17. April 2025     India has the same time everywhere, although it is more orientated towards the west. In the east, for example, the sun rises (and sets) very early. As a result, you often wake up quite early. This time there was also an unpleasant noise when I woke up: The sound of … Continue reading Trek Garibas-Sandakphu – the ducks paddle across the small lake → Read more

16. April 2025     Yay! The morning actually started promisingly! I was able to catch a glimpse of high mountains (unfortunately not recognisable in the picture) and went for a pre-breakfast walk to old little stupas on a hill and came across horses. They have horses here for a few trekking tourists who want … Continue reading Trek Tonglu-Garibas – The birds are chirping between the Rhododendren → Read more

15. April 2025   I quickly learnt that a lot has changed since 1995, when I did the Singalila trek alone.   There is now a road up to Sandakphu, the place from where you can see Everest, Makalu, Lhotse and Kanchenjunga, i.e. 4 eight-thousanders. Someone must have thought that this would be a great … Continue reading Trek Manybhanjang-Tonglu – The chicken is too heavy and allowed to continue living → Read more

13. + 14. April 2025     It was time for a change of location. A flight of just over 2 hours took me to Bagdogra. This is the airport from which you travel to Darjeeling or Gangtok. Everything went great – except that I had the best seat (1A), but the magnificent Himalayan mountain … Continue reading Darjeeling – The Yaks are exhausted → Read more

13. April 2025     The Diamir famtrip is over and I’ve just arrived in Darjeeling. From 40 degrees plus to maybe 12 degrees now in the evening. Sounds exhausting? It was! The 40 degrees, that is. And a lot more besides. 10 people, 9 female, 1 male 1 German-speaking guide from Agra, highly praised … Continue reading Famtrip Diamir- The horse dances at 40 degree → Read more

29. March 2025       I have been to the region 5 times so far: 1995 Darjeeling with Singalila trekking and a short visit to Sikkim 2000 Darjeeling with Singalila trekking, which got shortened in the rain 2013 quite a long time in Sikkim with Goecha-la-Trek 2015 Kamerakidz project in Sikkim and a tourleading … Continue reading Darjeeling-Sikkim – Before the trip → Read more

End of December 2024     Start with what? Perhaps the way I travelled. On the one hand, it stressed me out, but on the other, it was chic and comfortable. It was a hybrid: I was on holiday, but Diamir gave me a few extra days for exploring and socialising. There are several agencies … Continue reading Gujarat – Afterthoughts → Read more

21. + 22. December 2024     During my preliminary research on the internet, I had found pictures of piled up large rocks and a fort. That looked like something I wanted to see. This structure is located in Idar, a ‘zero point’ on the tourist map. All the more exciting to go there once. … Continue reading Polo -> Idar -> Ahmedabad -> Delhi – The best comes at the end → Read more

20. December 2024     The distance to the next accommodation wasn’t that far. I had thought of something, but they were against it, they wanted me to travel differently, so to speak. So we travelled quite leisurely with stops to the Polo Forest. The first stop was at a Hindu temple, where probably nobody … Continue reading Poshina -> Polo – The discovery of the temple ruins → Read more

19. December 2024     Darbargadh has been in the family for 8 generations and is a chic estate. The son of the house was there all alone, parents, wife and children all gone (Just these days). Unfortunately I didn’t take any photos of him, he only appears in a video. They have quite a … Continue reading Poshina – The place of the sacrificed horses → Read more