelap and there are some other cool things to visit around the place too.

7) Then from Chachapoyas colectivo it all the way to Tarapoto. start in the morning as the journey can take all day.

8) spend the night in Tara and then from there you can take colectivos to Yurimaguas.

9) and from Yuri there are daily boats from the Puerto Boca port that go to Iquitos. the boat trip takes two full days and the boats are not soo bad but take enough bottled water and some food like bread and tinned tuna. you can rent hammocks on the boat.

take care
nick

Exploring myself by traveling

Fin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:38:19 +0000

Hello everyone I'm new on these forums so let me introduce myself.

I'm 18 guy from Finland, poor poet and master at avoiding work .
My plan is to take a flight from Helsinki to Barcelona and then hitch aroud the country just writing and going whit the flow. First problem is that I have only about 400€ cash and I want to stay on the road at least a year and see more than just a couple of countries.

Main reason for doing something like this is the freedom. Finland is almost fasistic country to live, full of prejudgmenting and rasistic people (forgive me my generalization).

I want to find: myself, lifetime friends, place where I belong... ...you know what I mean.

Every tip is worth of gold and I'm very pleased if more experienced travellers can share piece of their knowledge (Cheap food, cash to hand works, safe places to sleep etc...) <-- regarding mainly the Spain

Fin

how

Caleb — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:13:00 +0000

I dont see how you can stay in one city longterm, without squatting unless you know somebody that doesnt mind you staying with them for a while. getting a room at a hostel every night for a month is just ridiculous, but staying for a few days seems hardly worth it.

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DMT anyone?

dirt — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:16:04 +0000

Has anyone ever heard of or taken DMT, like uh ayahuasca, or straight DMT with an MAOI? Friend is asking me to go to peru, and take it with him. i looked it up and it says its the most intense hallucinator on Earth, cant tell if anything on the internet is real or not so wanted to hear if anyone has done it before. Or heard anything about it. thanks

Heading towards Mexico in May

raxer — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:47:30 +0000

So im basically leaving round may towards mexico, i was wondering if you guys would have any suggestions on what to bring since im such a noob at this traveling thing. By the way here is my plan...

1: Somehow make my way towards the border, "i'm thinking of probably getting on a bus to tijuana and then going on from their"
2: Head to Mexico city, current goal is to visit my grandfather's grave who past away a while ago, with me not their to say goodbye -_-.
3: Ive got some folks in mexico, so i was thinking of probably staying with them for a while then hitchhiking my way around mexico in order to thoroughly see the country ive only managed to get glimpses of from the backseat of a car with my parents.
4: Is it possible to somehow hitchhike your way onto a boat? If not then possibly work for a while until i can manage to cross into another continent, first i'd have to decide where to go though and first id have to see if i survive in mexico by myself xd...

Is anywhere off limits?

hexagonLife — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:43:07 +0000

Hello all,

Well it's been a while since I've been here, good to see RJ is strong as ever though.

This year I hitched a little bit for the first time, but now I want to set my sights on something much more epic. I'll be working until March, then my contract at my job will end and I'll fly to Amsterdam. From there, I want to hitch to the far east.

I know this is going to be impossibly difficult, and that there are so many challenges waiting out there for me, but what I'd like to ask today is the best route to take? If I'm wanting to hitch, looks to me like the choice is either through Russia to China, or going via Iran, Pakistan/Afghanistan, India (I'd love to see India). But, because I'm British I'm wondering if it's safe to be in a place like Iran, Afghanistan (especially Afghanistan) or Pakistan right now. I know the Iranian's are very friendly people, but would anyone advise against going that route on account of current politics?

Also open to a boat journey here and there if anyone is familiar.

Thanks for any input

hL

Goa - new years...

tim_no001 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:13:07 +0000

Ok - i have decided as i am in India anyway to head to Goa for new years...
(I'm pretty sure it will beat the Chennai scene I'm currently stuck in...)
I know Goa isn't apparently as good as it used to be but I still want to see it...

The problem is tho that I have no idea of which beach to go to stay at? I really want to party and drink till dawn but not with some drunk Mafiosa... somewhere i get to meet some other travelers and some old freaks etc.

