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to the personal website of
DEREK HENDERSON
Derek
is an author, Buddhist, cook, music lover, photographer &
traveller
TRAVEL
Lhasa -
Tibet
1987
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Gyantse
- Tibet 1988
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Taktsang
- Bhutan 2007
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BHUTAN
7
extensive trips
including trek (1996); entry overland from West
Bengal (1999); visit to remote festival (2004); countrywide tour
(2007); visit to festival in central Bumthang district (2013); visit to
the Haa valley, festivals in Bumthang (2016); countrywide journey &
remote festival (2019). Pre-2005 (when the rules were relaxed), granted
government permission to enter temples, including Taktsang, normally forbidden to
foreigners.
BURMA
Tour including
Rangoon, Bagan,
& Mandalay (1998); extensive tour including Bagan, Mandalay, Inle
Lake,
Kyaingtong, Mrauk U, Kyaiktiyo (2002).
CAMBODIA
Visit including Phnom Penh, the
temples of Angkor & Tonlé Sap lake (1998).
CHINA
20 trips since 1984, including
several long
railway journeys & two long overland drives, visiting, amongst
others, Beijing, Chengde, Chengdu, Daofu, Foshan, Ganzi, Guangzhou,
Kanding, Lanzhou, Luhuo, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shaoxing, Xi'an,
Xiaogang, Xining, Ya'an, Zhaoqing
&
Zhongshan.
Took parties of students to China annually 1992-97.
GRENADA
Visits 2002/10/11/12/14/15/16/17/18/22
HONG
KONG
Extensive visits 1974, 1984/87/89,
1992/93/94. Shorter visits 2003/04/06/08/10/11/12/13/15/16/17/18.
INDIA
Long road journey Delhi, Amritsa,
Dharamsala, Manali, Leh (Ladakh) & Srinagar (Kashmir) (1990);
tour
of Bengal & Sikkim (1999); tour of Ladakh, Bengal & Sikkim
(2005); visit to Tamil Nadu (2008).Long
rail/road/air journey Delhi, Gaya, Bodhgaya, Varanasi, Sarnath,
Kushinagar, Dharamsala & McLeod Ganj (2009). Long air/road journey
Delhi, Guwahati, Tezpur, Bomdila, Dirang, Tawang (2011); Long road
journey Chandigarh, Shimla, Manali, Rohtang Pass, Keylong, Dalhousie,
McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala (2014). Annual
Yuletide/New Year visits to Bombay
& Goa
1993 onwards (except Kerala in 1995/6 & 2021/2 due to Covid).
LAOS
Visit including boat trip down
Mekong river from Huay Kai to Pakbeng & Luang Prabang, visit
to Vientiane (1998).
NEPAL
Overland Kathmandu to Tibet (1988, 1992 & 1994); Kathmandu (1996); Kathmandu & Lumbini
(2004).
TIBET
Lhasa by air from Chengdu (1987);
overland from Kathmandu to Lhasa, via Tingri, Sakya, Shigatse, Gyantse
& Lake Yamdrok (1988); train from Lanzhou to Xining, visiting
Kumbum,
overland to Lake Kokonor & train to Golmud (& back!) (1990);
Lake Manasarova & Mount
Kailas (1992); major overland journey
from Gongkar to Tsetang & Samye Gompa, Lhasa, Drak Yerpa caves,
Nagqu, through Kham, via Chamdo, to the Chinese border (1994).
TRINIDAD
& TOBAGO
Extensive visits 1973/75/78, 1986,
1991
USA
Visits to California (including drive
from San Diego - San Francisco),
Memphis TN (and train to) New
Orleans LA (including JazzFest
2005/06/08/09/10/13), Dallas TX & New York City (1981/88, 1991/93/97, 2000/02/03/05/06/07/08/09/10/12/13/15/19/22).
VIETNAM
Trip
visiting Saigon, Hue, train
to Hanoi, & tour of NW including Dien Bien Phu & Sapa
(1995);
extensive tour of South, Central & NE (2001); a 3000km journey S to N (2008).
SHORT VISITS
Europe:
Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta
& Gozo, Spain & Switzerland 1956 onwards, Antigua (2020/1); Malaysia (2002); Sri
Lanka (2000); Sweden (2006); Thailand (1998); Turkey (1996).
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Henderson 2023 All rights reserved No material may be
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