Shangri-La Pokhara
Gharipatan, P.O. Box 333 Pokhara, Nepal
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Namaste
We spent 1 day in Kathmandu at the very beginning of our Himalayan experience, and a further 2 days after our visit to Tibet and before heading to Bhutan. Kathmandu is a busy city of 2.5 million people, considerably larger than the second largest city in Nepal, which is Pokhara, with a population of 250,000. Kathmandu does have some charms, with …
Nepal - Pokhara
The Greenline bus to Pokhara was half empty, thankfully with no screaming children on board. We passed a few accidents and followed rivers and tiered hillsides through the Nepalese countryside. We saw masses of school children on their way to school in their various school uniforms, some having to walk miles to get their education each day. The bus …
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... difficult but mostly because of the language barriers.
And boy did the Italian food and garlics and olive oil hit the spot after 8 days of rice and daal bhaat… just what the doctor ordered, in more ways than one. So on my way back to the Monastery, I decided on getting a hot stone massage, my favorite. It also gave me a final chance to get a hot shower before returning to the Monastery. Very mediocre massage but even a ...
Settling In To A Different Life
... I went into a small room outside the Temple where an old man was in prayer and also making candles to be purchased and set on a table to recognize in some way a person who may have passed. It is a tiny 5’ x 8’ room with one table and perhaps 100 candles on the table. I bought one (about 5 cents US) for my mother who has passed on and who was a powerful teacher to me… unfortunately it took me 50 years before I ...
Trekkingdag 6, weer terug in Pokhara
... hoeveelheden. Voor de kleinere lasten zijn er uiteraard de porters, zoals voor onze bagage.
Na het eten vervolgen wij ons pad langs steeds meer winkeltjes en een modderige straat. Het begin van deze trekking is niet echt uitnodigend. Aan het einde staat onze bus klaar, een flink wat ouder model dan op de heenreis. We beginnen ons weer te verbazen over de slechte weg en de ‘spannende’ rijstijl van de ...



