Motorcycling the Himalayas: EPILOGUE – Ride of a Lifetime – Part 24
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I’m a freakin vegetarian, well, that’s not actually true, I love sushi so I do eat creatures with a face, Ok I’m a pesky pescatarian. Nothing grows at 16 thousand feet and I was a little freaked out about tales of Yak jerky, shredded Yak, Yak butter, Yakity, Yakity Yak! I was wrong.
Bordering both India and China there are numerous Nepalese vegetarian dishes and I sampled as many as possible. We all limited our diets for fear of Montezuma’s revenge. My diarrhea free diet staple was veggie fried rice and veggie noodle soup. But when the opportunity arose to experiment I took full advantage.
Yak steak or burgers, did not try but the carnivores in the group loved’em. Yak butter tea and Yak cheese, wonderful. I tried some Yak milk…Yuck!
MoMo – Dumplings, filled with everything from peanut butter and chocolate to pork ears
Daal Bhat – steamed rice and a cooked lentil soup called Dal.
Kheer – a very flavorful Basmati rice pudding made with coconut milk, raisins, cardamom, and toasted almonds and pistachios. This s really is a desert dish.
Sel Roti – Nepali traditional homemade, sweet, ring-shaped rice bread/doughnut.
Gundruk Dhiro – basically a thick porridge or mush obtained from the fermentation of leafy vegetables, weridish but supper filling.
Aloo Tama- classic Nepali soup prepared with black eyed beans, potatoes, bamboo shoots and spices
Was not so fond of.
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Motorcycling the Himalayas is without a doubt, an adventure of a lifetime. 1000 miles of rugged terrain, sleeping in monasteries at the base of Mt Everest, to the amazing Potala Palace, the former home of the Dalai Lama. Take an exciting trip with me and visit remote villages dating back a thousand years. This apostolic adventure began as a curiosity and became an obsession. I had visited the world’s largest Buddhist temple in the western hemisphere, a 100-million-dollar Swaminarayan Mandir Temple and the amazing mountain roads below the Malibu Hindu Temple, all in my back yard. Then the ride got real. It was off to the Yucatan peninsula to see pyramids and temples. Then motorcycled Bali and Java visiting the Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple. Culminating in the biggest adventure of my life, Motorcycling the Himalayas. Koz Mraz
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If you want the real-deal motorcycle challenge, a heart pounding adventure that you’ll never forget, … Continued
The Potala Palace is without doubt one of the wonders of the world. Construction began … Continued