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What should you expect to find in Patong? Many bars and nightclubs, a lot of girls happy to spend their time with you, a lot of alchool,... not the real Thailand!
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-12-21
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-spain-barcelona.php Barcelona is a lively and sunny city. Barcelona offers to the tourist many things to visit and also many entertainments. Not to miss: a walk along the famous Rambla, the Sagrada Familia, the Park Guell of Gaudì... and a good dinner with fresh and cheap fish!
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-11-09
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-india-jodhpur.php Jodhpur, also called the "Blue City" because of the colour of the houses, is one of the best cities of Rajasthan.
Jodhpur's huge fort dominates the Blue City, growing out of a rocky ridge, with an otherworldly palace poking above its awesome walls.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-08-08
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-india-crocodile-bank.php reserch center of this terrible animal: the crocodile.
Many different kind of crocodiles are shown to the visitors, in a clear and nice way. A lovely day trip from Chennai or Mammallapuram!
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-08-01
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-india-chennai.php Chennai, also called Madras, is one of the biggest cities in South India. A long but dirty beach, a few Christian churches, an old fort,... not a lot more. From the few pictures we took, you can realize we didn't like Chennai so much!
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-07-28
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-india-gwalior.php Gwalior, a small village (compare with English standards) has got a lovely fort on a hill.
Inside the fort there are some palaces, temples, and also a Sikh temple, where we had dinner with a nice old man, looking like an old caracther from English Empire!
Huge sculptures in the rock (sometimes statues, sometimes huge temples) follow the road connecting the fort to the village.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-07-24
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-india-orchha.php Orchha, which means "Hidden Place", is a small town of just a few streets within a wonderful complex of well-preserved palaces and temples. The picture-book setting of spires and domes breaks the skyline in every direction.
A peaceful town, with many green parrots, vulture, and friendly people; perfect for a few days break.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-03-02
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-india-khajuraho.php Khajuraho, known and advertised in the world for the its kamasutra carvings, has proven how marketing can sell everything. The truth is different from the advertising, since ony a small amount of carvings are related with the kamasutra.
Anyway, if your interest is not only sex, the park of Khajuraho is a peaceful haven where to spend a day.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-02-15
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-india-varanasi.php Varanasi: a thousands years old city facing the Ganga, a holy river for Hinduism.
A pilgrimage destination to purify themselves from sins bathing into the most dirty and polluted river ever seen during years of traveling. A colourful crowd inhabit the ghats with offers and ritual baths, but not only: people wash their clothes, dishes, shit and piss, all in a few metres!
This city reflects the hundred of contradictions of India, between modernity and old traditions.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-02-11
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-nepali-food.php food") you will find in Nepal.
Thankfully the local restaurants have added to the Nepali food also some items of international food: you will be able to find from pizza, to spaghetti, to mexican tacos.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-02-07
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-transport.php Nepali travel inside their country? Here some answers: ciclo-rickshaw, tuk-tuk, tempo, microvan, minivan, and local bus.
Finding out that the driving licence here in Nepal is bought, without any exam, has explained the "mess" in the streets, and the high number of accidents.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-02-07
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-children-vaccine.php vaccination to the children against Hepatitis B (some children wer scared, others relaxed when they saw the needle); Marco teaching the children how to dance, to jump, and sing; and at last the dinner at the school principal's house.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-01-27
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-bugmati.php Buddhist ceremony with hundreds of monks. To this ceremony was present also a "rimpoche", a child believed to be the reincarnation of an important Lama.
The following pictures have been taken in Bugmati, a small village in the suburbs of Kathmandu, where we visited an handicraft shop of artisans building tridimensional mandalas and wooden statues.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-01-27
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-orphans-school.php sponsorize all the children of the orphanage, paying for one year school fees, school uniforms, bags, books, pencils, shoes,...
The first day of school some of the children were nervous, other relaxed, but generally they all were happy.
Marco also had a moment of great emotion when all the children took the school bus going toward their first day of school!
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-01-22
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-orphanage-christmas.php Xmas with the children of the orphanage in Kathmandu.
Colourfull ballons, drawings of Santa Claus, ciocolate pancakes, monks' blessing, a present for every child,... this is Xmas!
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2008-01-09
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-orphanage-temple.php another tour outside the orphanage walls. Destination: monkeys' temple.
After a short visit to the temple, we have rested at the park, where the children have played football, while some other have tried to catch the monkeys.
To finish a lovely day, we have been all together to eat chowmein (noodles) and momo to a small restaurant nearby. How much do these children eat??? Some of them eat more than Marco!!!
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-25
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-orphanage-children.php orphanage with the children, here is a selection of the hundreds of pictures taken.
Every day the children ask to be photographed; they pose and try to compete to be the main one in the picture. It is almost impossible to take pictures of the children while playing... as soon as they see the camera, they forget whatever they are doing and run in front of the objective.
... and, of course, the following day they wnat to be in front of the laptop while we watch the pictures taken!
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-25
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-orphanage-zoo.php So, they ask themselves: "Why not to bring all the orphanage to the zoo, as a day trip? Children, monk, and girls". This is the result of this wonderful day spent together with these lovely and exuberant children.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-18
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-kopan-kirtipur-gokarna.php surroundings of Kathmandu are rich of temples and attractions, perfect to escape to the noise of the Capital, and easy reachable with the public transport, less than one hour away from Thamel.
Kirtipur, a sleepy little town in the suburbs; Gokarna, a temple alive and crowded with devotees; and Kopan Monastery, crowded with tourists looking for themselves, with a 10 days meditation course "all incluvive".
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-18
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-patan.php Patan (also called Lalipur) is a city rich of temples, the best of which is the Golden Temple (so wonderful!) and the main square (Durbar Square), with no traffic and full of historical buildings and temples, much more rich of arts than Kathmandu Durbar Square.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-18
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-kathmandu-durbar-square.php highlights of Kathmandu, Human Heritage Site, this square is the worst mess of street sellers of vegetables, tiger balm, sandalwood chess games, spices, clothes... widen by the noise of motorbikes, microvan, richshaw, van,... Durbar Square (the main sqare in Kathmandu) is a wonderful square, rich of attractions and arts, unfortunately ruined by the chaotic context.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-17
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-bandipur.php Bandipur, a traditional Newari village, is a place where people seems to leave centuries apart from the rest of the country.
Situated between Pokhara and Kathmandu, along the Prithvi Highway, this small village (and the nearby Ramkot) is an highligth which has managed to escape the ravages of tourist development.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-11
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-tansen.php Tansen is a romantic medieval hill town. The narrow streets are full of Newari shop-houses and temples. Most of the centre is too steep for cars and motorbikes, making Tansen even more charming.
Around Tansen there are some nice walks to viewpoints and small villages.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-09
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-nepal-pokhara.php surrounded by mountains and facing the Phewa Lake, Pokhara is not only the base for starting the Annapurna Circuit Trek, but also a nice place where to spend a couple of peaceful days.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-12-03
http://www.backpackers-around.com/photo-spain-granada.php Granada is the symbol of Andalusia: signs of the Arabic domination in the quarter of Albayzin and in the fortress of Alhambra, the cathedrals of the following centuries, and cultural and entertainment of the new city.
Granada is one of the Spanish cities with allows you to enjoy all the aspect of the modern Spain and its origins.
[VISIT THE PHOTOGALLERY] ]]> 2007-11-18