Christmas day was the start of a 3 day trek to Gele’s home village. Can you imagine doing a day’s bus trip followed by a 2 day mountain hike (the locals walk a lot quicker than me *BLUSH*) to visit your parents? However, this is very normal for all Nepali mountain folk. Christmas dinner was certainly different. Well different for me, but not for Nepalese. No turkey, no funny hats, no … Continue reading
The last 11 days I have been miles and miles away from civilisation, wandering the beautiful Himalayas and visiting my friend Gele’s family. Most of the time there hasn’t been electricity, though the Internet to write my blog. I therefore resorted to old fashion pen and paper, so now over the next few weeks I will type up my adventures in Nepal. Christmas Eve’s Epic Bus Journey I arrived in Nepal … Continue reading
Today I say good bye to Nepal as I am heading to Thailand with my friend Gele. My last week has been uneventful. The bandh continues in Nepal as the government try to agree how to federate the country, so this stopped all my planned excursions. At least they decided against splitting the country by caste!!! Also, the last 3 days I have had the Nepali squits; I guess I … Continue reading
Yesterday was the last day of my home stay. The family took me to visit White Gumba, a monastery up in the mountains. It was a very early start, I woke at 5.30am and we were on the road by 6.30am. We had a 2 hour uphill walk to the monastery. It was a stinking hot day (it is starting to get very hot now in Nepal unlike when I first … Continue reading
The last 2 days I have not been able to go to school due to a bandh. A bandh, a Nepali word meaning ‘closed, is a form of political protest. From my little understanding of Nepali politics, I am actually on the side of the strikers. It is crazy what the government is proposing. They are currently trying to create the new constitution and the government want to divide the … Continue reading
