Blogs from Pokhara, Nepal, Asia - page 50

ein erlebnis zwischen leben und tod. wir waren bei dem hinduistischen "mecca". quasi das gegenstueck, denn hier muss jeder hindu einmal in seinem leben, wenn es machbar ist, hin pilgern. in den eigentlichen haupttempel darf man als nicht hindu auch nicht rein, aber es war trotzallem ein beeindurckendes wenn nicht sogar eines der tiefschluerfensten erlebnisse. denn dort finden auch die beerdigungen sprich die verbrennungen statt. das kleine "varanassy". der ganze platz ist so aufgebaut, das die eine seite den tod und die andere das leben repraesentiert in form von tempel oder/und den verbrennungs staetten. unvergessliche bilder hat es bei mir hinterlassen. gerade wegen der politschen angespanntheit wurden an dem tag extrem viele soldaten verbrandt. es war ein kommen und gehen, so zu sagen hochbetrieb. bei der zeromonie selbst laeuft alles recht pragmatisch und nach ritualen ab. ... read more

Hi wonderful friends and family! Here's a bit of an insight into my life as ''Miss'', the English teacher at a buddhist monastery. There's more to tell about my other Nepali experiences, but I'll send another email to keep it digestible. Photos to come, also. Thanks for your birthday wishes. The big 2-5 came without much of a bang, unfortunately, and all day I wished I was at home by the barbie with my mates, followed by a dance-a-thon of a night on the town. I was on a bus for half of the day, but managed to get in a couple of beers nonetheless and a meal that wasn't dahl baht. The kids were gems, really making me feel special, buying me small gifts that they would have struggled to afford. I'm about to go ... read more

Et ben voila... comme j'en avais marre de squatter dans KTM et les 3 rues de Thamel (ca m'a quand meme pris 1 mois avant d'en partir !), je me suis enfuis pour Pokhara... et ce fut un vraiment bon move ! Je me suis decide le soir pour le lendemain, comme d'hab, et j'ai pris un bus (touristes, SVP!), pour arriver a Pokhara (8h de bus, depart 6h30 AM) le 1er jour du 7eme annuel "STREET FESTIVAL" de fin d'annee. Allelluia. Je suis retourne a la meme guest-house (KARKI) qu'il y a 1 an et demi, et ils se souvenaient de moi, mais pour ceux qui suivent mes perigrinations, comment oublier l'histoire du PILLOW :O) En arrivant a Pokhara, deja, je suis tout simplement tombe sur le cul, a cause de la vue. Je veux ... read more

Having completed our trek Line, Robert and I decided to head to Pokhara for a couple of days to do some relaxing and take advantage of the relatively warm climate. It turned out there was a big street festival on for four days with all sorts going on so that made the trip even better. While there we spent one day doing nothing in particular, one day fishing and one day riding bicycles around the surrounding area. While fishing we did spend half of our time untangling the birds nest of line we created in seconds of opening our fishing line and didn't get a single bite but it was nice to spend a day in the sun, in a rowing boat, relaxing with music playing from my now working mp3 player. ... read more

So after an arduous 2 day journey out of India to Nepal I finally arrived in Pokhara only to be struck down by food poisoning, never mind... Before the horrific onset of the liquid conditions I did manage to get chatting to a couple of English guys called Gerry and Daren who were in Pokhara obtaining their Paragliding licences', I was exceptionally interested in their accounts of flying and so the seed was sown, I had to give it a try... After recovering I arranged to go trekking around Pokhara in the mountains and foothills of the Annapurna range for 6 days. Bisho, the manager of the Holy Mount Guesthouse where I was staying was great and arranged a guide/porter for me. There was no way I was going to carry my own bag and after ... read more