Index Trip Three

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Table of Contents of the third World Trip

Shown above are some highlights of world trip three, while below is a complete list of all the individual travel days and a world map indicating the overall travel route…

Canada

• Vancouver
• 121120 Travel Day 840 – Freezing Toronto to rainy Vancouver
• 121121 Travel Day 841 – Condominium Jungle named Vancouver
• 121122 Travel Day 842 – Life in Shopping Mall and Coffee Shops
• 121123 Travel Day 843 – Gastown visit on a Travel Sunday

Hawaii

• Oahu
• 121124 Travel Day 844 – Rainy Vancouver to sunny Hawaii
• 121125 Travel Day 845 – Travel Daycation in Obama-Land
• 121126 Travel Day 846 – Oahu, Tourist Paradise with hazy Skies
• 121127 Travel Day 847 – Sunset Hike to Diamond Head in Hawaii
• 121128 Travel Day 848 – Hawaii, Ragged Cliffs to Sandy Beaches
• 121129 Travel Day 849 – Eddie Aikau Surfing Event at Waimea Bay
• 121130 Travel Day 850 – Battleship Day in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• 121201 Travel Day 851 – From Downtown to Beach Daycation
• 121202 Travel Day 852 – Aloha Hawaii on a Travel Sunday

Guam

• 121204 Travel Day 853, 854 – Two-day Travel to Guam and Manila

Philippines

• Manila
• 121205 Travel Day 855 – Manila, Arrival Day in Jeepney Town
• 121206 Travel Day 856 – Makati and Manila, a World apart
• 121207 Travel Day 857 – Intramuros, the walled Spanish Legacy
• 121208 Travel Day 858 – Farewell Stag Day and Night
• 121209 Travel Day 859 – Lagaspi Market to Chinese Cemetery
• 121210 Travel Day 860 – Last Tabla Travel Sunday before India

