http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Heenali/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Heenali en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:52:23 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:52:23 BST I have decided to write a quick entry about the travel in this country because sometimes it is just so annoying and I think you should all be aware of this Talking to people who have been traveling around Asia I have been given the general impression that travelling in India is the worst experience of all I think travelling in South Nepal must come pretty close to being just as bad When http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/blog-277404.html So next we went south right down south to just a few kilometres from the Indian border. As you can probably imagine it was BOILING hot I don't know how people in India can stand itMost people who I had spoken to had said that Lumbini is a fairly empty and nondescript place which I guess in one way is quite true. The village itself is just like any other village and there's really not muc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Lumbini/blog-277403.html Hello everyone I've had quite a busy week so I have three new blogs lined up for you allHaving put myself through a great deal of mental and physical exertion in the past month I decided to take a little break in the holiday city of Nepal Pokhara. It's such a beautiful place it made me realise how disgusting Kathmandu is in comparison In Pokhara there is a huge lake called Phewa Tal surr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Pokhara/blog-277402.html Hello everyone I just realised that the blog I wrote after meditation never got published I am publishing it now so sorry for the delayAnyway 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Himalayas/blog-274354.html Hey everyoneJust wanted to write a quick one to let you know what I have been doing. To be honest the title really says it all For the past half a month I have been living the life of a Buddhist nun except for the shaved hair. It was brilliant.I was living in a meditation centre where you meditate for almost 11 hours everyday waking up a 4 in the morning there was no talking no reading a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-270179.html Hello everybody Just to give you an update on my activities here in Nepal Last weekend I went to 'Chitwan National Park' a huge wildlife reserve. It's quite far away from where I live about 7 hours so the bus journey itself was like an adventure When I arrived in Chitwan I went to a resort called Rainbow Safari Resort it was really nice with little cottages with thatched roofs no electr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Chitwan/blog-263158.html Hey again I have a little bit of extra time so thought I would write a little about some of the students I have met at Snowland.Karma Lhamo a cute little girl She has a bright red hat which she wears alot but it has a hole at the top. She doesn't have any hair because of lice so it looks really funny it's very endearing. She loves writing sometimes I give her words like 'apple' and 'gras http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Bishal-Nagar/blog-258526.html Hey everyone Sorry it's been so long since I've written in here although I haven't really done anything very exciting in the past couple of weeks. I thought I might just write about two festivals that took place hereShivaraatri Lord Shiva's birthday took place at the beginning of the month. Its really nice because everyone lights bonfires and sits around it together. In Pashupathi an area wh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-258522.html Hey everyoneThis weekend was brilliant as I went white water river rafting on the Trisuli River I'm not completely sure what areaas we rafted about 40km in total so just put the Himalayas... On Saturday about 20 of us made our way to the shores of the Trisuli River to begin our adventure. We were all given a paddle and equipment and given a brief about how to raft and so got into the littl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Himalayas/blog-252910.html Hello again Wasn't planning on writing today but have a little extra time on this ridiculously slow computer life here is generally very good. There is a shortage of everything but I'm getting used to it School is also going well although the exams are coming up so everyone is always studying hard. This weekend I went to the cinema to watch a Nepali horror film called Kagbeni the sound wa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Bishal-Nagar/blog-250253.html Hello everyone Finally I have had the chance to get onto the internet again. I thought I would just let you know what I got up to over the weekend...This weekend I went to Nagarkot with a few other volunteers. Nagarkot is basically a region out of the city where you get amazing views of the Himalayas there is also fresh air which is something I have been missing for a while It was such an adv http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Nagarkot/blog-247855.html Hey again I'm back... This week has been quite eventful so much to talk about I guess I will just do everything chronologically.....On Monday I was supposed to go to my host family's house but ended up not going as they needed to do something or the other and weren't prepared. Instead I went to Darbur Square with a few other volunteers which was great. It is soooo nice and I really recom http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Bishal-Nagar/blog-244110.html Hello everyone I know I've only been away since Friday but thought I would write in here and tell you all how its going so far I got here on Saturday at about 11.00 in the morning but was completely tired so spent most of the day sleeping at the hotel Excelsior in Thamel a tourist area in Kathmandu. The journey from the airport to the hotel definitely waked me up for short time though I thi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-242347.html