tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38864689359887593742024-03-06T00:22:14.456+07:00Kerstin's Blogkerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-50045423566168089352020-03-23T03:13:00.001+07:002020-03-23T04:06:29.998+07:00A time of change<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px;">I am sure many of us could have not imagined the situation we are finding ourselves in at this moment in 2020. All our lives have changed, some overnight, others in the last few days and weeks. Some countries seem to have been able to contain the virus for now, others haven’t been really hit yet, and others like Italy, Spain and many others are in the middle of a crises of their health care system and many lives are lost. Some people have described it as a war, a war against the virus, a virus with so many unknowns. Many people around the globe are working so hard to keep people alive, to treat people in hospitals or temporary created ones, to keep our food and medical supply flowing, to study the virus, to create test kits and hopefully in 12-18 months down the road to find a possible vaccine. But what is happening until then? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px;">Let me tell you a little story of how I have experienced the first encounter with coronavirus. On the 2<sup>nd</sup> of March I had gotten a message from Ryanair on my phone, that my flight from Valencia to Naples was cancelled on the 28<sup>th</sup> March. I was almost in tears, as this was the first real holiday I had planned for a long time with my best Irish friend Anne Marie. We both had been studying so hard, and we had been looking forward so much to meet up to spend a few nice days together and to visit the beautiful Amalfi coast. But I could have never imagined that just 12 days later, I would find myself in Spain in a complete lockdown for 14 days which most likely will be extended until the 12<sup>th</sup> of April, and maybe more weeks to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px;">The 2<sup>nd</sup> encounter was really that we had gotten a little warning just two days beforehand, when the Universities in Valencia were considering to shut down their campus completely, which I was very grateful for. So, I decided to follow my gut feeling and went for our weekly food shopping earlier than usual, to buy fruits, vegetables, rice and some cookies. Friday afternoon the Spanish government announced the lockdown, which would start Saturday in the evening. So, Alfredo and myself sat down to discussed what to do. We decided to leave Valencia, pack some stuff for work and come back to our country house outside of Murcia. Just 24 hours later, the official lockdown started on the 14<sup>th</sup> March in the evening. We then only realised, how infectious and dangerous this virus really was. Just one week earlier, I had found a 2<sup>nd</sup> hand car in the North of Spain in Asturias, and we spontaneously decided to get the train on Saturday morning (7<sup>th</sup> March) up to Oviedo. We stayed in a nice small cosy hotel up there, and looked at the car on Monday morning and bought it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">But only on Saturday, when the lockdown started, did I realise how we had exposed others, and how exposed Alfredo and myself had been in the last week. We had been sharing a train with other people for 8 hours, we had stopped in Madrid to change the train (even if it was only for 10 minutes), we had touched many things through our trip even if we washed hand much more than usual throughout the trip, and we had been eating out lunch once. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">We had tried to buy hand sanitiser in Valencia and in Oviedo, but none was available. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">After coming back from Asturias, I had been going into the library of the University in Valencia to write my PhD. Looking back, I was thinking, OMG, that really had not been the best idea. Anyway, this is the past, but the only thing what we can do now is hoping that other countries, other citizen and other people worldwide can learn from our experience. Prevention is the way forward, that is the most important thing we can do against this virus in my opinion, but not only preventing ourselves, but protecting others!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px;">I am impressed here in Spain since the lockdown started how disciplined the people really are. I would like to share some small stories around Alfredo’s family and how social distancing is practised. I found this very impressive and some people are really leading by example. Alfredo’s Mum lives in an apartment in Murcia, and Alfredo’s sister is going food shopping for her. She is putting the shopping back in the lift, presses the button for the 4<sup>th</sup> floor and rings her Mum to take it out of the lift. People are making personal sacrifices to protect their loved ones. That is love! Social distancing in the time of coronavirus is love. Here in the country house we have also family living next to us. However, we are also practicing social distancing, we are not eating together, we keep at least 2 meters distance when