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Travel Video – Kathmandu Street Scene
Blog: GoBackpacking - 19 September 2009
_________ In keeping with this week’s Friday Flashback, I’m presenting a 32-second, 360-degree view of a typical street in the older part of Kathmandu. It was sensory overload. Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier) Related posts:Friday Flashback – The Bus From Kathmandu To PokharaFriday Flashback – World Heritage Sites In Kathmandu ValleyTravel Video – 76-Second [...]Buy trave
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Friday Flashback – World Heritage Sites In Kathmandu Valley
Blog: GoBackpacking - 18 September 2009
At the rate I’m going with flashbacks, I’ll be stuck in Nepal forever, but truth be told, the little Himalayan country holds a special place in my heart. Here are the posts I wrote after visits to 4 of the 7 World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley: Kathmandu’s Durbar Square (cool architecture) Touring Swayambhunath Stupa (aka the [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Our 5-Day Itinerary – Ghorepani – Ghandruk Loop Teahouse Trek
Blog: the reX-Files.ca - 17 September 2009
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 [...]
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Everest Base Camp.
Blog: Leave Me Here - 15 September 2009
I’m not sure when it was I decided I was going to Mt. Everest, Nepal has never been a must visit for me, and Edmon Hillary was never an idol. More realistically I think in planning for the trip my thought process was something like this (as studies Atlas): “So I’ll fly into Delhi, then make [...]
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Friday Flashback – Whitewater Rafting & Camping Trip
Blog: GoBackpacking - 11 September 2009
In Nepal, I had my pick of the rivers. From day trips to 10-day expeditions, costs were low by western standards and opportunities for adrenaline rushes were high. With only two day trips to my credit, I decided to go with a 3-day trip on the holy Kali Gandaki River, which included a few Class [...]Your Free Subscriber Download
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A real “Over the Top” guy
Blog: the reX-Files.ca - 9 September 2009
A couple of months ago, Manish and I were sitting at our favourite mo:mo place (Royal Saino – Bella Momo @ Durbur Marg) when we first met Mike, a lively yet interesting British character who owns a motorcycle tour company here in Nepal (interestingly, he also manages the coffee station at the restaurant). The name of [...]
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Teaching at Manjushri Monastery
Blog: By Way of the World - 9 September 2009
Despite the troubles at Family Guest House, we had a wonderful time in Nepal overall. Most of our days were spent at the Manjushri monastery, a ten-minute walk up a steep hill from the guest house.
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Udaya’s web site – a Nepali cultural and language resource
Blog: the reX-Files.ca - 6 September 2009
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 [...]
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Friday Flashback – Making Friends Through Meditation
Blog: GoBackpacking - 4 September 2009
Of the 15,000+ photos I took on my trip, this is one of my favorites. Maybe it’s the zen-like smiles we are all offering the camera after three days of meditation, yoga, and Buddhist teachings from our American monk. Or the healthy effects of vegetarian meals. Or the great friendships I formed.
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Trails of the Unexpected
Blog: Trail of Ants - 4 September 2009
I stare at the newspaper. It wasn’t me. I gawp at the television. It wasn’t me. I trawl through the internet. It wasn’t me! I listen to the radio, podcasts, and conversations on the bus. It WASN’T me! At least — I hope it wasn’t me? I didn’t know much about Asia before I scribbled [...]
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Namaste Nepal!
Blog: Leave Me Here - 3 September 2009
Leaving Melbourne winter and arriving in Kathmandu was something like being slapped around with a hot sweaty dusty doormat, and I really wasnt ready for it. All of a sudden the 15oz Denim I was wearing seemed totally irrelevant and all I could think about was a shower and stripping down. Within the first hour I did [...]
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The Last Resort Weekend
Blog: the reX-Files.ca - 2 September 2009
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 but [...]
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Kathmandu, Nepal
Blog: By Way of the World - 2 September 2009
We arrived in Kathmandu in the early morning after another horrible overnight flight (you can tell I'm really getting sick of the overnight journeys!). We had this leg all arranged in advance, because our main focus here would be teaching in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. The head of the volunteer organization we went through, Volunteer Service & Support Nepal, greeted us at the airport and took us to our homestay in Kathmandu.
