Hotel Park Village Kathmandu

Namaste, Hallo,

Wij, Karen, Karolien en Kristien, studeren momenteel aan de hogeschool ‘GroepT’, ‘International University College Leuven’.
Wij volgen er de 3de bachelor, leerkracht secundair onderwijs, plastische opvoeding.
Wij hebben besloten om in het kader van onze eindstage, drie maanden naar Nepal te trekken.

Vanaf eind februari tot midden mei gaan we de plaatselijke leerkrachten bijstaan en helpen in “The ...

... are well maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.

· Check in hotel and sight seeing.
· CITY PLACE reflects heavily on Muslim- influenced Rajput Architecture, Chandra Mahal the royal family's residence, palace museum, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar an observatory (Timing - 10.00 am to 4.30 pm, Fee- Rs 35 for Indian, Rs 150 for foreigners).
· FORT - A visit to amber fort is mandatory. Climb to the temple shila Devi ...

... ben oui, encore et encore....comme s’il y avait d’autres petites be-bêtes dans la nourriture népalaise....Une matinée à rédiger les texte pour les blogs, une ballade vers le Nord en direction du Thamel, David qui trie nos innombrables photos du trek et un souper au resto local qu’on a déjà visité hier soir. Nous apprenons que l’éléctricité est coupée dans toute la ville de 19h30 à 20h30. On ne sait pour quelle raison. Nous réalisons également que l’heure ...

... me stunned, struggling and plummeting through the rest of the currents – toothless and in shock.

OH ****. Time to dig deep girl. This is no longer a game. This is real. This is very, very real.

I finally managed to climb onto the jagged rocks along side the river where the rescue raft could retrieved me and the kayaking team brought me to the hospital by flagging a local truck from the roadside. My guardian angel, who is embodied by my beloved friend Chris, was by my ...

... as they’d passed away a few hours ago.

Apparently this is the place to be cremated and all along the river, ‘river of the dead’ ceremonies were taking place. Although we’d never experienced this it felt quite obtrusive and we left them to it, it also left us quite subdued and quiet for a few hours whilst we thought about what we’d seen, not every day you see burning bodies and dead ...

Returning to Kathmandu is starting to feel a bit like returning home. I wrote this in my journal while standing on a street corner during one of Kathmandu's nightly power outages on my first night back in the city. I was surprised by how passionate I was feeling about the city and how happy I was to be there.



I like Kathmandu.
Its just insanity and movement.
And then the power goes out.
People light candles.
And then its shadows ...

... you to all the birthday wishes), so couldn't celebrate with beer...however, we did celebrate with our first meal in 4 days...rosemary chicken (first time we've had meat in 5 weeks)! Mmmmm, yummy.

We spent our last few days in Pokhara rowing a boat on the lake, walking around, being rather envious of the trekkers heading into the clear blue skied mountains and generally being bored!! We had enough of Pokhara, and felt it ...

... something new th*t I like! It's l*ssi, *nd it's delicious. The pl*in one, of course. ;) It w*s useful to know this bec*use every menu in Tibet is the s*me. Liter*lly. They just ch*nge the n*me of the building on the front. We s*w the s*me white *nd blue menu EVERY. DAY.

On the l*st d*y in Lh*s*, *ll but S*r* *nd Nigel decided to do * d*y hike in the Drip V*lley with some nom*dic y*k herders, which I told you *bout briefly here. We were joined by *nother tour le*der ...

... so nice for him to give me some money back. So I’ve just crashed into a policemen, injuring him and his bike, he knows my papers are non existence and to smooth over the matter I have to pay him Five pounds - absolutely brilliant. It nearly makes the whole experience worth it.

I finally make it across the border into Nepal on the day of my visa expiration. I am so relieved, but before I rest I have to make it to Kathmandu 300kms away. My bike is running smooth and ...

This is Kathman Two: the part when Kelley joins me. And you'll notice that the photos are a lot nicer; that's because Kelley took them with her fancy camera.

Kelley and I might have overdone it on her first day. It started out very mellow, having a late lunch with my friend Neil (from the slideshows). We then walked and walked and walked to Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple. My nonsense guidebook describes it as a 'pleasant walk ...