India

• Kolkata
• 121211 Travel Day 861 – Arriving in residential Kolkata, India
• 121212 Travel Day 862 – Sudder and Park Street in Kolkata
• 121213 Travel Day 863 – Tabla Class and Evening Concert
• 121214 Travel Day 864 – Walks on a Miserable Sick Day
• 121215 Travel Day 865 – Tabla Lesson and Hooghly Trip
• 121216 Travel Day 866–868 – Tabla Routine and Local Travel Life
• 121219 Travel Day 869 – Badminton Match in Kolkata Ghetto
• 121220 Travel Day 870 – Rabindra Bharati to Beer Garden
• 121221 Travel Day 871 – Last Tabla Class and Evening Concert
• 121222 Travel Day 872 – Tablaphilia Rehearsal Kickoff
• 121223 Travel Day 873 – Kalighat Temple area in Kolkata
• 121224 Travel Day 874 – How to Build a Tabla from Scratch
• 121225 Travel Day 875 – Christmas in St. Paul’s Cathedral
• 121226 Travel Day 876 – Family Lunch by the Ganga
• 121227 Travel Day 877 – Sustainable Treats in Leaf and Clay
• 121228 Travel Day 878 – Tablaphilia Concert in Burdwan
• 121229 Travel Day 879 – Family Dinner in Southern Kolkata
• 121230 Travel Day 880 – Birla Mandir Temple Concert
• 121231 Travel Day 881 – Tablaphilia on Stage Performance
• 130101 Travel Day 882 – Organization and Planning in India
• 130102 Travel Day 883 – From Tabla to a City Mission
• 130103 Travel Day 884 – Beautification of Music through Tabla
• 130104 Travel Day 885 – From Tablaphilia to Market World
• 130105 Travel Day 886 – Tablaphilia Concert in Kolkata
• 130106 Travel Day 887 – Zakir Hussain Concert in Kolkata
• 130107 Travel Day 888 – One Month with a Guru in India
• 130108 Travel Day 889 – Kolkata, from Ganga to Park Street
• 130109 Travel Day 890 – British Colonial Center of Kolkata
• 130110 Travel Day 891 – Dakshineswar and Ramakrishna Temple
• 130111 Travel Day 892 – Moving to Sudder Street in Kolkata
• 130112 Travel Day 893 – Ganga, Tabla and Family Visit
• 130113 Travel Day 894 – Victoria Memorial on a Sunday
• Puri
• 130114 Travel Day 895 – Post Office and First Train Ride
• 130115 Travel Day 896 – Arrival Day at the Beach in Puri
• 130116 Travel Day 897 – Sexy UNESCO Temple in Konar
• 130117 Travel Day 898 – Railroad Day in India
• Vizag
• 130118 Travel Day 899 – Thotlakonda and Bavikonda Ruins
• 130119 Travel Day 900 – Indian Beach Customs in Vizag
• 130120 Travel day 901 – Tasty Arrival day in hot Chennai
• 130121 Travel Day 902 – Math, Temple and Cathedral in Chennai
• Mamallapuram
• 130122 Travel Day 903 – UNESCO Temples by the Beach
• 130123 Travel Day 904 – Temples of Mamallapuram
• 130124 Travel Day 905 – Beach and Relaxation Day
• Pondicherry
• 130125 Travel Day 906 – French Colonial Pondicherry
• 130126 Travel Day 907 – Indian Republic Day in Pondicherry
• 130127 Travel Day 908 – Auroville, Heaven on Earth or Utopia?
• 130128 Travel Day 909 – Auroville Aftermath and Tanjavur
• 130129 Travel Day 910 – UNESCO Chola Temple in Tanjavur
• Madurai
• 130130 Travel Day 911 – Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai
• 130131 Travel Day 912 – Palace and Spice Shops in Madurai
• 130201 Travel Day 913 – Miserable Sick Day in Madurai
• 130202 Travel Day 914 – Overnight Travel to Kerala
• Kochi
• 130203 Travel Day 915 – Arrival in Colonial Fort Cochin
• 130204 Travel Day 916 – Kerala Backwaters Tour
• 130205 Travel Day 917 – Mattancherry and Jew Town
• 130206 Travel Day 918 – One Month with a Wife in India
• 130207 Travel Day 919-921 – South Indian Food in Kerala
• 130210 Travel Day 922 – Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012
• 130211 Travel Day 923 – Mattancherry Spice Warehouses
• 130212 Travel Day 924 – Where is the Fort in Fort Cochin?
• 130213 Travel Day 925 – Portuguese Churches in Kochi
• 130214 Travel Day 926 – Chinese Fishing Nets in Kochi
• 130215 Travel Day 927 – Fort Cochin, Captivating and Tranquil
• 130216 Travel Day 928 – Colonial Architecture of Kochi
• Bangalore
• 130217 Travel Day 929 – Historical Sites of Bangalore
• 130218 Travel Day 930 – British Colonial Bangalore
• 130219 Travel Day 931 – Is this New York City or India?
• 130220 Travel Day 932 – Tabla Concerts in Bangalore
• 130221 Travel Day 933 – Home-made Food in Bangalore
• Amritapuri Ashram
• 130222 Travel Day 934 – Mata Amritanadamayi Math
• 130223 Travel Day 935 – Darshan from the Hugging-Amma
• 130224 Travel Day 936 – Compost Seva at the Ashram
• 130225 Travel Day 937 – Amritapuri, a Spiritual Factory?
• 130226 Travel Day 938 – Holiday at the Ashram Hospital
• 130227 Travel Day 939 – Integrated Amrita Meditation
• 130228 Travel Day 940 – Secret Darshan Mantra Day
• 130301 Travel Day 941 – Palmistry and Beach Lecture
• 130302 Travel Day 942 – Tabla and Om Namah Shivaya
• 130303 Travel Day 943 – Vedic Astrology in Amritapuri
• 130304 Travel Day 944 – Beauty in Amritapuri Ashram
• 130305 Travel Day 945-949 – Amritapuri Ashram Days
• 130310 Travel Day 950 – Giving Prasad during Shivaratri
• 130311 Travel Day 951 – Amma’s last Beach Lecture
• 130312 Travel Day 952 – Amma’s last Meditation Day
• 130313 Travel Day 953 – Amritapuri without Amma
• 130314 Travel Day 954 – Morning Swim at Dolphin Beach
• 130315 Travel Day 955 – Travel Sunday in Amritapuri
• 130316 Travel Day 956 – Bye-bye Amritapuri and Amma
• Varkala
• 130317 Travel Day 957 – Beach Arrival in Varkala
• 130318 Travel Day 958-962 – Varkala Cliff Daycation
• 130323 Travel Day 963 – Varkala to Odayam Beach
• 130324 Travel Day 964 – Varkala Temple and Beach Puja
• 130325 Travel Day 965 – Southern Beaches of Varkala
• 130326 Travel Day 966 – Varkala Beach Settlement
• 130327 Travel Day 967 – Holi Temple Festival in Varkala
• 130401 Travel Day 968-972 – March Travel before Varkala
• 130402 Travel Day 973 – Bye-bye Varkala Beach
• Sivananda Ashram
• 130403 Travel Day 974 – Sivananda Ashram – Day One
• 130404 Travel Day 975 – Sivananda Ashram – Day Two
• 130405 Travel Day 976 – Sivananda Ashram – Day Three
• 130406 Travel Day 977 – Sivananda Ashram – Day Four
• 130407 Travel Day 978 – Sivananda Ashram – Day Five
• Kanyakumari
• 130408 Travel Day 979 – Kanyakumari, the End of India
• 130409 Travel Day 980 – Beach of three Sands in Kanyakumari
• Tiruvannamalai
• 130410 Travel Day 981 – Arunachala and Tiruvannamalai
• 130411 Travel Day 982 – Life in Tiruvannamalai
• 130412 Travel Day 983 – Tiruvannamalai Village
• 130413 Travel Day 984 – Annamalaiyar Temple in Tiru
• 130414 Travel Day 985 – Ramana’s Departure Day
• 130415 Travel Day 986 – Caves in Tiruvannamalai
• 130416 Travel Day 987 – Ramana Maharshi Ashram
• 130417 Travel Day 988 – Bye-bye Ramana and Tiru
• Chennai
• 130418 Travel Day 989 – Amma Darshan in Chennai
• 130419 Travel Day 990 – Amma Day in Chennai
• 130420 Travel Day 991 – Last Day in India

