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Sadhus- The Holy Men of India
May Calendar Sheet No. 5 Indian Sadhus- The Wandering Monks of India They have turned away from worldly life, live without personal possessions and lead a strongly ascetic existence. [...]Read Mo
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Rural India
An insight into the Rajasthani village life India is noisy, polluted, overcrowded with lots of traffic, unbearable poor and too many men are around. If you travel from an Indian city to another Indian city, India can make a bad impression. But India’s charms lie much less in India’s overcrowded cities than in its rural [...]Read Mo
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In the land where the pepper grows
I am always very happy about a trip to the green state of Kerala, which is located at the southernmost tip of India. Here, in the so-called “land of coconuts” and christened by the Indians as “God’s own land”, one not only travels in a relaxed way, but there is also an incredible amount to [...]Read Mo
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The Indian Tourist Visa
Earlier, India’s Visa policies were quite complicated.! The mere application of the tourist visa was annoying. If you wanted to regulate the application for a visa yourself in the past and not to invest in any visa agencies, you had to travel to one of the few major cities to personally submit the visa application [...]Read Mo
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Fishing in the Arabian Sea – Marari Beach
April Calendar Sheet No. 4 The Indian subcontinent is bordered to the west and east by the Arabian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal and has a 7000 km long coastline. Most of the coastal regions have beautiful and unspoilt white sandy beaches. [...]Read Mo
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Fascia Yoga- Role out your fascia
An interview with Amiena Zylla Fascia. With a little interest in exercise, fitness and body, you can hardly get past the new big topic, unless you live like me, secluded in a small Indian mountain village in the Himalayas. During my recent visit to Germany, I naturally became curious about the ominous fascia, of which [...]Read Mo
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A Book List for your India trip
Before my first first visit India back in 2009, I had great respect and the urge to be well prepared before living in such a different world. I tied to gain some information online, talked to people who previosuly visited India and watched some Bollywood movies. But all this didn’t feel quite enough. [...]Read Mo
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In the houseboat through the canal system of the backwaters in Kerala
March Calendar Sheet No. 3 We sit comfortably in our chairs on the “balcony” of our small floating home for the next 24 hours and enjoy the fresh coconut water while we ship peacefully through the small channels of the backwaters. [...]Read Mo
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Lion, tiger, rhinoceros, elephant and co
Animal Watching in India Of course, encountering animals in their natural habitat is not comparable to a visit to the zoo. [...]Read Mo
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Jodhpur, Pushkar – Rajasthan! Travelling with children through India
I met Louise in a yoga ashram in Rajasthan, where she lived with her small family for a few months as a karma yogi. I was curious and asked Louise to share her experience about being in India with her three-year-old Matilda and to give us some hints about travelling with a child in India. [...]Read Mo
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Yoga World Munich
Some impressions and thoughts about The Yoga World 2017 in Munich Barbara Noh, Patrick Broome, Dr.Ronald Steiner, Christine May. They all accompany me as a yoga teacher through online yoga classes or newspaper articles on my own yoga path for several years. Now I was especially looking forward to meeting these yoga teachers at the [...]Read Mo
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Love goes through the stomach
A love that defies the unwritten laws of the caste system Rekha and Rishi seem to be a normal Indian couple, in a normal Indian home in Jodhpur. When we are picked up by Rishi by his motor- rickshaw from our hotel to take part in a cooking class with his wife Rekha, we meet [...]Read Mo
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When dreams come true
January Calendar Sheet Nr. 1 This Christmas I gifted my grandparents an “India calendar” with photos of my travels. To each photo I will be add story every month during this year. I would also like to share these stories with you. And here is the first story of the January calendar sheet: It’s 6:30 [...]Read Mo
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The Chalo! Travels Year 2016
The year 2016 has been marked by interesting journeys, wonderful encounters and many highlights. This year took us on trips across India- from the southernmost state of Kerala, via Karnataka and Mumbai through Rajasthan to Rishikesh and to the far north to the plateau of Ladakh. Whether on foot, by bike or on the mat [...]Read Mo
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Travelling through Rajasthan with our driver
A Rajasthan round trip with your own driver It’s August. Despite the monsoon season, it is hot. Here in the middle of nowhere in the Tharr desert between Jaisalmer and Jodhpur in Rajasthan. But we don’t notice anything from the 35°C in our Innova Toyota. We sit in the vehicle, let the desert landscape pass [...]Read Mo
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10 things not to be missed in Mcleod Ganj/Dharamshala
Note: By now few things changed: The Dalai Lama is now more frequently to be seen, as he is retired Sanghey is not teaching Momo making classes anymore, but you can find other teachers having a poster up. Or why not trying it out your self To camp in Triund in a fixed camp is [...]Read Mo
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Cashless in India
Post from 2016 It is now 2 weeks, since the old 500 and 1000 rupee notes in India have lost their value and the new 500 and 2000 rupee notes have been introduced. Only yesterday I returned to Delhi from my ten-day Malaysia trip and I had hoped a little, that during this time the [...]Read Mo
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Travelling with children in India – is that possible?