talking to each other and are very careful with sharing any spaces. We did set up a small room upstairs for Alfredo’s cousin to come there for work, as she needs to have internet access, which we do have. But we are not using this room, that is now converted to her office during the week. I think many things can be done if we are careful and respectful and follow the health guidelines given to not spread the virus and to protect other people. My parents have decided to go out for food shopping only once per week including bread and only in one supermarket. I am very grateful that they are so responsible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today I am exactly 20 days back in Nepal and it feels like I have never left. Many things are just so familiar. The friendliness, kindness and warmth of the Nepali people is just unique. They are so welcoming and make me feel at home. It is so beautiful to meet up with old and new friends, colleagues, landlords and even shopkeepers ;)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Spending time at my favourite coffee place ‘Karma Coffee’ is just so nourishing! Working from there every day, surrounded by lovely girls who are running the place fells amazing. The iced coffee is just so tasty and the freshly baked oat cookie as well! I really couldn’t have asked for more!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sushila and her family are so kind to rent out a beautiful room to me in lovely Sanepa. I am very fortunate as Sushila is a great cook and I am sharing many meals with her family. I found tasty Rye Bread here in the Vienna Bakery and some tasty Tahini in the Organic Farmers Market <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>Life is good! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I was even able to borrow a beautiful bicycle from Sushila’s son! I am riding it every day and it brings a lot of joy into my life! I just love to ride two wheels :) Gives me a great feeling of independence and freedom. The bicycle brings me to conferences, meetings, markets, coffee places, to the meditation center and many more places! I got some mudguards to protect me from the dirt during the rainy season, a helmet, lights and a mask. </div>
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I also got the bike maintained in my old bicycle shop. The guy there was so cute, he still remembered me and the tools I gave him two years ago which my Dad had sent from Germany for him. He was praising the quality of the saw and how often he is using it. He said, this quality will last a life time. Made me very happy and so grateful to my Dad. I really love how simple and so efficient Nepali people maintain a bicycle with hardly any tools. It works perfectly! Simplicity is key <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div>
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Lots of things happened in the last 20 days. From meeting Caroline and Kenta again, attending a 3 day conference about Risk to Resilience, meeting lots of interesting people, reconnecting with VSO colleagues, conducting interviews to hire two research assistants, managing to do three interviews already for my PhD research and more on the way next week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday I was so grateful to get a verbal agreement from Kajal. It looks like she is going to work with me as research assistant for my field study for the next few months! I am so happy and looking forward working with her!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Today I finally took a full day off and went to my favourite place here in Kathmandu - the “Boudhanath” stupa. </div>
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This place is so spiritual and just stunning! I am also very pleased that the entire stupa is already completely refurbished after the 2015 earthquake. Amazing work has been done by the Nepali people! </div>
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I was also so fortunate to meet Phu again, a friend and trekking guide I had met in 2012 on the Annapurna circuit trek. It was lovely to share some tea and lunch together and to catch up. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Many things related to my research study are still up in the air so. Nevertheless, I feel very relaxed. I am sure everything will fall into place, including the location for my field work. I am going to have three meetings tomorrow and I am hoping after this things might become a little clearer ;) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Am I excited?! Yes, I am! I can’t wait to go on our first pilot study into the field. Let’s see where the universe wants us to go ;) I am sure we will know when the time is right and some light will be shed on it! I will keep you posted!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">After several weeks of intense apartment hunting, I finally was
lucky to find a small but cute and cosy place! The struggle before was the
price. After the earthquake had hit Nepal last year, so many expats came over
here for work on Western salaries. Therefore all the rents went up and if you
are just a volunteer with a small living allowance is was indeed challenging.
