Throung-La Pokhara

Lake Side Pokhara, Nepal

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This Too Shall Pass... A Whole New Day & Week

A travel blog entry by splunk

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... last thing one wants to do is get up in the middle of the night and pee… especially since there is a
good chance the electricity is turned out region-wide by then. Also, remember there are no hot showers here to escape the chill, only cold bucket showers. I have no idea how the monks do it…. Oftentimes they are only in their robes, sometimes with arms exposed… at night if they are outside they may have a coat over their ...

Arrival at the Monastery

A travel blog entry by splunk

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... the hostel and we drove by taxi about 15 minutes to the entrance of this large gated arch structure at the base of a hill… just inside, I can see perhaps 400, maybe 500 steep, imposing steps leading to this large building and courtyard that is the monastery. The taxi instead traverses back and forth on this dirt road up the hill and soon I have arrived at Gumba Matepani, the monastery I’ll be living at for the next three weeks.

As I remember ...

Trekkingdag 1, naar Hile

A travel blog entry by douwel

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... vaak een erg mooi gebit hebben met witte tanden. Als we daar een nepalese vrouw naar vragen legt ze uit dat ze een speciale tandpasta hebben waar o.a. koeienurine voor wordt gebruikt.

Doordat we drie sherpa’s bij ons hebben kan onze groep in drie snelheden lopen, ongeveer in te delen langs de lijnen van onze drie generaties. Rond 16 uur arriveerden wij in Hile waar onze lodge ‘Matma’ staat. Grote borden beloven een warme douche ...

Day 8: Sinuwa to Deurali (3200m)

A travel blog entry by williampotter

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... us, on the opposite side of the river, but still unsettling. As we traverse a landslide area Nar points out where homes were swept away by avalanche just two years ago. It's a relief, then, to reach safety and the last of the day's sun at Dream Lodge. The sky remains clear and all bodes well for safe passage to ABC.
Another night and another familiar menu – rostis, noodles, daal bhaat ...

Poo Hill

A travel blog entry by naomirothwell

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... a month. Unfortunately for Ross, and despite the fact that he has an almost black beard, he grows a really blonde moustache, when said moustache is accompanied with aviators he looks like a 1980's gay icon or perhaps a missing member of The Village People. As such, Ross took on his own challenge - beardvember. It's strange how much having a beard completely alters the way others view you! Ross found himself being offered drugs several times a day (once, by the same boy three ...

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