Travelogues

Tiger Leaping Gorge by Olga Novikova (901) 2008-03-24 - 2008-03-27

Tiger Leaping Gorge is a popular trek in Yunnan, but I was lucky not to meet many people on the path (or, rather, successfully avoided them). You have Haba Snow Mountain accompanying you all the way on your right, and the river running at the very bottom of the gorge (which you hear occasionally). Sometimes a noise comes from the mountain, I imagine it is snow falling from the top. There are few villages that lay on the path, each surrounded by farmland.

I find walking there a great way to get away from distractions of the city life, to clear the mind. ... (full story) (2 photos)

Samarkand 2004 by Olga Novikova (901) 2004-11-06 - 2004-11-08

A weekend in Samarkand (November 2004). An assignment entitled "One day in my life" I wrote for my writing class. ... (full story) (8 photos)

Kashmir, India, March 2004 by Olga Novikova (901) 2004-03-01 - 2004-03-09

When I was going to Srinagar in March 2004, I found information on travel to Kashmir to be very scarce. Opinions on how safe it was to go there were divided.

In Kashmir, I discovered stunning scenery and wonderful people. I thought how unfair it is that so few tourists go there. I thought that, once more information about travel to Kashmir becomes available, travellers would be able to make decisions based not on security concerns alone but also on other things that would make them put the security concerns aside. ... (full story) (13 photos)