World Map indicating the Travel Route during the third World Trip

Nepal

• Kathmandu
• 130421 Travel Day  992 – Arrival Day in Kathmandu
• 130422 Travel Day  993 – Kathmandu Courtyards
• 130425 Travel Day  994-996 – Thamel Days in Kathmandu
• 130426 Travel Day  997 – Panipuri and the Nepali Girls
• 130427 Travel Day  998 – Nepali Village Concert in Manamaiju
• 130428 Travel Day  999 – Swayambhunath, Monkey Temple
• 130429 Travel Day 1000 – UNESCO Pashupatinath Temple
• 130430 Travel Day 1001 – Buddhist Stupa in Boudhanath
• 130501 Travel Day 1002-04 – More Kathmandu Thamel Days
• 130504 Travel Day 1005 – Dakshinkali Temple and Pharping
• 130505 Travel Day 1006 – Camera Repair in Kathmandu
• 130506 Travel Day 1007 – Chinese Invasion of Nepal?
• 130507 Travel Day 1008 – Nepal: TIMS, ACAP and Park Permit
• 130508 Travel Day 1009 – Packing for Langtang Trek in Nepal
• Extended Langtang Trek
• 130509 Travel Day 1010 – Tamang Heritage Trek – to Goljung La
• 130510 Travel Day 1011 – Tamang Heritage Trek – to Gonggang
• 130511 Travel Day 1012 – Tamang Heritage Trek – to Nagthali
• 130512 Travel Day 1013 – Tamang Heritage Trek – to Timure
• 130513 Travel Day 1014 – Tamang Heritage Trek – to Khanjim
• 130514 Travel Day 1015 – Langtang Trek – to Riverside Lodge
• 130515 Travel Day 1016 – Langtang Trek – to Langtang Village
• 130516 Travel Day 1017 – Langtang Trek – to Kyanjin Gompa
• 130517 Travel Day 1018 – Langtang Trek – to Thyangsyap
• 130617 Travel Day 1049 – Lower Mustang Trek – to Tatopani
• 130618 Travel Day 1050 – Lower Mustang Trek – to Pokhara
• 130619 Travel Day 1051-53 – Mustang Trek Aftermath in Pokhara
• 130622 Travel Day 1054 – How to fight Leeches in Nepal
• 130623 Travel Day 1055 – By Bus from Pokhara to Kathmandu
• 130624 Travel Day 1056 – Travel Sunday and KTM North Fake
• Kopan Monastery
• 130625 Travel Day 1057 – Arrival at Kopan Monastery in Nepal
• 130626 Travel Day 1057 – Dealing with Disturbing Emotions
• 130627 Travel Day 1058-62 – Ego, Attachment and Liberation
• 130701 Travel Day 1063-64 – The Monks at Kopan Monastery
• 130703 Travel Day 1065 – Disturbing Emotions and Emptines
• 130704 Travel Day 1066-74 – Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
• 130713 Travel Day 1075 – Refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
• 130714 Travel Day 1076 – Life and Conduct in the Monastery
• 130715 Travel Day 1077 – Dharma Etiquette at the Monastery
• 130716 Travel Day 1078 – Women working at Kopan Monastery
• 130717 Travel Day 1079 – Vegetarian Food at Kopan Monastery

