April 2012
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Day 13 Ganden Monastery, photography paradise, a...
We leave for Ganden monastery at 10:00 AM in a luxurious Toyota bus with a hybrid engine. It al sounds very smooth and quit. Ganden is about 30 miles from Lhasa and at 4.800 meters. Ganden has suffered quite a bit from the Cultural Revolution, Google it and you know. It is a steep climb. I’m sitting next to Marleen and time flies chatting. The low rising sun sent gigantic beams of light through...
WatchDay 12: Jokhang, Potala, a drunken Chinese and a gorgeous mother
We check into room 306 and… we have an electric blanket… ELECTRIC BLANKET… a hot RAIN shower and beds on which you can sleeeep. Luxury is nice and appreciated a lot if you’re deprived of it. I appreciate the lessons learned during my trip, at home you take it all for granted, here you really enjoy the...
Day 11 Walking on the moon, magical light, Yaks...
Today we’ll drive from Gyantse to Lhasa, about 250km. We leave at 9:30 and ETA is about 16:30. Our first stop is at a huge lake. Its quite cold outside and about two thirds of the lake is frozen.
We all take photos, throw stones on the water and enjoy the unique scenery: An icy blue lake at the top of the world, silverfish reflection of the sun and at the horizon the snow topped Himalayas.
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Day 5: Driving to the Tibet border
(above a Tibetan who lives in his caravan at 4.800 meters…)
Oh boy, my alarm is going crazy at 5:15 AM… Fortunately I’ve packed everything the night before. Living out of a backpack is liberating. You realise you don’t need that much to embrace life as it is presented. The right mindset for Buddhist Tibet. Ram, the name of my local travel agent arrives at the hotel at...
For a change you can listen to my voice as I...
Day 4: A Sadhu and some Marijuana
At 14:00 to Pashupatinath, the most sacred place for Hindu’s in Nepal. I’m a bit prepared for the Buddhist culture, but not for the Hindu culture so I take a guide.
Pashupatinath is above all a cremation site like Varanasi in India. The one sentence I do remember vividly from the guide is: ‘why show birth and hide death ?’ Well death is all around here, but...
Day 4: Buddhism and a bomber
(Top: Bodhnat temple at sunrise)
I get up at 5:45… at last no problems, also my mind has now arrived at Kathmandu. Feel fresh, feel energised. I’ve got high expectations watching Tibetan Buddhism closer, especially because of my trip next week to Tibet. It all starts with heavy negotiations about the taxi price. It takes about 10 minutes and eventually I step out the car, the price...
“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in...”
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Day 3 afternoon, Bakthapur
(above: men and woman sitting near the market in Bakthapur)
After my breakfast around 10:30 my mind still has to arrive in Kathmandu so I’ll take a nap until 14:00.
It’s only 16km but it takes you about an hour. The road is quite bad and it’s quite a rollercoaster ride. I have to pay 700 NPR to get in (that’s about 7 euro’s). According to the Lonely Planet guide...
Bresson at the MOMA →
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Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brussels, 1932. Sixty unseen photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson are included in The Modern Century: Henri Cartier-Bresson, a retrospective of his…
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Arrival at Kathmandu
(above Kathmandu from the air, a minute before touchdown)
The runway is a bit close. It could also be that the pilot had the wrong angle. Whatever the cause is the pilot has to hit the brakes big time. My photo-vest (a Billingham, come back to that wonder a little later) almost start to fly from the chair next to me. The plane turns towards the tower and start to cross the other runways. I hope...
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The start
Until the release date of ”Colorful Connections” Hans will share here his diary from Nepal, Tibet and India and how he made his book. Photography tips on street photography, Leica and what has influenced his work will shared as well. The posting starts Monday April 5.