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Trekking the Huayhuash Circuit (Part 1)
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 1 September 2009
Besthike.com describes the Huayhuash circuit as ‘arguably the best hike in the world’. Other sources I’ve seen reckon it’s the second best after the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. Reports like that meant that hiking there was the single thing I was most looking forward to in my entire year of travelling. I knew it’d be [...]
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A Backpacker’s Guide To Massages In Asia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 1 September 2009
I quickly became a connoisseur during my time in Asia. Your Free Subscriber Download Download "Dare Me!" now. Enjoy 17 off-the-wall adventures from a RTW trip.
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Friday Flashback – Paragliding In Pokhara
Blog: GoBackpacking - 28 August 2009
Himalayan eagles soared around us as we caught the thermals up and made swooping turns to the left and right going down. It took a few minutes to feel comfortable in the seated position, with nothing below you but the terraced farmland. At least with skydiving you know you’re going straight down.
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Giving Back, Teaching Monks in Nepal
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 25 August 2009
There’s one question that crops up with seemingly every new person I meet along my travels: What’s my favorite country? The simple answer, Nepal. Though there are several countries that have touched me, really it’s the people along the way who have impacted me the most; they have shared with me moments, view points and perspective and altered my perceptions of the world.
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Friday Flashback – Lessons Learned From My First Trek
Blog: GoBackpacking - 21 August 2009
Considering a trek in Nepal? Then you’ll want to read Final Thoughts – Annapurna Sanctuary Trek, which is a post I put together to wrap up my whole 10-day trekking experience in Nepal. The lessons learned section is what I wish I’d read beforehand. And not in a book, but from a regular guy like myself [...]Your Free Subscri
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Good food in Nepal
Blog: the reX-Files.ca - 15 August 2009
Here is a list of some of our favourite restaurants we have been to so far in Nepal. Maps coming soon. (this is an ongoing list-in-progress) OR2K *** $$ WIFI – Thamel Go for the Mediterranean food, the black-light ambience and best included WIFI-Internet connection Royal Saino – Belle Mo:mo *** $$ – Durbar Marg Best variety of mo:mos in [...]
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Friday Flashback – The Rhododendron Forests
Blog: GoBackpacking - 14 August 2009
As we walked to Deurali, we passed through gorgeous rhododendron forests with pink and white flowers.
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What Orphanages in Nepal Are Like - Part I
Blog: Volunteer in Nepal - 10 August 2009
Working in Orphanages is a very popular volunteer program in Nepal. You’ll find plenty of orphanages in most major cities of Nepal but most are located inside the Kathmandu Valley.
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Video of the Week – Trekking in Nepal
Blog: GoBackpacking - 8 August 2009
In keeping with my theme of recent Friday Flashbacks, this is a video from Marcus showing footage and scenes from the Annapurna Base Camp trek which I did. Learning to edit my own video footage online is #372 on my list of things “to do” now that I’m home. NEPAL = Never Ending Peace And Love Related [...] Related posts:Friday Flashback – Day 1 of Trekking In Nepal
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Himalayan Gourmet
Blog: the reX-Files.ca - 8 August 2009
From the archives of volunteers past, my colleagues and I have found a really good cookbook for people living and working in the region. Entitled, “Himalayan Gourmet – A Guide to Cooking in Nepal”, this hundred page book was written by past U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers and provides a conglomeration of recipes as well useful [...]
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Friday Flashback – Trekking Troubles In Sinuwa
Blog: GoBackpacking - 7 August 2009
By the middle of my third day trekking in Nepal, I was exhausted according to the French doctor who checked me out at the Sherpa Guest House in Sinuwa. I had a decision to make – continue onward, higher in elevation toward Annapurna Base Camp a day and a half away, or stay put, and [...] Related posts:Friday Flashback – Day 1 of Trekking In Nepal
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Friday Flashback – Day 1 of Trekking In Nepal
Blog: GoBackpacking - 31 July 2009
Wondering what it is like to be dropped off at the starting point of a 10-day trek toward the base camp of Annapurna South (8,000-meter peak) having not gone on an overnight hike since the age of 12 twenty years earlier? I was too. I quickly learned why you don’t want to leave later than [...] Related posts:Friday Flashback – Trekking Troubles In Sinuwa