I don't want all the touristy crap either and i know new years is more expensive than any other time but is there anywhere that is pretty cheap and possibly like something from the golden days...

I have read the RJ guide to Goa but i need a bit more New Years specific info...
cheers for your help!

train hopping

Caleb — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:15:04 +0000

me and a friend have been train hopping around the US for the past 2 months, right now were stuck in this hell hole called Florida i don't know if you guys have heard of it or not haha.i haven't seen much talk about train hopping on here so i figured i would open up a conversation, i have found that there's a lot of misconceptions with train hopping and unnecessary fears so if anyone actually does know a little bit about it let me know and il be glad to fill anyone in on what i have learned.

mexico....

Caleb — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:05:43 +0000

hitch hiking through mexico soon, exactly how dangerous is it for a backpacker there, still going regardless but figured id ask. am i going to get extorted by some copper every chance they get for being an american?

your beginning

belac — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:50:24 +0000

So I'm curious to know some of your stories on what motivated you to start traveling? What your first real big trip was like and how it went. The disasters and the great moments. Where did you go? Now I'm expecting some replies from you moderators and people with lots of posts under your belt heheh

What's with all the cellphone for sale adds?

hello_im_alex — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:41:06 +0000

Is there anyway to stop these? It's a bit annoying when they clog up the "What's new in the forums" part of the main website

The Drakensberg

miltonhork — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:23:17 +0000

The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in Southern Africa, rising to 3,482 metres (11,420 ft) in height. In Zulu, it is referred to as uKhahlamba , and in Sesotho as Maluti . Its geological history lends it a distinctive character amongst the mountain ranges of the world. Geologically, the range resembles the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia.

The range is located in the eastern part of Southern Africa, running for some 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from south-west to north-east. The mountains drain on the western slopes by the Orange and Vaal rivers, and on the east and south by a number of smaller rivers, the Tugela being the largest. Looming over the nearby coast of Natal the range covers the border between KwaZulu-Natal Province and the Drakensberg mountain kingdom of Lesotho.

The highest peak is Thabana Ntlenyana, at 3,482 metres (11,420 ft). Other notable peaks include Mafadi at 3,450 m, Makoaneng at 3,416 m, Njesuthi at 3,408 m, Champagne Castle at 3,377 m, Giant's Castle at 3,315 m, and Ben Macdhui at 3,001 m, all of these are in the area bordering on Lesotho. Another popular area for hikers is Cathedral Peak. North of Lesotho the range becomes lower and less rugged until entering Mpumalanga where the quartzite mountains of the Transvaal Drakensberg are loftier and more broken and form the eastern rim of the Transvaal Basin, the Blyde River Canyon lying within this stretch. The geology of this section is the same as and continuous with that of the Magaliesberg.

The mountains are capped by a layer of basalt approximately 1,400 m thick, with sandstone lower down, resulting in a combination of steep-sided blocks and pinnacles.

one way flight to chile and some other questions

Tadaa! — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:55:44 +0000

my next trip will be south america..

but does anyone know if you can fly with a one way ticket to chile? or do i need proof that i leave the country after a certain time..

i found single way tickets for 500 USD from spain to santiago.. dont know if i could do it cheaper or not..
but i do not want to book a ticket and be denied acces to the country cause i dont have proof to leave after a certin amount of time

also.. is finding work easy in chile? (or argentina/peru maybe)
and if someone has a good adress to learn spanish in chile..

i saw chile is a little more expensive then the other countries in south america but i have a friend who flies there in a few weeks and he might be up for hitchhiking towards central america from there..
and after researching the country for a week now it seems pretty awesome..

if anyone can recommend some nice, off the beaten path places to visit.. feel free to post..

looking forward to go there.. i needed a chance of scenery after spending 9 month from the last 15 in north america.. and travelling europe in between..
now working for two months and the head to SA at the end of januari..

thanks in advance

Dries

ooh and really nice site you got here.. i am new to it. been reading it the last week.. doing my research for my next trip..

take care and save travels!