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      • Tilicho Lake
      • Annapurna On Wheels With Two Kids In Tow
      • Gosainkund Winter Trek
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    • The Water Curtain Cave
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    • Food For Hikes – Sweet Potatoes
    • Healthy Coffee?
    • High Altitude Diarrhoea
    • Jumpstart Cream
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    • Choosing Footwear
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      • 6 Weeks Post-op
      • Day 1
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      • One Month Post-op
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    • Xiao Peng 小鹏
    • Yu Chun Shun 余纯顺
    • Lei Dian Sheng 雷殿生
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Magnificent Manaslu

by admin June 20, 2022 No Comments

Wow! I may change my mind and do Manaslu this November instead. This video is more “artistic” than documentary. Not a lot of commentary but still a pleasure to watch. Check Out Knapsack Books by Chan Joon Yee

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Changing Kyrgyz Fashion Over 100 Years

by admin June 6, 2022 No Comments

The changing fashions and outlook of women in Kyrgyzstan over 100 years. She’s a fantastic model. Look at all the different moods and facial expressions she’s able to portray. Check Out Knapsack Books by Chan Joon Yee

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Beshbarmak БЕШБАРМАК

by admin June 6, 2022 No Comments

Kyrgyzstan horsemeat noodles. Taste it then try to make it. But from what I know, you don’t always have to use horsemeat for beshbarmark. You can also use beef or even yak meat in the highlands. Check Out Knapsack Books by Chan Joon Yee

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Making Kyrgyz Boorsok

by admin June 6, 2022 No Comments

It’s usually spelled “borsok”, but I’m following the Russian spelling here. It’s like a cream puff without the cream inside. In Kyrgyzstan, it’s often eaten with sweet dips like jam or honey. I wouldn’t mind dipping in a savoury sauce like chilli crab sauce. The first video is in Russian and the second is in […]

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Food in Kyrgyzstan

by admin June 6, 2022 No Comments

Ashlanfu – a bit like Chinese 凉皮. I remember having horrible diarrhoea after that. It doesn’t taste too bad, but food hygiene is everything. Boorsok is like our cream puff without the cream. In Kyrgyzstan, it is usually eaten with jam. Samsa – Kyrgyz curry puff. Fried Lagman – Kyrgyz mee goreng. I’ve tried the […]

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Why Kyrgyzstan?

by admin May 27, 2022 No Comments

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Lao Girls In Vietnam

by admin May 5, 2022 No Comments

This town in Vietnam seems to be dominated by the Tai Lue and Tai Dam minority. The cameraman seems to know Vietnamese, but even without speaking any Vietnamese, the Tai dam and Lao people are part of the big Tai family and the two ladies could communicate using Lao. The protagonist here lives in Laos, […]

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Cold Meh? Where Got Cold?

by admin March 10, 2022 No Comments

It never ceases to amaze me how some folks thought they had endured extreme cold on a comfy holiday in a city, returning to their heated rooms at the end of the day, boast about how minus this, minus that is nothing. Like this jokers. Russians can easily survive because he had walked on the […]

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Awesome Antonov AN-22

by admin January 15, 2022 No Comments

It’s an antique military aircraft dating back to 1965. How on earth did Sam Chui manage to get on one of these? It’s powered by 4 turboprop engines and check out the 4 pairs of contra-rotating propellers. This design was the first wide-body transport aircraft and remains the world’s largest turboprop-powered aircraft to date. It has to be piloted manually and […]

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Flying In The Karakoram

by admin January 10, 2022 No Comments

In spite of their close relationship with China (like Nepal), this flight employs the ATR42-500, a French machine. There are incredible views of Rakaposhi 7788m from the cockpit. Although it’s merely the 27th highest mountain in the world in terms of its summit from sea level, Rakaposhi is actually the tallest mountain in the world […]

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