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Shortly after being introduced to various NGO’s in Pune we met a bubbly young man who runs an own tourism business linked to wildlife photography and tiger tours together with his father Mr. Mahajan Senior who started the business. A website written with care invites anyone to come along and find the tiger in India. “You cannot know the feeling of seeing a tiger until you do” is all Mihir reveals. What I wonder – similar to Sven Riesbecks story: How do you decide at the age of 17 to dedicate your life to a particular passion? To find out more about tigers and the outdoors, I agreed to take Mihir up on the offer to ride the bicycle from Pune all the way to the coast of the Arabian Sea.
The Tour to Ladakh is my favorite of all of my Himalayan trips. The enchanting mountains devoid of any vegetation whatsoever, every now and then adorned by a sea of green, the sparkling blue lakes which put you in a trance, the crisp air and the warm Ladakhi people all make it an experience of a lifetime
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Sometimes we encounter the most inciting questions when least asking them. What I learnt this week: Sometimes I forget to ask myself new questions because of resting comfortably on newly reached shores. It tends to happen especially right after the impacting moment of putting behind the distance between Germany and India. I am content to have reached India by bike. To surprisingly discover again what Guts for Change is about through Mihir.
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