Dermot O'Brien
Day 14. Sept 20. Kailash day 3.
Photos and videos at the end. After breakfast, we visited Zutulpuk monastery, next to our guesthouse. The monastery was originally built...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 19
- 3 min
Day 13. Sept 19. Kailash day 2.
Photos and videos at the end. A few of us decided to set off a little later after breakfast, so we could catch the sunrise over Kailash....
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 18
- 6 min
Day 12. Sept 18. Kailash day 1.
Photos and videos at the end. We started walking in the dark from the hotel around 8am, up the market street, shops just opening. When we...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 18
- 2 min
Day 11. Sept 17. Saga to Darchen.
Photos and videos at the end. A wet and dreary start to the day leaving Saga. Low clouds hung to the hills. Cooler today. We have been...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 17
- 2 min
Day 10. Sept 16. EBC to Saga.
Photos and videos at the end. Everest Base Camp (EBC). It was cloudy in the morning, but we did manage to catch a last glimpse of...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 16
- 2 min
Day 9. Sept 15. Shigatse to EBC.
Photos and videos at the end. Onto Everest Base Camp (EBC). The courtyard between the accommodation block of our hotel and the breakfast...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 15
- 3 min
Day 8. Sept 14. Lhasa to Shigatse.
Photos and videos at the end. After breakfast, we left Lhasa along a four lane expressway, passing a set of craggy mountains to the...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 13
- 3 min
Day 7. Sept 13. Lhasa.
Photos and videos at the end. Today’s plan is to visit Potala Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, followed by Jokhang Temple in the...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 13
- 4 min
Day 6. Sept 12. Lhasa.
Photos and videos at the end. At breakfast, I started to meet more of my tour group. We were 12, Ziggy and Chandra were in a different...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 12
- 4 min
Day 5. Sept 11. Train to Lhasa.
Photos and videos at the end. I had a reasonable sleep on the train to Lhasa and woke at 7am. I was in a sleeping compartment with 3...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 11
- 4 min
Day 4. Sept 10. Xining.
Photos and videos at the end . After breakfast, I wandered around the nearby Tibetan market for a while. An amazing variety of goods for...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 9
- 3 min
Day 3. Sept 9. Shanghai - Xining.
Photos and videos at the end . Today I say goodbye to Shanghai and fly the 2,220 km to Xining in the western China, where I’ll board the...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 8
- 3 min
Day 2. Sep 8. Shanghai.
Photos and videos at the end. See also narrative for Day 1 . I didn’t have any specific plans for my second day in Shanghai. I’d read...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 8
- 4 min
Day 1. Sep 7. Shanghai.
Pictures and videos are at the end. Day one in Shanghai, and what a fabulous day. It’s one of those days that feels like time has slowed...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Sep 6
- 1 min
Himalayas 2024
Am very excited to be off an an overseas adventure. To China, Tibet and Nepal. I’ll post when I can, but between Chinese internet...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Mar 4, 2023
- 1 min
Te Araroa Trail - Day 106 Onwards
I've started to just post on Instagram at https://instagram.com/dermotobriennz for now and will backfill after the trail. Thanks for...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Feb 17, 2023
- 1 min
Day 105. Feb 17. Ship Cove to Camp Bay campsite. 28km / 6.8hr.
A beautiful still morning, catching the 8am water taxi from Picton to Ship Cove and the start of the Queen Charlotte Track (QCT). The...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Feb 16, 2023
- 1 min
Day 104. Feb 16. Wellington to Picton (ferry)
A 4.30am start to train from Waikanae to Wellington and make last checkin for the morning ferry to Picton at the top of the South Island....
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Dermot O'Brien
- Feb 16, 2023
- 1 min
Day 102-103. Feb 14-15. Waikanae.
The final two days at home in Waikanae were spent gathering food and supplies and posting supply boxes for me to use later at Pelorus...
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Dermot O'Brien
- Feb 14, 2023
- 1 min
Day 101. Feb 13. Wellington CBD to Island Bay. 14km.
Been off the trail for two weeks after Fielding resting a lower leg injury and spend the last week filling in the bits I skipped. But...
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