coming soon............lots more photos! so much to say about this expedition but no time to write it just now..... [View Full Entry]

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Hi y'all, Sorry It's been all quiet on the Eastern Front, but I 've been holed up in a remote village in the middle of the middle of nowhere for the last few days. Now I've managed to find an internet cafe in the nearest town ( 2hr local bus ride - which is 200 people on and in a bus designed for about 50 people and 30 min walk!!) that has machines powered by hamsters!!! So that now I have pictures to post ( with my NEW digital camera) I cant do it! Anyway I have been at an orphanage [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Nepal!! Wow, what a journey. I set off from varanassi assuming a 6 hour train journey, followed by 3 hours bus to the border and then a 5 hour bus the other side to Kathmandu. Funnily enough, it didn't quite work out like that! The train from Varanassi was supposed to leave at 12.30 am, but didn't turn up til 2.30 in the morning and then took about 8/9 hours. I met a load of Koreans on the train and shared a jeep with them to the border, which was relative luxury compared to the rest of my trip! [View Full Entry]

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Saa er vi her igen! Vi er nu tilbage i Kathmandu efter vores afstikker til Pokhara. I Pokhara er man aktiv, hvilket er en nyere ting for os, men vi hoppede alligevel med paa boelgen. Vi besluttede os for at goere noget vildt, hvilket blev til at vi med paragliding kastede os ud fra et bjerg. Det var superfedt at svaeve oppe i luften, mellem oernene, der var ca. 5 meter fra os, og se den smukke udsigt. Vi var helt vildt seje til det, og vi synes selv at vi klarede den utroligt godt, i forhold til hvor hoejt man [View Full Entry]

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Here are some snaps from an overnight stay that Orla and I did in Nagarkot. We got a minibus from a local hotel to a hotel in Nagarkot and we were hoping for views of the Himalaya's the following morning. They did not appear but we got a good view of the sunrise. The next day we set out on a 15km (5hr) stroll to a temple called Chang Naran and then had a 3 hr bus ride home, I think we would have been quicker walking back...... [View Full Entry]

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Da jeg har vaeret vaek i hen ved en 2 maaneders tid nu, forestiller mit sentimentale hjerte sig, at man er begyndt at savne mine overordentligt hippe dansetrin. Det findes raad, venner! Den naest sidste opdatering af Good Karma Drive fra Indien ligger paa hjemmesiden nu, med billeder og en fantastisk video fra en improviseret fest med dertilhoerende dans. Teksten denne gang er ikke af undertegnede, den sidste opdatering som kommer snart, skulle dog indeholde nogle ord fra min side. Matthias. [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone!! I just realised that the blog I wrote after meditation never got published! I am publishing it now, so sorry for the delay!! Anyway, after meditation, I went trekking on a trail called Langtang! It was sooo beautiful, but really tiring. I started out at a little village called Syabru Besi, and basically followed the trail up to the Himalayas from there. It took three days for me to reach my final destination, Kyanjing Gumpa, a village in the middle of the mountains, with the most amazing views. It was excellent but at points, my legs felt like they [View Full Entry]

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Davs i stuen! Kathmandu var en glimrende by, men nepaleserne maa nu godt lige laere at rydde op efter sig selv. Der ligger rimeligt meget affald og der er ingen skraldespande. Til gengaeld er her vanvittig flot natur. I Kathmandu saa vi en plads, der hedder Durbar Square, hvor der ligger en masse templer. Det samme saa vi i Patan, der er en naboby til Kathmandu, som vi tog en udflugt til for ca. 50 oere - priserne er gode hernede! Derudover har vi set Kathmandus vartegn Swayambhunath (abetemplet). Der var dog ikke mange aber, men der var ca. 500 trin [View Full Entry]

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Well I thought I would write a quick note. We are kinda stuck here in Kathmandu. Becky and I have changed our flights to Thailand but could only leave 2 days early, so we fly on may 13 to Singapore and have an 18 hr lay over then onto Thailand. Patrick and Tyler got flights directly to THailand on the 11th so they get there 3 days earlier than us,but are going to get us a place to stay in Koh Tao and figure out the trains and boats etc so we get there. We saw a few things around Kathmandu [View Full Entry]

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My last full day in Kathmandu was probably one of my hardest emotionally. Sushila and I started the day off by doing the final 2 interviews with sex workers. Our first one was a 20 year old woman with a 7th grade education. She is working in a massage parlor where customers pay Rs 600 per hour for the massage (of which she got Rs 150), and then Rs 300+ for sex (of which she got Rs 150). She said she serviced as many as 5 or 6 customers a day, 7 days per week. This was a particularly heart breaking [View Full Entry]

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