Goodbye Nepal and a Few Thoughts on Why I Travel
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 – […]
Category Archives: Nepal
Full Moon Puja
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 […]
The Return of Teacher Dorothy – Part 2
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 […]
The Return of Teacher Dorothy – Part 1
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 […]
An “Easy” Journey to Junbesi – Part 4
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 […]
An “Easy” Journey to Junbesi – Part 3
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 […]
An “Easy” Journey to Junbesi – Part 2
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 […]
An „Easy“ Journey to Junbesi – a Drama in Four Parts – Part 1
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 […]
About Cremation
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 […]
Curry Without Worry, or: How to get Involved
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 […]
Namaste – Welcome Nepal
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 […]