Thailand

• Bangkok
• 130718 Travel Day 1080 – Bye-Bye Kopan and Hello Bangkok
• 130719 Travel Day 1081 – Culture Shock and Pad Thai in Bangkok
• 130720 Travel Day 1082 – Facing Khao San Road in Bangkok
• 130721 Travel Day 1083 – Wat Pho and the Reclining Buddha
• 130722 Travel Day 1084 – Wat Saket and the Golden Mountain
• 130723 Travel Day 1085 – Getting a Myanmar Visa in Bangkok
• 130724 Travel Day 1086 – Disturbing Screens of the Future
• 130725 Travel Day 1087 – Mahakan Fort and Bangkok City Wall
• 130726 Travel Day 1088 – Wat Arun the Prang Temple of Dawn
• 130727 Travel Day 1089 – Wat Suthat and Sao Ching-Cha
• 130728 Travel Day 1090 – Beautiful Night-Life of Bangkok City
• 130729 Travel Day 1091 – The diverse Temples of Phetchaburi
• Wat Suan Mokkh
• 130730 Travel Day 1092 – Hua Hin to Suan Mokkh Monastery
• 130731 Travel Day 1093 – Vipassana Registration at Suan Mokkh
• 130801 Travel Day 1094 – Wat Suan Mokkh Vipassana Program
• 130802 Travel Day 1095 – Anapanasiti, Mindfulness with Breathing
• 130803 Travel Day 1096 – Life and Conduct at Wat Suan Mokkh
• 130804 Travel Day 1097 – Vipassana changes at Suan Mokkh
• 130805 Travel Day 1098 – Vegetarian Food at Wat Suan Mokkh
• 130806 Travel Day 1099-01 – Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism
• 130809 Travel Day 1102 – Suan Mokkh Vipassana Retreat Day
• 130810 Travel Day 1103 – Last Day and Suan Mokkh Labor Camp
• Koh Phangan
• 130811 Travel Day 1104 – From Suan Mokkh to Koh Phangan
• 130812 Travel Day 1105 – Beach Daycation on Koh Phangan
• Koh Tao
• 130813 Travel Day 1106 – From Koh Phangan to Koh Tao Island
• 130814 Travel Day 1107 – Beach Daycation on Koh Tao Island
• 130815 Travel Day 1108 – Koh Tao Beach to Bangkok City

