Khangchendzonga National Park
Khangchendzonga National Park
Khangchendzonga National Park, also known as Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, is hidden away in India‘s north-eastern province Sikkim. Getting there is an adventure itself. First: bureaucracy kicks in – you need a special visa to visit Sikkim – and then: jeep rides through deep himalayan valleys can be quite thrilling. Khangchendzonga National Park is home to Kangchenjunga (I’ll spare you any more variations to spell the peak) – the world’s third highest mountain. The few hikers that make their way up there walk along Goecha-La Trek, which takes them high up into the Himalayas. Accomodation and transport are basic, but the experience and the landscape are first class.
2013… B-Sides and Snapshots
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31st of December. Top-Of and Best-Of lists all over the social webs – you’ve probably seen enough of these. Still, this is the time to look back at the past year and so I thought I’d tell the story of my year with the help of a few shots…
Kabru’s Awakening
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If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you may remember my post about the trip to Khangchendzonga National Park in northern India. In this post I talked about the ups and downs I experienced during a 13-day trek through the park – and I…
Himalayan Twilight
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As some of you (those who are following me either on facebook or google+) may already know, I just returned from a 3 1/2 week trip to the indian Himalayas. Apart from travelling around in jeeps for countless hours, we also spent 13 days…