Here is another guest post from me. This time on the topic of travelling with children in India on Julia’s blog TravellingKinder. In the article you can read about my opinion about travelling with children in India and how best to travel with the little ones through the big subcontinent. Read here an article from [...]Read Mo
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The best places in India to practice yoga
In the meantime, yoga has become popular all over the world. Many of us have integrated yoga firmly into our everyday life and visit a yoga class at least once a week. Yoga feels good, relaxes and keeps us physically and mentally in balance. [...]Read Mo
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Turmeric Vegetable Curry- A delicate dish of an interesting vegetable
There is no Christmas in Hindu Rajasthan. But if Christmas were to be celebrated, the royal dish “Haldi Subzi” would surely be served in the desert state on this special occasion. The vegetarian dish is a wonderful combination of the best ingredients and can also be served easily in the western world as a vegetarian [...]Read Mo
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Hike to the hot springs at Khir Ganga
Leaving the Kullu valley and turning into the narrower and wilder Parvati valley, one reaches Barsheni, the last village of the valley that can still be reached by car. Barsheni itself is not particularly beautiful. For some years now, a construction site has been here due to a planned hydroelectric power plant and it is [...]Read Mo
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500 and 1000 rupees banknotes became worthless overnight
News, News, News India in the fight against terrorism, black money and corruption Last night I took the night bus from Manali to Delhi. As the bus stopped for dinner, I turned on my phone and I was flooded by the news: In the evening of November 8, 2016, the Prime Minister Modi announced sweeping [...]Read Mo
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Happy Diwali
Once it gets cooler in Manali, only a few tourist are around it becomes quite peaceful in the mountain village, then it is time for Diwali. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights and the most important holiday in India, takes place every year on the 15th of the month Of Kartik, 20 days after Dusshera [...]Read Mo
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In an ashram in Rishikesh
Start the day with meditation It’s pitch black when I sneak out of my room at 5:20 am and walk into the yoga hall on the higher floor. The hall is already well filled. But there is only silence. I find an empty space in the back corner and roll out my yoga mat on [...]Read Mo
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Holger Schaarschmidt about the Hero MTB Himalaya race
Two years ago I was able to meet the mountain biker, adventurer and world traveller Holger Schaarschmidt during the Hero MTB Himalaya. Holger did not only have a very friendly appearance, but was even able to finish the race with a terrific 5th place. So that race enthusiasts get an idea of the nine-day race [...]Read Mo
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Mountaineering in India…
Finally, the time has come! My article about our Deo Tibba (6001 m) adventure is published on the open air blog. Oh, what beautiful memories of this unforgettable experience! This year, by the way, Hanuman Tibba (5932 m) is waiting for us in June! [...]Read Mo
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MTB Himalaya- A multi-day mountain bike stage race in the Indian Himalayas
We organize Race packages inclusive of a Mini India Trip at the end. I can’t avoid it. There is simply this indelible thirst in me for adventure, nature, mountains, experience and physical challenge. All these components and so much more are include in the hard nine-day Hero MTB Himalaya mountain bike race,which I had already [...]Read Mo
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12 Days Bara Banghal Trek – from Manali to Daramshala
All Treks are different. There are trekking routes with well-developed paths and trails, treks with tea houses along the way, where you can get accommodation and food. There are low-altitude tours and there is the Bara Banghal Trek. A trek, on which for several days there are a lot of goats and sheep, but no [...]Read Mo
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Julley from Leh – The six best things to do in Leh
