Author Topic: Achas Ve'achas' travel photo album. (Read 17947 times)

Achas Veachas · « **on:** October 30, 2014, 10:55:16 AM »

Disclaimer: while this album was inspired by Suave's thread, it will not be nearly as epic...

Shanghai, China:

Pudong skyline (the sky never got any bluer than this)

Shanghai Museum

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2014, 11:01:26 AM »

Cont:

(I'm dating myself with this picture)

30 story atrium at the Park Hyatt (the lobby is on the 57th floor of the Jing Mai tower).

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2014, 11:05:02 AM »

Cont:

Next up, Nepal...

Yaalili · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2014, 11:49:10 AM »

Great pictures, will be here for more

- Just looking at that picture of the 30-floor atrium, anyone with vertigo will get the chills from it.

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2014, 12:28:15 PM »

Quote from: Ya'alili on October 30, 2014, 11:49:10 AM

Great pictures, will be here for more - Just looking at that picture of the 30-floor atrium, anyone with vertigo will get the chills from it.

It's even more vertigo inducing in real life. You go out of the elevator facing the wall and then you turn around and it's right there...

Joe4007 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2014, 12:42:53 PM »

Awesome! Thanks for posting.

May I suggest you change the thread title to include your username?

ETA: Thanks.

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2014, 01:32:34 PM »

Kathemandu, Nepal

Monkey Temple

Shechting 250 chickens for the Seder.

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2014, 01:35:10 PM »

Cont:

TimT · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2014, 01:47:34 PM »

Is the shochet the shliach there ?
Even the animals look poor & desperate.

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2014, 01:48:46 PM »

Quote from: TimT on October 30, 2014, 01:47:34 PM

Is the shochet the shliach there ?

Yes. Rabbi Lifshitz.
He's a Mohel too in case you get stuck there

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2014, 02:12:00 PM »

Nepal, Day trips

Bungee jumping (TR and more pics here)

On the way:

There:

Dulikhel, Nepal

Why not?

Suave · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2014, 03:33:15 PM »

Nice!!

I missed the Nepal title and was like "Huh? what is lifschitz doing in shanghai?

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2014, 03:41:23 PM »

Quote from: Suave on October 30, 2014, 03:33:15 PM

Nice!!

I missed the Nepal title and was like "Huh? what is lifschitz doing in shanghai?

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #13 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:17:04 PM »

Mt. Everest area, Nepal

For a full TR see here.

While the scenery was crazy out of this world, this post focuses more on locals/wildlife.

Nepalese army training

Everest Base Camp.

Chabad is everywhere..

Traffic jam...

These kids take a 3 hour hike to get to school each day...

Lukla airport

efflpetzel · « **Reply #14 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:26:02 PM »

amazing pics, Its just unbelievable how people live like this,
We so take our way of life for granted

Suave · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:41:50 PM »

I bow my head, you sir, are a gentleman & a scholar. You beat me.

Achas Veachas · « **Reply #16 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:50:40 PM »

Quote from: efflpetzel on October 30, 2014, 04:26:02 PM

amazing pics, Its just unbelievable how people live like this,
We so take our way of life for granted

Yup! In those 2 weeks I learned how much of what we call "necessities" are really luxuries (2 weeks with no DDF!!!

)

Quote from: Suave on October 30, 2014, 04:41:50 PM

I bow my head, you sir, are a gentleman & a scholar. You beat me.

If only I had more time/resources to do as many locations as you...

Yaalili · « **Reply #17 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:57:48 PM »

Great post again. How is it even legal to stuff so many people on that plane, looks like there is no aisle, everyone crammed together. Like ur play on Chaba(d)[a]..

VacationLover · « **Reply #18 on:** October 30, 2014, 05:10:55 PM »

Wow, interesting world

From with camera was those photos taken?

rots5 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 30, 2014, 05:17:01 PM »

great stuff