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Category Archives: Nepal

Goodbye Nepal and a Few Thoughts on Why I Travel

Featuredby gudrunklaff 5 Comments

My time in Nepal is coming to an end, I can’t believe that another 4 weeks have passed already. I’ll miss the country. Nepal is not an “easy” country – […]

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English, Nepal

Full Moon Puja

Featuredby gudrunklaff 7 Comments

Full moon has always fascinated mankind – there is the werewolf, doing its grisly deeds on full moon nights, and all the other different myths about the wonderous powers of […]

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English, Nepal

The Return of Teacher Dorothy – Part 2

June 7, 2014by gudrunklaff 4 Comments

Alright, so I scrambled over mountains and went to my physical limit to teach English in Junbesi. So how was it? An adventure and experience I’ll always remember. Junbesi has […]

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The Return of Teacher Dorothy – Part 1

June 1, 2014by gudrunklaff Leave a comment

That’s how fast time flies. Here’s me again, I am back in Kathmandu, my second home by now, in the ROKPA guesthouse, and enjoy the sofa, the comfort, the internet […]

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An “Easy” Journey to Junbesi – Part 4

May 6, 2014by gudrunklaff 3 Comments

The Fourth Day The sleep after all that effort was not as well as expected, probably because of the rapid increase in altitude, hardly any of us sleeps much. After […]

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An “Easy” Journey to Junbesi – Part 3

May 5, 2014by gudrunklaff 2 Comments

The Third Day  Early the next morning I leave with my porter, closely behind the Brits, target Sete, half way up the mountain. It is tough – it really is […]

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An “Easy” Journey to Junbesi – Part 2

May 4, 2014by gudrunklaff 6 Comments

The Second Day  The next day begins with a demand to pay 2000 rupies for the privilege of walking to Junbesi, and probably another 2000 rupies for my porter. They […]

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An „Easy“ Journey to Junbesi – a Drama in Four Parts – Part 1

May 3, 2014by gudrunklaff 7 Comments

Junbesi is a pretty little village, situated at ca. 2600 metres of altitude on the Himalayan trail between Kathmandu and Mount Everest. When I was looking for a volunteer assignment […]

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About Cremation

April 6, 2014by gudrunklaff 2 Comments

Warning: This article is about Hindu cremation ceremonies, with some pictures. For months now, I’ve been traveling in countries where religion has much more meaning in and for daily life […]

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Curry Without Worry, or: How to get Involved

April 2, 2014by gudrunklaff Leave a comment

I must admit that I’ve led my life a bit on the selfish side so far, and haven’t been involved much in charitable deeds (charity is also much less developed […]

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Namaste – Welcome Nepal

March 28, 2014by gudrunklaff Leave a comment

Alright, so I am now in Nepal, co-home of the Mount Everest, country of backpackers and mountaineers – and, as I notice, for the first time a country that has […]

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