Nepal (Km 74.300)The last 25 km up to Kathmandu were an endless ascent. The route was terrible, plenty of holes, ravines and with a lot of traffic. But we cycled in silence, concentrated and wanting to reach the top to go down to the capital city.
IndiaPilgrims of the whole country come to Varanasi to take a bath on the Ganges to purify their sins or to pass their last days in the holy city. Thereby I had the sensation that if there is a place in the world which represents how the life and the death are just transitory moments of a same way, it is.
IndiaWhen Clara and I arrived to Matura and we cycled to Vrindavan I understood that we were in one of the most sacred places in the whole India and the world too, because it is believed that 5000 years ago this place was where Krishna was born.
IndiaThe Hinduism is not a religion neither a philosophy but a sum of them, a group of theoretical and religious beliefs, cults, customs and rituals what conform a tradition. The Hindus call to this religious tradition “Sanatana Dharma” what means “eternal religion”.
IndiaMcLeod Ganj is the residence of the XIV Dalai Lama, and thereafter an important centre of Buddhist studies and Tibetan culture. The Tibet museum counts the tragic history of the China occupation and of the consequent exodus of Tibetan people.
IndiaOn the east of the Jammu and Kashmir province is the Ladakh region which is a great plateau over 3000 m. It is located on the western slope of the Himalayas. This region puts up one of the last communities of the Tibetan Buddhism that subsisted to the different colonies, to the violence of the Mongolians and to the cultural revolutions thanks to its strategic geographical position.
Cyprus (Km 60,460)That night in Cyprus we were afraid. I was completely immobilized, it was a shouting and I didn't understand anything. I thought about Clara, about the bikes and all our things. But everybody wanted to punch me.
IsraelJerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world, and it is considered a holy city for the three bigger monotheistic religions: the Judaism, the Christianity and the Islam. Visit it, was moving
EgyptAccording to Mohamed, a businessman from Cairo "Luxor is the worst city in Egypt because of the pursuit that exists toward the tourist. This time to go around Luxor, with a woman, was stressful.
EgyptThree years later I returned to Egypt, but this time I was with Clara and it was annoying, because along the whole country I got tired of discussing with its people who for some moments were unbearable.
Español
Follow Me