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I loved my new bamboo furniture, it is so cosy, comfy and just a very natural feeling coming back home in a dusty and polluted city such as Kathmandu! Looking back, I could have not found any better place to live in. I loved my small little place :) Very grateful I was able to live there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Beginning of March there is an annual Holy festival celebrated in
the Hindu culture, also known for ‘the festival of colours’! I had once
experienced it in India, when I did my Yoga Teacher Training course. However,
that was a light version compared to the one which I experienced in Kathmandu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the VSO volunteers decided to meet up and to celebrate Holy together with
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<span lang="EN-US">Just put some old clothes on which
can be ruined and don’t be afraid of colours and water that day ;) I felt like
being able to be a child again! What a brilliant festival, having fun all day
throwing colours at each other! We should bring this over to Europe and have a
fun day out!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Exploring the outskirts of Kathmandu </span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chobhar &
Kirtipur</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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Having moved to a new place and area in
Kathmandu and having a bicycle, I decided one weekend to explore the nearby
small towns of Chobhar and Kirtipur. It was good to get out of the main center
of Katmandu, crossing the Ring Road and see some more nature! I parked my
bicycle in the middle of town in Kirtipur underneath a tree and started
exploring the town. It was a very relaxing and not so heavily populated area,
and I enjoyed strolling through the small little alleys, walking up many steps
to have a view over Kathmandu valley. I saw many cracked houses, visited local
small temples and stupas.<br />
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Another day I decided to cycle a little further
uphill where I saw a huge amount of steps leading through a beautiful forest to
Chobhar. I parked my bicycle and decided to follow the steps. I had no idea
what might unfold at the other end, but it seemed to be worthwhile. I enjoyed
walking through this beautiful forest, it smelled like pine trees and I almost
had forgotten about the air pollution in Kathmandu. On the way, there were some
incredibly cute carvings made in stone, gorgeous flowers they are just gorgeous looking! I reached a temple at the top of the hill
and just below there was an area where you could rest and have a wonderful view
over Kathmandu valley!<br />
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Wow, you could see how big this city has become and how
polluted it was. I loved to have a bike, it gives me the freedom to explore
things and be independent.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Short Break from work in Pokhara </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">in April</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to recharge my batteries</span></h2>
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I had spontaneously decided to take a short break from VSO to step back and think about the last few months, the work we had done so far and what I would like to do in the next few months. It was good to get out of Kathmandu and breathe some fresh air :) I love to be by the lake, to go for a run early in the morning and to just sit with a good book in my favourite coffee place AM/PM!<br />
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Such a lovely and relaxing time, which was needed desperately. The weather was extremely cloudy for that time of the year, but I was extremely lucky to catch some gorgeous view onto the Himalaya's!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Re-Building a school with earth bags in </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pulping</span></h2>
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Before arriving in Nepal I was determined to go for another trek. I
had already negotiated to get 2-3 weeks off in May. However, my gut feeling
told me over the last few months that there was something else out there for me
to do. I had heard a lot about the earth bag technology and different NGO’s,
who are supporting this technique in Nepal, especially after the 2015
earthquake. I followed a group on FB and the INGO “Good Earth Nepal’ offered a
special workshop. So I decided to contact them and I registered for the
workshop, which would run for one week.
Then I asked about the different projects they were running at the
moment and there were two options, where I could actually volunteer if I
wanted. One was a private house in Ramecchap district, the other one a school
in Sindhulpachowk in a Buddhist village. My decision was made straight away. I
decided to not take part in the workshop but to volunteer instead for 2 weeks
in the Buddhist village 5km away from the Chinese Boarder. I was so lucky to
meet some volunteers who just came back from Phulping, the village where the
school was rebuilt. They were so friendly, inspiring and full of enthusiasm
that I paid my food contribution for 13 days and my leaving date was May 7<sup>th</sup>.
Now I had to organize a tent, a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat. If things are
meant to happen everything does fall into place. My Irish friend Caroline gave
me a sleeping bag, another Vipassana Meditation friend lent me a tent and I
bought a cheap sleeping mat in Thamel. So I was all set! I could not wait to
leave the VSO office, the polluted city of Kathmandu to volunteer for 2 weeks
during my vacation of volunteering with VSO.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I </span>took a taxi early morning Saturday to the ‘Old Buspark’ near
Ratnapark and asked for a bus ticket to Tatopani. There was no foreigner at the
bus park and they all looked at me strange when I said I need a ticket to
Tatopani. Well, I am not surprised as it is not a tourist location at all.
