Trip: First steps in Asia
There are [14] stories from my trip: First steps in Asia
NEPAL | Sunday, 13 Apr 2008 | Views [1277] | Comments [3]
There was plenty to keep me amused in Gumda, despite the lack of electricity and English speakers. I taught in the school six days a week and usually did some unofficial lessons too. I spent a lot of time drinking tea and holding odd conversations in ... Read more >
Tags: cultural experience
NEPAL | Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [1083] | Comments [1]
This is not going to be a history lesson. If you are interested in the political history of Nepal, you will know who the Maoists are and what they stand for. If you aren't, well, you aren't going to be terribly thrilled if I explain at length. Surffice ... Read more >
NEPAL | Monday, 31 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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SINGAPORE | Monday, 31 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery
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NEPAL | Saturday, 29 Mar 2008 | Views [2296] | Comments [4]
The school was a modest building and only exists at all because of the kind donations of a French business. Sometimes the French people send them letters, which the teachers carefully file away because they're always written in French and no one can ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Monday, 24 Mar 2008 | Views [3702] | Comments [4]
The first full day in Gumda was a busy one and, after digging the toilet, our next task was to go to the school. We met the teachers - except the english teacher who was elsewhere - and the principle and they'd arranged a little welcome ceremony for ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Saturday, 22 Mar 2008 | Views [1251] | Comments [3]
While I'm sure Gumda is not the middle of nowhere for the people who live there - in fact, I'm sure it's the centre of everywhere - anywhere that is two days walk from the nearest bus stop counts as fairly remote to me. In my last entry, I started talking ... Read more >
NEPAL | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [1153]
We made it to the outskirts of the village by late afternoon and stopped to rest on the terraces. Mountains - or indeed foothills - aren't naturally particularly useful for farming, so over the generations the people have turned whole mountainsides into ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 | Views [1686]
On occasion, I have been known to laugh in the face of danger, or at least snigger a bit in the face of reason. And so, food poisoning or no, I started out on the journey to Gumda early in the morning of February 12th. I had totally repacked my rucksack ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Monday, 17 Mar 2008 | Views [1163]
I had one week in Kathmandu before heading out to Gumda. Life in Papa's House follows a daily routine that's easy enough to slip into or opt out of. I had three meals a day - almost always daahl baat and vegetables - with the everyone else living in ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing
NEPAL | Sunday, 16 Mar 2008 | Views [1629]
Apologies for the delay in adding this next installment but I've been rather too busy having adventures to get chance to write about them. Anyway, where was I? Ah yes. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. Outside the airport terminal it was ... Read more >
NEPAL | Friday, 8 Feb 2008 | Views [1403] | Comments [3]
The flight from Singapore to Kathmandu was pretty uneventful for the most part. I was given a sheaf of forms to fill in which kept me quiet for a while anyway. They actually make the immigration process sound rather scary. The back of the Arrival Card ... Read more >
Tags: airports
SINGAPORE | Thursday, 7 Feb 2008 | Views [921]
The flight from Brisbane to Singapore was about seven hours and, as Singapore is two hours behind, I arrived at something past five in the morning. I was on a 'stopover deal', which basically means cheap hotel, free airport transfers and vouchers for cheap/free ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing
