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Tag: Hiking in Asia

Haghpat Monastery as seen hiking from Haghpat to Sanahin Monastery
Armenia, UNESCO

Hiking from Haghpat Monastery to Sanahin Monastery

by Westwards / 21 December 20222 January 2023

In the mountains near the industrial town of Alaverdi in the north of Armenia, two Christian monasteries from the 10th …

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Woman hiking on a prepared trail through the forest
Hiking, Japan, UNESCO

The fabulous Shirakami Sanchi beech forest in North Japan

by Westwards / 25 July 201722 September 2023

„Oh yes, that is very blue!“ – „Oh, look – how blue it is!,“ shout the Japanese tourists, looking in …

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Statue of Kobo Daishi and pagoda in front of a tempel building
Hiking, Japan

The 88 Temple Pilgrimage of Shikoku

by Westwards / 30 May 201628 March 2021

The first blog post we did in 2006 as a sort of technical test was a report about the „88-Temple-Pilgrimage“ …

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Gondola with tourists at the Big chairlift in Chimgan
Hiking, Uzbekistan

The Chimgan Mountains near Tashkent – a guidebook research day trip

by Westwards / 28 September 20137 June 2022

Although we had an early start in Tashkent, it is already noon by the time we arrive at the Bolshoi …

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Hiker in an orange jacket on a foggy mountain path
Hiking, Kyrgyzstan

Hiking to the Kol Mazar near Arslanbob

by Westwards / 3 July 20124 April 2021

The Kol Mazar holy lakes lay behind a range of high mountains. From the village of Arslanbob we hiked up …

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Red gondola of the Kurobedaira ropeway
Hiking, Japan

Tourism in the Japanese Alps

by Westwards / 30 June 200923 February 2022

Until the 19th century, only Shinto pilgrims visited the inhospitable mountains of central Japan. The British missionary Walter Weston was …

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Yukatas on the washing line
Hiking, Japan

Hiking on the Nakasendo

by Westwards / 4 June 20098 November 2021

During the Edo Period, the Nakasendo (“the way through the mountains”) was one of the main roads connecting Tokyo – …

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