Posts Tagged ‘nepal’
Posted on January 16, 2010
Last days in Nepal
Our last days in Nepal was such a whirl-wind of affairs – packing, final travel arrangements, dog-sitting, more packing, and of course saying good-bye to good friends, who for most may take quite a long time to see again.
@ the KTM airport
Namaste ra pheri betaula.
Posted on January 15, 2010
Let the Long Journey Home Begin…
As our life here in Nepal is slowly coming to an end, our new adventure – our long journey home – awaits.
Saying good bye to dear friends and colleagues is always hard but thanks to communication technologies (Facebook, email, etc.), we’ll always keep tabs on each other … however, I do have a strong feeling that we’ll meet up with each other again in the near future.
I’ll definitely miss Nepal…
Until then, thank you all for everything, I wish you all the very best, it was an amazing ride and I hope to see you all soon.
Dancing at the VSO Nepal Family picnic
Namaste,
Rakhesh Lama, Limba, Tamang, Gurung, Rai, Poudel, Yonzon, Shrestha, Gandharba, Doma, Bhattarai, Pandey, Sunar, Timilsina, Gatraj, Subba, Chhetri, Singh, Parajuli.
(and my friends, when I come to Kenya and Uganda I still expect to see a red carpet and Masai dancers at the airport)
Posted on January 15, 2010
Best book store in Kathmandu
You will see Mandala Books on Kantipath Road and inevitably stumble upon Pilgrims and but United Books is underdog book store in KTM.
The owner of the shop was extremely friendly and really went out of his way to try to find a particular book that I was looking for. Like most stores, this one also buys and sells used books and offers competitive prices.
On the phone looking for that one book.
Inside United Books
Yet, what makes this stand out is character…. any guy who posts up a smiling photo of themselves in front of their shop gets my thumbs up.
The famous photo of the owner of United Books in Kathmandu
Posted on January 6, 2010
Some photography sites
We plan to publish a photo journal of our travels soon (as soon as we finish debating which photos to include). We’ll probably use Shutterfly or Blurb. I hope to do the same for many of my friends (Gord and Michelle, you’re next).
Lately, I’ve been inspired by some stunning photography. Here are some web sites and resources that I have recently found…
Photo.Circle (http://www.photocircle.com.np/) – a platform for emerging and professional photographers that promotes visual storytelling.
Chobi Mela (http://www.chobimela.org/) – International Festival of Photography
Postcards from Manila (http://www.postcardsfrommanila.com/) – Stalking the most beautiful places in the Philippines.
Nepalphotography.org (http://www.nepalphotography.org/) – a club for Nepali photography enthusiasts, which publishes an online magazine and aims to promote the art of photography.
Posted on January 5, 2010
Rex in Wonderland
If I had to describe my volunteer experience in Nepal in just a few words, of course you would hear the proverbial, movie-like phrases such as “Life changing”, “Memorable and Rewarding”, “Riveting”, “Two-thumbs up with Dal Bhaat!” etc.
However, I can also describe the often day-to-day rituals and and unusual scenarios that I have experienced as eerily similar to “Alice in Wonderland”.
And the best part is (after getting used to it all), is that “I will actually miss it!” ah HAAA, the roller coaster rides on the 26 bus, the morning alarm-clock-like horkings, the cue-jumping, the simplistic head-nods, the evening chorus of the canine choir, the sharing of the side-walk with the random street cow, and much more!
There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily I am.
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Movie plug: here is link to the movie trailer of the upcoming motion picture www.apple.com/trailers/disney/aliceinwonderland/.
Oh indeed, what an adventure it was… I definitely want to jump on that ride again.
Love it!
