http://gingercoffee.com Site about independent travels Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:00:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://gingercoffee.com/orient-lecture/ http://gingercoffee.com/orient-lecture/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:17:41 +0000 Автор: Pashkin http://gingercoffee.com/?p=72
A) Tired to travel in developed regions, which were described many times and have a lot of exact maps? B) Want to be a pioneer? C) Love tropical forest and deep gorges of rivers which names you haven't ever heard? D) Planing to go strait between certain points outside your home country?If you've chosen at least one item, the article below will for sure help you.It's not an instruction for beginners. You can find a lot of materials considering the art of getting your bearings and finding a way. You probably have also heard this from your alpinist instructor. This article concerns specific problems in planning and getting your bearings that arise in really remote region (outside your home country) and gives you some methods to solve these problems. Also the article accents the algorithms of using maps from different sources which are of different quality and number of details.]]> http://gingercoffee.com/orient-lecture/feed/ 0 http://gingercoffee.com/indonesian-food-list/ http://gingercoffee.com/indonesian-food-list/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:49:54 +0000 Автор: Tonic http://gingercoffee.com/?p=51
In general there are to main kinds of food in Indonesia. The first is simple everyday food for unpretentious locals. The second is beautifully served restaurant food for those with more money. We rarely visit restaurants therefore second type doesn't suit us. But during half-year travel in Indonesia we learnt a lot about simple local cuisine. The first impression of the food on the largest archipelago wasn't that good. Sumatran food seemed to be not the best. But later we realized that the quality of food in Indonesia depended on the place we chose. This article highlights the best indonesian food and also we'll share our ideas about successful choosing places to eat.]]> http://gingercoffee.com/indonesian-food-list/feed/ 0 http://gingercoffee.com/kill-chicken-china/ http://gingercoffee.com/kill-chicken-china/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:56:26 +0000 Автор: Tonic http://gingercoffee.com/?p=46
Beef and pork carcasses which are usually demonstrated in front of numerous cafes and shops in Asia don't shock me anymore. I'm used to it. But in places where I really see how living beings are butchered I don't want to eat them. I'm not that strict vegetarian but if I see something like this… please, no meat! It's horrible to see (and even think and read about!) a pig which is processed. Ears, noses were thrown separately, legs were put in a large metal bowl, the other pig's parts were prepared for immediate lunch cooking. Two hungry clients were sitting nearby, with chopsticks in their hands. They were impatiently waiting for their food.I decided to show the meat processing in China. As an example I made a photos of chicken processing. I think it would be enough. Look at the pictures.]]> http://gingercoffee.com/kill-chicken-china/feed/ 0 http://gingercoffee.com/unusual-wedding-khibins/ http://gingercoffee.com/unusual-wedding-khibins/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:07:48 +0000 Автор: Tonic http://gingercoffee.com/?p=29
We didn't dream of ordinary wedding, despite we wished something special according to our style of living. We both a bit crazy about mountains, hiking and travel. And the best we could imagine was to get married somewhere in mountains. While the majority of brides are dressed in white and waiting for a solemn marriage ceremony... some of them... right!... are climbing to the next mountain pass and wear a helmet instead of a veil]]> http://gingercoffee.com/unusual-wedding-khibins/feed/ 0 http://gingercoffee.com/how-climb-elbrus/ http://gingercoffee.com/how-climb-elbrus/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:39:52 +0000 Автор: Pashkin http://gingercoffee.com/?p=13
In 2007 I climbed solo Mt. Elbrus and described how everyone can do it by himself. It's not that easy and it needs some days of altitude adaptation as long as some ice-training. You should know about weather and have crampons and ice-axe and the way but of cause you can avoid hiring guides and snowcat. The best climb is the climb you do by yourself. Every information you need about this is inside this article.]]> http://gingercoffee.com/how-climb-elbrus/feed/ 0 http://gingercoffee.com/kopi-luwak/ http://gingercoffee.com/kopi-luwak/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:44:41 +0000 Автор: Pashkin http://gingercoffee.com/?p=2
Those who hasn't ever heard the name "coffee luwak" (Ind: kopi luwak) aren't real fans of coffee. In any coffee-related articles this brand is described as the best, the most sophisticated and also the most expensive sort of coffee in the world. There are numerous legends about this chocolate-vanilla thin flavoured drink which is produced using аn asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) which belongs to Viverridae family. Allegedly civets recognize and eat the best and the ripest coffee berries with a bean inside from the plantation. Following fermentation of beans in their stomach improves the taste and reduces bitterness of coffee brew. We decided to observe how do they produce coffee luwak in Bali and describe this without any fairy tales and legends.]]> http://gingercoffee.com/kopi-luwak/feed/ 0