It has been several moths since my last update and I will soon be leaving Nepal, time has gone too fast. I am trying to make the most of every last minute. Eating lots of MOMOs and drinking plenty of Nepali tea.
Here's a bit of a catch up from the last few months....
Holiday time!
On route to Pokhara, the views of the mountains that day were amazing! Floating in the clouds, but perfectly pronounced peaks, the photo doesn't do it justice,
Peaceful Pokhara and very clean air, a great break from fuming KTM
Friends we met in Pokhara
Paragliding, more pics to follow on this from up the air! Stunning views but unfotunately for me (and my pilot) I was very sick! I advise not to eat Breakfast should you do any paragliding, just in case ;)
Gerry, ready for take off! Just after seeing a girl trip and fall as she ran down the hill!
Serene Boudha stupa on a lovely sunny day
Beautiful Buddha eyes, they paint these daily
Boudha
Had a great time when Gerry came to visit, showing him the wonders of Nepal.
Tihar Mandala, every house in Patan had one of these outside their house, it is good for your soul to make one of these.
A very artistic mandala in Patan
Tihar celebration ant my friend Manish's house
Making our own Mandalas to celebrate ourselves for Tihar
Ryuzo's finished Mandala, this is very tricky to decorate with the sand I have to say and a lot harder than it looks!
Didn't understand this bit as much but at the end we destroyed them with a brush.
Panauti with these lovely people!
Festive bells! Almost Christmassy
The dragonfly landing of the cloths of a body that had been burned nearby. All the belongings of the body are thrown into the river when they are burned.
Sacred Panauti,sacred confluence of the Roshi Khola and Pungamati Khola rivers
Panauti wood carving on the shrine
I wanted to show this as its one of the sadest things about this some of these amazing natural sights in Nepal, rubbish is just piled onto the river bank and flows into the river
Picnic with the workshop girls
Lots of dancing
Cool spider
One of the best things about Nepal, your walk to work is always varied with different processions, festivals or rituals. This one I think was prayer and festival for a Buddist god and some very important and wise looking priests had joined.
Visit to Bhairahawa
Bhairahawa vist, in a predominantly indian village, as it is so close to the border, hanging with the buffalo.
My Bhairahawa friends, little Mousa, I loved these two, such clever animals and as you can see they got comfortable in my scarf
Lumbini, the birth place of Buddha! So many monasteries, over 100 in Lumbini and counting
So there's a quick catch up on what I have been up to, It impossible to capture the magic of this country on camera but I suggest you visit!
