September 10th 2008  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
Boudhanath or the Khāsa Caitya is one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu. It is known as Khāsti by Newars as Bauddha or Bodh-nāth by modern speakers of Nepali. It is located abo ... 19 photos [full story]

July 25th 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
Looking for some sort of meditation retreat, I booked myself on the Vipassana course in Kathmandu. It was for 10 days and with over 10 hours of meditation a day, it was quite a challenge. 4am starts ... [full story]

July 7th 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
Boudha etc. I am so behind in my blog that I am now not sure what I have done and what I haven’t, but I shall try to catch up in reasonable chronological order! Here are a few photos of th ... 21 photos [full story]

June 18th 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
"It's the Himalayas!" Himalaya, Sanskrit for 'house of snow', where the Sherpa people live on the edge of the inhabitable along the 'Roof of the World'. Referred to as 'tigers of the snow', they a ... 41 photos [full story]

June 9th 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
Mainly photos this time, don't want to tax you too much! Once back from Patan, the children fell on the books and were totally absorbed for ages. Once the community library is up and running these ... 6 photos [full story]

June 9th 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
It was time for me to put to good use the money that my friends had given me for the orphanage kids here at Sunrise. They have very few books so it was decided that we would visit a great book sto ... 10 photos [full story]

June 7th 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
Kalimati Slums. This is another project of Emma’s at Sunrise, and Emma and I visited the slums with a few children from the orphanage yesterday. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I have ... 11 photos [full story]

June 7th 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
I feel that so much has happened since my last blog that I hardly know where to start. I always try to keep text down to a minimum as I know it is so much easier reading a story through pictures and e ... 8 photos [full story]

June 3rd 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
During my shopping expeditions around Thamel I have become friendly with a lovely young man, Raju, in one of the local shops. I have bought a few gifts for friends and family and a couple of silk rugs ... 8 photos [full story]

June 1st 2009  Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath
Bodhnath is about 6km from Thamel and being there is like strolling around a town in Tibet. There are Buddhist monks and people in national Tibetan dress everywhere. The shops sell Thankas (traditiona ... 7 photos [full story]