Julley is the magic word in the northern Indian region of Ladakh. Translated, it means “Hello”, “Goodbye”, “Thank you” and “Please”. With this simple word you get through in the high mountain desert of Ladakh quite well. Everywhere you are illuminated by Ladakh faces and a “Julley” is shouted at you. [...]Read Mo
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My Homemade Energy Balls- “MTB Laddus”
Delicious, easy to male without baking and healthy! Due to my quite extreme activities in mountain biking and mountain sports, I often need a fast energy source. Especially during several-hour mountain bike races without a stopover, but also during a mountain expedition, it is important that I always have a small supply of high-caquitonic food [...]Read Mo
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Mountain biking through the Indian Himalayas
June Calendar Sheet No. 6 By now I have been sitting in the saddle for four hours and slowly I feel some pressure in my bubble. But I try to keep up with the pressure a little longer. At the moment I am still in a very good rhythm, which I would not like to [...]Read Mo
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India in two weeks
In two weeks through northern India as a backpacker Admittedly, two weeks for India isn’t really much and you won’t see everything of northern India in the two weeks. But let’s be honest: even I (and I’ve been living in India for over six years by now) haven’t visited all corners of India yet. But [...]Read Mo
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Trekking Peak in Spiti: Kanamo Peak (5969 m)
Another mountain ascent Due to illness, unfortunately, our planned seven-day trek over the Parangla Pass (5600 m) from the Spiti valley to Ladakh got canceled! The trek was supposed to start from the 4200 meter high village Kibber, but our guests unfortunately just didn’t feel comfortable with fever and cold and decided to drive directly [...]Read Mo
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The Manali Leh Highway by bicycle – a classic
The Manali-Leh Highway: The Facts So many times we have organized the Manali-Leh Highway as a Bicycle tour and now it’s actually the first time I write something on my blog about this great bike tour! The Manali-Leh Highway: 475 km long, five high mountain passes, two of them over 5000 meters high, open only [...]Read Mo
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Indian Sweets – Sugar Time
The father of a good friend of mine runs the most famous candy shop in the Kullu Valley. Anyone who has ever tasted Indian sweets, knows that they are very sweet, but also very tasty. The shop was opened by Aju’s (my friend’s name) grandfather in Kullu in 1945. At that time he and his [...]Read Mo
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The People of the Manali Leh Highway
After Darcha, the last village on the Manali-Leh Highway, there are no settlements for about 300 km to Rumtse. Apart from mountains, dust and glaciers, there is not much more. Despite this, or precisely because of this, this highway in the northernmost part of India is so special.Nevertheless, there are at regular intervals smaller temporary [...]Read Mo
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Through the monsoon
When children cheer with joy, women start washing the laundry and the men start soaping up on the street – then it is monsoon time in Rajasthan! Of course, the monsoon rain after 6 years of India is nothing new to me, but its intensity and surprices me again and again! [...]Read Mo
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Rajasthan Round Trip
In two weeks through the Indian desert state with palaces, camel, yoga and interesting encounters Rajasthan is the main destination, along with Agra and Delhi, for many Western travellers. In fact, the great desert state, with its impressive stories of Maharajas and Mughal kings, can be traced back while visiting the mighty forts and magnificent [...]Read Mo
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Founder of the State of Brandenburg 2016
As part of the 10th Entrepreneurs’ Day 2016, I participated with Chalo” Travels in the competition “Founder of the State of Brandenburg 2016”. Yesterday, on May 4, 2016, the award ceremony took place. I did not win, but at least I got among the three nominees! A beautiful success after 2 years with Chalo! Travels. [...]Read Mo
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