Anyway, they sold me an ‘Express Bus Ticket’ for less than 3US$. I didn’t give
much on the wording ‘Express Bus’, as if you have lived here for a while you
know that this is not existing really ;) Anyway, I found the right bus and we
left Kathmandu just 20min later at 7am. The bus wasn’t crowded at all, maybe
because it was a Saturday, however the space to the seat in front of you was so
tiny that my whole legs didn’t even fit into it ;) I set sideways and was just
praying that the bus ride would not take 6-7 hours. We only stopped a few times
until we had reached Bhaktapur and so far so good. I was told by a staff member
of Good Earth Nepal, that the bus would stop in Barhabise for half an hour, so
I could get off the bus and arrange a new SIM Card, as there was no NCELL
network up there so close to the Chinese Boarder and hardly any internet. It
was around 10am when I thought we are actually passing through a quite big
town, however the bus didn’t stop, except for letting people on and off. Maybe
10min later or so the guy on the bus asked me where I would like to get off. I
told him at Khokhandole Bridge but tried to make myself understood that I would
need a Smart Telecom SIM Card. I understood that we already had passed
Barhabise and this was indeed an Express Bus as we reached the bridge by 11am
already! Wow, so the whole bus ride took me 4 hours, while being told it will
take 6-7hours. Anyway, I got off with my backpack and tent at the bridge, with
no working SIM Card and some broken Nepali in the middle of nowhere, 5km from
the Chinese Boarder. The only thing I knew is a phone no I should ring and
somebody would come down from Phulping village to pick me up. So I left my big
backpack and the tent at the side of the road and walked to the closed stall
where I saw some locals. They were all staring at me; I guess not so many
foreigners get off a local bus at their bridge. In my basic Nepali I tried to
explain that I would need to ring somebody from Phulping to come down here to
pick me up. The locals were very
friendly and I was able to use one of their phones. The Good Earth Nepal team
was very surprised that I had already arrived and told me that somebody will be
with me at 12 noon. Ok, that was fine. I had attacked quite some locals who
were all gathering around me and one teenage girl who’s English was pretty good
start to ask me lots of questions: “Are you married? How old are you? Where are
you from? ….and so on!” It was after 12 but nobody had showed up yet. So I
borrowed the phone from the locals again to ring one more time. Nobody picked
up. At 1pm they assured me that somebody would be with me in half an hour. The
locals at the bridge had already scared me a little by telling me they had
never been to Phulping village as it is very far and it is up there, pointing
high up into the hills. I was wondering how I should carry all my luggage up
that hill with the sleeping bag, tent, sleeping mat and so on. Anyway, it
turned out that Nono came down, a local teenage boy who offered me to carry my
tent. Ok great, unfortunately he hardly spoke any English. So, I said goodbye
to the locals at the bridge, carried my backpack and started to hike up this
steep hill in the direction of Phulping village. I followed Nono, who was
walking really fast and tried to keep up the speed. First break was under a
beautiful tree after we had hiked up the steep first part. </div>
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Then we kept going.
The sun was blurring down, I was sweating and I asked myself why did I actually
bring so much luggage! We walked further uphill, through remote areas when I was
finally able to see a village. It turned out that was not Phulping yet. Ok,
then keep going. Finally after a good hour uphill and I would say at least
400-500 high meters uphill we reached Phulping! The workshop was in full swing
and the first thing I did was dropping my backpack and having some water. I
couldn’t believe I had actually made it. There were quite a lot of people at
the building site and I had no idea who would stay and who is only here for the
workshop. Anyhow, it turned out in the end, that we were 5 volunteers staying!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During the workshop - quite busy on the building site!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good crowd on the first day!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">We were a good bunch of people. Subash, our Nepali supervisor was
lovely and it was fun working every day on the building site. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We all had our
own small tents put up uphill just above the local Gompa, which was heavily
affected by the earthquake and every time I passed it walking up to my tent I
felt like it would come down any second! Thank God it didn’t :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The locals had
built a temporary Gompa with corrugated iron sheets, which was great as it
turned out that also the surrounding villages were coming and using it on a
regular base.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Phulping was a tiny, beautiful village on approximately 2.000 height
meter, surrounded by hills, valleys and the Himalayas. The setting could have
not been better :) </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful view from the building site</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the house where we got fed every day!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">I so enjoyed walking through the maize fields uphill to the
Buddhist family, who looked after feeding us. They were so welcoming and they cooked
