[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 January 2016] 8 August 2015, Friday After a long two weeks spent in high altitude Tibet, it was time to get down to earth again, literally. We checked out of our Gorkha Tibet Hotel and hopped on Zai […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 January 2016] 7 August 2015, Thursday It’s the last full day of our trip and it’s another day of free and easy in Lhasa. It was actually a bonus day because we accelerated our itinerary by one day, […]
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Tibet Pilgrimage Day 13: Namtso Lake / Lhasa
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 January 2016] 6 August 2015, Wednesday Last night, I did not sleep well at all. The room was pitch dark except for the light coming through the gap of the door. The blanket was heavy and it weighed […]
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Tibet Pilgrimage Day 12: Shigatse / Namtso Lake
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 January 2016] 5 August 2015, Tuesday Today, we would be making a long drive from Shigatse to Namtso Lake, another of Tibet’s famous sights. The original Mt. Kailash itinerary provided by Tibet Highland Tours did not include a […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 January 2016] 4 August 2015, Monday After the high (we did it!) and low (we did it! But it was freaking shag!) of completing the gruelling Mt. Kailash trek, the next day was spent on the road backtracking […]
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Tibet Pilgrimage Day 10: Zuthal Puk / Darchen (Mt. Kailash Trek) / Saga
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 2 January 2016] 3 August 2015, Sunday After getting through the first two days, we felt good today as we knew that the end was near. Today’s journey would take us from Zuthal Puk back to Darchen, covering 14km […]
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Tibet Pilgrimage Day 9: Dira Phug / Zuthal Puk (Mt. Kailash Trek)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 2 January 2016] 2 August 2015, Saturday The alarm went off at 6:45am. We were to have breakfast at 7:30am, and depart at 8:30am. However, the porters would be leaving first at 8am, so we needed to have our […]
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Tibet Pilgrimage Day 8: Darchen / Dira Phug (Mt. Kailash Trek)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 January 2016] 1 August 2015, Friday The time has finally come for us to begin trekking! After spending one week in Tibet acclimatising to the altitude and spending the past three days sitting inside a van, I was […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 31 December 2015] 30 July 2015, Thursday It’s Day 7, the halfway mark of the trip. Much like the two days before, it will be another long day as we travel about 515km from Saga to Darchen, which is […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 30 December 2015] 29 July 2015, Wednesday After a good night’s sleep on a 1,000-thread count bed sheet (or so it felt), we woke up rejuvenated and raring to go. We had breakfast in the hotel restaurant and checked […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 December 2015] 28 July 2015, Tuesday After yesterday’s extended stay in Lhasa, ST managed to recuperate and recover just enough to make the long road trip to Shigatse today. Along the way, we would be stopping by at two […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 November 2015] 27 July 2015, Monday According to our itinerary, we would be leaving Lhasa today and heading to Shigatse. However, things don’t always go to plan. Early in the morning, RL informed us that ST’s fever had […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 November 2015] 26 July 2015, Sunday It’s Day 3 of the trip, and we have two places for sightseeing today – Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. Potala Palace is the most visited tourist attraction in Tibet, and rightly so. […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 25 October 2015] 25 July 2015, Saturday Following last night’s sudden bout of AMS, I spent a restless night in bed, waking up every 2 hours, feeling sick. I just kept drinking water, because that was what Tenzin advised. […]
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Tibet Pilgrimage Day 1: Singapore – Chengdu – Lhasa
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 20 October 2015] 24 July 2015, Friday Seven months after first mooting the idea, it was finally time to set off to Tibet. Our Air China flight was scheduled to depart Singapore at 2:00am, so we checked in at […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 19 October 2015] How do I begin? In all honesty, Tibet wasn’t even on my list of must-visit places. So how did I end up going to Tibet? After two trips to Europe in 2014, I was craving for something […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 14 & 15: Paris – Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 7 September 2015] 7 November 2014, Friday It’s Day 14, the last full day of the trip, and we would be taking it easy today. After yesterday’s unsavoury encounter with the gypsy woman that left mum a few hundred […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 13: Paris
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 22 August 2015] 6 November 2014, Thursday It’s the second last day of the trip, and I had planned to cover all the key sights in Paris today, so that we could have a relaxing day tomorrow with no […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 12: Switzerland (Zürich) – Paris
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 20 July 2015] 5 November 2014, Wednesday After four days in Switzerland, it was time to move on to Paris, the last leg of our trip. I had visited Paris once before – in October 2009. At the time, […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 11: Switzerland (Lucerne / Zürich)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 15 July 2015] 4 November 2014, Tuesday After spending a night in Lucerne, it was time to move on again and today, we would be heading to Zürich, the capital of Switzerland. Our train departure time was 12:10pm, but […]