Sri Lanka

• Colombo
• 130816 Travel Day 1109 – Bangkok to Colombo on the Cheap
• 130817 Travel Day 1110 – Portuguese Colonial Fort Colombo
• 130818 Travel Day 1111 – Dutch Colonial Pettah in Colombo
• 130819 Travel Day 1112 – British Colonial Cinnamon Gardens
• Kandy
• 130820 Travel Day 1113 – Esala Perahera Tooth Festival in Kandy
• 130821 Travel Day 1114 – Elephants and Esala Perahera Festival
• 130822 Travel Day 1115 – UNESCO Sacred Tooth City of Kandy
• Sigiriya
• 130823 Travel Day 1116 – Pidurangala Rock Temple in Sigiriya
• 130824 Travel Day 1117 – UNESCO Ancient Rock City of Sigiriya
• 130825 Travel Day 1118 – UNESCO Cave Temples of Dambulla
• Polonnaruwa
• 130826 Travel Day 1119 – UNESCO Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
• 130827 Travel Day 1120 – Buddha and more Polonnaruwa Ruins
• Anuradhapura
• 130828 Travel Day 1121 – Ancient Dagobas of Anuradhapura
• 130829 Travel Day 1122 – UNESCO Sacred City of Anuradhapura
• 130830 Travel Day 1123 – Sacred Hill Temples of Mihintale
• Jaffna
• 130831 Travel Day 1124 – War Scared Jaffna and the Dutch Fort
• 130901 Travel Day 1125 – Jaffna and its Civil War Torn Buildings
• 130902 Travel Day 1126 – Hope for Jaffna and Point Pedro
• Trincomalee
• 130903 Travel Day 1127 – Uppuveli Beach in Tamil Trincomalee
• 130904 Travel Day 1128 – Fort Frederick and Trincomalee Beach
• 130905 Travel Day 1129 – Batticaloa City, Beach and Temple
• 130906 Travel Day 1130 – Portuguese Dutch Fort in Batticaloa
• 130907 Travel Day 1131 – Tea Plantations and Little Adam’s Peak
• Galle
• 130908 Travel Day 1132 – Arrival in the Fortress City of Galle
• 130909 Travel Day 1133 – UNESCO Galle City and Fortifications
• 130910 Travel Day 1134 – Restored Colonial Houses of Galle
• 130911 Travel Day 1135 – From Museums of Galle to Bangkok

Thailand

• Bangkok
• 130912 Travel Day 1136 – Bumrungrad Hospital Visit in Bangkok
• 130913 Travel Day 1137-38 – US Dollars for Myanmar in Bangkok

Myanmar

• Yangon
• 130915 Travel Day 1139 – Travelling from Bangkok to Myanmar
• 130916 Travel Day 1140 – Underwhelming Arrival Day in Yangon
• Bagan
• 130917 Travel Day 1141 – Temple Ruins in the Fields of Bagan
• 130918 Travel Day 1142 – UNESCO and the Temples of Bagan
• 130919 Travel Day 1143 – Bagan Temples and Buddha Statues
• 130920 Travel Day 1144 – Bagan during Sunset and at Night
• 130921 Travel Day 1145 – Buddhist Nat festival at Mount Popa
• Mandalay
• 130922 Travel Day 1146 – Bus Journey to mysterious Mandalay
• 130923 Travel Day 1147 – Shwenandaw and Mandalay Palace
• 130924 Travel Day 1148 – Mandalay Temples and Monasteries
• 130925 Travel Day 1149 – U Bein’s wooden Bridge in Amarapura
• Katha
• 130926 Travel Day 1150 – Crazy Train Travel to Naba and Katha
• 130927 Travel Day 1151 – No Choices but a great Day in Katha
• 130928 Travel Day 1152 – By Boat to Shwebo via Ayeyarwady
• 130929 Travel Day 1153 – Local Family Day in royal Shwebo
• Pyin Oo Lwin
• 130930 Travel Day 1154 – Surreal British colonial Pyin Oo Lwin
• 131001 Travel Day 1155 – Botanical Garden and Horse Buggies
• Hsipaw
• 131002 Travel Day 1156 – Hsipaw by Train via Gokteik Viaduct
• 131003 Travel Day 1157 – Hiking to Pankam, the Palaung Village
• 131004 Travel Day 1158 – Palaung Women and Buddhist Monks
• 131005 Travel Day 1159 – Nat Shrine and wooden Monasteries
• Inle Lake
• 131006 Travel Day 1160 – Night Bus to Nyaungshwe by Inle Lake
• 131007 Travel Day 1161 – Visiting Inle Lake and Inthein by Boat
• 131008 Travel Day 1162 – Train Ride to Hiking Paradise Kalaw
• 131009 Travel Day 1163 – Hiking to Local Villages around Kalaw
• Yangon
• 131010 Travel Day 1164 – Discovering British Colonial Yangon
• 131011 Travel Day 1165 – Shwedagon Paya, the US Dollar Pagoda

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