Our quick itinerary overview: Sept 29: Arrive Delhi On arrival at international airport you will be met by our representative, meet and transfer to Hotel. Afternoon excursion to Akshardham Temple. Stay overnight at Hotel. Sept 30 : Delhi – Mathura – Agra (205 kms/5.5 hrs + sightseeing) Morning drive to the religious town of Mathura. Arrive to […]
Month: September 2009
Men weren’t meant to ride…
Taking off was easy and the whole feeling of being lifted off the ground reminded me of being on those carousel swing rides at an amusement park when I was a kid. Surprisingly, I wasn’t really nervous at all but really anxious to fly. Peter, my calm, confident, reassuring Czech was great.
Our 5-Day Itinerary – Ghorepani – Ghandruk Loop Teahouse Trek
We decided to go with 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking, a Pokhara-based trekking company and as in their name, owned and managed by three Nepali sisters. The Chhetri Sisters story is typical of what the majority of women who have overcome many social and cultural barriers when it comes to empowering women in Nepal. Women trekking […]
Water? Electricity? What’s more important?
Another notable moment (and there were many) that I remember from my last ride through the Terrai districts was the never-ending road construction. Roads and more specifically along the road side, mounds of earth were being ripped up for various pipe line developments. I asked my driver Saron-dai what the long ant-line of construction workers […]
A tourist again in Nepal
Although we have had brief 2-3 day get-aways during our placement, we still have yet to take our long well-deserved annual leave from our work life here in Nepal. Come September 15th when Tlell’s parents arrive, it will be vacation-mode time – ball cap, tacky-tourist golf shirt, an over-sized SLR camera glued to my face […]
Dogmandu
I hearby rename the city of Kathmandu, Nepal to Dogmandu. The dogs rule the city as they are everywhere (especially at night). However, some of the dogs that I have seen and their conditions (both their physical and living) are horrifically unbelievable. I’m definitely supporting my local SPCA when I get home. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhWJ8G_IztM&hl=en&fs=1&]
A real “Over the Top” guy
L-R: Jimmy (Uganda), Mike (U.K.), Donald (Philippines), Manish (India), Rex (Canada)
Udaya’s web site – a Nepali cultural and language resource
I am very proud to announce that our Nepali bashaa guru, Mr. Udaya Neupane, Executive Director of CLP-Nepal (Cross Cultural Learning Point – Nepal) has his own web site (www.clpnepal.org). This web site will not only act as the official web site for CLP-Nepal but also as an ongoing Nepali language and cultural information resource […]
How’s my patient?
I use analogies all the time when trying to explain about information technologies, best management practices, and maintenance concepts to my non-tech savvy colleagues. However, finding the “right” analogy that sticks with certain people can be an interesting challenge as well (because it can backfire). At work, I try to illustrate that organizing and managing […]
The Last Resort Weekend
Thanks to Orla, Bex for organizing everything and to Nick for making sure things got organized when we arrived. We spent a wonderful get-away weekend at the renown The Last Resort, located 3 hours away from Kathmandu, on top of a green river gorge close to the Tibetan border. Rafting was initially on my radar […]