http://learningtheworld.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:38:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://learningtheworld.com/?p=68 McLeod Gang, Prayer Wheels Originally uploaded by Learning The World. What do they say about getting there being half the fun? This ninth overnight train or bus journey was meant for thirty minutes of comedy sitcom. You wouldn’t expect to be standing on the sidewalk ... http://learningtheworld.com/?p=67 Gulmarg’s snowy peak Originally uploaded by Learning The World. Ski-in and (almost) Ski-out at its finest found us in Gulmarg, Kashmir this spring. 16-days of skiing mounds of fresh snow in the Himalayas. Charlene joined instructor Nazar on the rope-towed slopes in the village ... http://learningtheworld.com/?p=66 Damian’s Email: casakettlewell@gmail.com Char’s Email: charlie.hess@gmail.com Photo pages: www.flickr.com/photos/learningtheworld Our coordinates: Aurangabad, Maharashtra - enroute to the World Heritage Site of Ajanta and Ellora Cave Temples. http://learningtheworld.com/?p=59 plateau path in the Drakensburg Originally uploaded by Learning The World. Up go our thumbs in rural Drakensburg, South Africa. The imposing Drakensburg Mountains and 20 kms of paved and gravel roads lead us to this evening’s destination, the Sani Pass Backpackers Hostel. In friendly South ... http://learningtheworld.com/?p=58 mandela’s cell, Robben Island Originally uploaded by Learning The World. The world saw South Africa’s courageous black, mixed race, Indian and white citizens rise up in 1994 to end apartheid, a racial segregation system where four million white citizens ruled over forty million citizens of ... http://learningtheworld.com/?p=57 SAB Originally uploaded by Learning The World. If you’re a fan of loud R&B, house or dance music, hop in a “black taxi” (apartheid policies ignored transportation for 85% of its population, thus mini van networks evolved to become transit) and you will be ... http://learningtheworld.com/?p=55 shamrock cliffs of the drakensburg mountains Originally uploaded by Learning The World. Eight hours south of Johannesburg are the southern Drakensburg Mountains, offering Sound of Music panorama hiking and ancient bushman SAN rock art for the budding archeologist. Barking baboons and an Armageddon-like ... http://learningtheworld.com/?p=54 heaven Originally uploaded by Learning The World. Climbing 1,000 metres in thick fog over six kilometers on a gravel road with forty five degree gradients will give even a Sea to Sky veteran white knuckles. The Sani Pass peak offers ethereal ‘above the ... http://learningtheworld.com/?p=52 xhosa girl Originally uploaded by Learning The World. Howling winds and skin cracking conditions soon encouraged a move west to more welcoming conditions in South Africa’s port city, Durban, and the rugged Transkei region Wild Coast. The birthplace of Nelson Mandela, the Transkei was ... http://learningtheworld.com/?p=51