Category: travel
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![Pattaya, city of bodies…[15/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150329_110400.jpg)
Pattaya, city of bodies…[15/50]
A good way to make the transition from South Asia back into the (over) developed countries of Europe and the New World is via a stopover in Thailand. This is because Thailand is an easy country to travel within and serves as a segue for other more challenging journeys (well, in reality, Thailand gets 14…
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![Kolkata moments [14/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150320_143652.jpg)
Kolkata moments [14/50]
Kolkata in West Bengal, India, is possible one of the most exciting and challenging cities that I have ever visited; nothing quite prepares you for it. I remember when I first came here in the mid-1990s how I felt a combination of fear, excitement, and horror, all at the same time, each emotion competing for…
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![Pokhara [13/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150313_112124.jpg)
Pokhara [13/50]
I spent the past week or so in Pokhara, Nepal’s second city after Kathmandu, a fairly relaxed city with a smallish population. It sits on a lake and has sporadic views of the Himalayas, most notably the scary looking Machhapuchhre occasionally sneaks a peak between the clouds. Machhapuchhre, or Fishtail, has never been climbed, not…
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![Annapurna says NO! [12/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150306_121748.jpg)
Annapurna says NO! [12/50]
I spent the past two weeks hiking to Manang and back on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. It is a spectacular trek; one of the world’s greatest high altitude treks. The village of Manang is at about 4000 meters, well above the snow line and yes, it snowed a lot. I had planned to go…
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![Annapurna Circuit Nepal [11/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150227_132953.jpg)
Annapurna Circuit Nepal [11/50]
At the moment, I’m a place called Manang on the Annapurna Circuit in the Nepalese Himalayas. I hiked for six days to get here; it takes about 15-20 days to do the complete Circuit which involves hiking over the Thorung La Pass which at 5400 metres, it perhaps the world’s highest. It has snowed pretty…
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![Rishikesh pancake therapy…[10/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150214_114822.jpg)
Rishikesh pancake therapy…[10/50]
I have spent the past week in Rishikesh in the state of Uttrakhand in Northern India. It is relaxed and chilled here, a backpacker backwater of the 1960s hippy trail. The town is surrounded by mountains on either side with the clear and fast-running Ganges slithering between it connected by two wobbly suspension bridges. The…