 | Mero naam Adi ho
2006-03-02, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: adi_afek | | Guess what that means.... My name is Adi, in Nepali. We had our first Nepali lesson yesterday and it went pretty well! Our teacher is a wonderful young Nepali woman who is indredibly patient with us,... |
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 | Tibetan New Year
2006-02-28, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: adi_afek | | Full first day in Nepal and it was INCREDIBLE! I went to the Boudha Stupa, a large white Buddhist temple with the eyes of Budda depicted on it and the symbol for unity in the middle of it. I will tr... |
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| I'm here!!!!!!!
2006-02-27, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: adi_afek | | Wow. So after a grueling 8 hour layover in Qatar, a bunch of unsatisfying naps and 4 inflight movies, I arrived in the Kathmandu airport. The view of the Himalayas on the descent was unbelievable. ... |
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 | How do you say goodbye to a country?
2005-07-30, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: witcombe | | Well, after three months it has come time to leave Nepal, and yeah, im pretty sad about it. People come to Nepal to find all different things; some look for Buddha and spiritual enlightenment, others... |
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 | 2 weeks left
2005-07-16, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: witcombe | | Well, it has really come up on me wuickly, but I only have 2 weeks left in Nepal. Im feeling pretty sad about leaving, but also really excited to get on with the rest of my trip. One thing that will... |
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| Seven weeks in Nepal
2005-06-18, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: witcombe | | Hey guys.
It is very, very hot in Nepal at the moment. The monsoon is already a couple of weeks late, so hopefully it will be here soon. The most exciting news I have to tell is that we have go... |
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 | Goodbye Nepal.
2005-06-12, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | This being my last day in Nepal, I thought it would be fitting to write one more journal entry before I depart. As time always does, 5 months passed so quickly here. I feel like there is still so mu... |
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| The end is near.
2005-05-09, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | My stay in Nepal is very close to being finished. In just four days I will be flying to India and saying goodbye to a country that I now hold very dear to my heart. Five months have come and gone so... |
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 | My time in the hills comes to an end.
2005-06-06, Everest, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | Youfve almost made it to the end of my Himalayan excursion. How will it all turn out? Read on.
The next morning I woke up feeling very good and set off delayed just 15 minutes at 6:15AM. The... |
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| Week #3 cont.
2005-06-06, Everest, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | The daalbhat from the night before worked well. A little too well. I slept like a log, but woke up the next morning feeling really lazy. My plan had been to trek over another pass on this day. Rig... |
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| Week #2 cont...
2005-06-05, Everest, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | Here is the exciting conclusion to week 2.
It was a gradual ascent to Chukkung at 4750m and a really nice walk with Ama Dablam on my right constantly smiling down at me. Maybe not smiling. I sta... |
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| Starting my placement
2005-05-15, Bistachap, Nepal. By: witcombe | | Hey guys,
Well my little relaxing in Kathmandu is over and I heading to Bistachap to start my placement. Im pretty excited, the other volunteers there are cool and the kids are great. 2 of the or... |
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| Back from the training village
2005-05-11, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: witcombe | | I returned to Kathmandu on Monday after spending 1 week in the village of Bistachap, 1.5 hours from the city. The village was fantastic, we were sent there as part of our training, to live with a fami... |
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 | Training, tea and cameras
2005-05-02, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: witcombe | | Namaste,
Training is going well. We are undertaking 11 days of pretty intense language and cultural training. We have had 2 days trasining in the city, and tomorrow we head to a small village to... |
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 | A taste of the Nepal Himalaya.
2005-04-30, Langtang, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | I didn't think I would do much writing during my trek, and that presumption proved true. There was just too much to write about, and usually no energy left to write about it at the end of the day. A... |
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| Day 1 in Nepal
2005-04-29, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: witcombe | | Hey guys,
After over 6 months of planning, 5 months of hard work, and 22 hours of travel, I finally touched down in Nepal. It really is so a completely different world here. After being heckled b... |
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| Tin haptaa pachi betau laa Kathmandu.
2005-04-16, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | It's probably a good thing I'm travelling alone. I finished my volunteer work yesterday and didn't decide what to do next until today. Other's might find this kind of last minute decision making agg... |
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| Parent's Day at Nava Ratna.
2005-04-12, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | My return to Kathmandu after my retreat in the hills has been an easy readjustment. I thought that coming back to the hustle and bustle, noise and smells of the city might be a bit difficult after b... |
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 | Introducing... your mind!
2005-04-06, Kopan Monastery, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | Yesterday afternoon I left Kopan Monastery after a 10 day course on Mahayana Buddhism. My knowledge of buddhism prior to checking into the monastery was very very limited and as I have found out ver... |
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| My attempt to recap the past 2 weeks.
2005-03-26, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | I'm not very motivated at the moment and my mind has been doing an awful lot of wandering the past couple of days, so I'm not sure how this update is going to turn out. Today is a good day to do an ... |
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| Bhaktapur part 2.
2005-03-14, Bhaktapur, Nepal. By: jimeroni | | I don't know if I've mentioned it yet, but I must talk about how funny walking around Kathmandu can be sometimes. First of all, some of the t-shirts people wear are hilarious. All over you see kids... |
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