This is one of my all-time favourite travel blogs, about the time I was in a Buddhist retreat in Kathmandu and then went trekking in the Himalayas. "The lack of morning café latté and double chocolate chip muffins for breakfast notwithstanding, the retreat at Kopan proved to be one of those life experiences that affect you one way or another, consciously and sub-consciously."

The journey from Bodh Gaya to Amritsar lasted 28 hours and involved two train rides and a 3 hour taxi. This is the excerpt.