delicious food for us every day! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After breakfast I walked through the maize fields again downhill to the school. The fields were lashing green; some villagers were rebuilding their houses. </span></div>
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There was one carpenter in the village. You could see that the people build their new homes with wood now instead of stones. Every second home was destroyed during the earthquake in this village as well as 2 school buildings and the 3<sup>rd</sup> building of the school was temporarily fixed, but not safe in any respect! However, it was used for classes now.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So we worked every day on the building site from around 8am to
5/6pm. It was hard physical work, but I really enjoyed being out in nature,
fresh air everyday, looking at the surrounding hills and mountains and the
beautiful maize fields. That was such a treat compared to Kathmandu. It was
exactly what I needed ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with us, 2 guys and 2 girls, and then we had additional people who brought the
soil to us, carrying heavy loads on their foreheads! They are hard working
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The work changed almost every day. The project we were working on
had still the previous structure. We used the metal poles and the corrugated
iron sheet roof. I was glad we had a roof as the monsoon had started early and
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It was beautiful to see how the school grew and the layers became
higher and higher. Having said that, it also became more difficult as the space
between the earth bags and the existing structure and the metal bars became
less and less for us to stand and fill the earth bags. </div>
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The highlight of every
day was to make coffee for all of us and to eat some local ‘Coconut’ biscuits
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One late afternoon four of us decided to go to the nearby waterfall.
Alessia, another volunteer came along as well and the two local Nepali girls
Lamu and Chhoring showed us the way. </div>
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It was a steep but beautiful uphill walk
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It was extremely scary to cross it, especially as the gorge was so deep.
Anyway, we made it to the waterfall! There were a lot of visible landslides,
which were triggered<b> </b>by the
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Luckily enough the
water still found its way through the massive boulders and flows downhill, so
the villagers can use it as daily water supply! On our way back we walked over
to the other valley and had to cross two really scary landslide areas, but I
managed. The local Nepali girls didn’t find it scary or strange. Well, I guess
it is their home and to make their way back to their village, they just have to
deal with what nature has thrown at them.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We had a small 3 litre kettle where we could heat up water. If there was
electricity we even used it for having a lukewarm bucket shower in the evening.
That felt so good after a full day of work! We were able to use the villagers’
toilet for having our bucket shower, just next to our camping site!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I woke up this morning to the sound of the horns at 10 past 5. It
sounded wonderful and I enjoyed listening to it. When we all walked up for
breakfast to our Buddhist family, they told us that a granny had died last
night. Therefore a lot of chanting and different ceremonies went on in the
Gumpa all day. The funeral will be tomorrow and the locals invited us to join
the celebrations, which consist of a meal and the funeral afterwards. We
learnt, that we were allowed to work before and after the funeral, just not
during the ceremony. We all decided to attend. So the next morning we started
working as usual and we got invited for 10.30am for lunch. We did as much
barbed wiring as we could and in the meanwhile a lot of people from
neighbouring villages came. All stopped at the school and were extremely
curious about the earth building technology we were using. They were watching
us while we were working along. After lunch around 11.30am we all accommodated
the family, the musicians, friends and neighbours in walking up the hill. The
dead body of the granny was very beautifully covered in lots of white shawls.
One thing I was never aware of before joining this ceremony was, that in the
Buddhist tradition the dead body is place seated in a wooden kind of ‘box’ (I
would not call this a coffin) as it is more like a frame, the same position as
the Buddha is sitting in. A small little paper crown is put around the head,
which is covered with white shawls and flowers. The squared wooden box, where
the body is in, is held up with two massive bamboo sticks, so the villagers
were able to carry it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">All of us followed the sound of the horns, drums and the
Lama walking up the hill. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On top of the hill, there was a small tarpaulin where
some villagers and the Lama were sitting underneath it and started chanting and
praying. In the meanwhile some villagers offered drinks and biscuits and others
prepared the wood. Some wood was carried up from the village in small baskets,
others was taken from the nearby forest. I also learnt, that Buddhist funerals
would always be held up on a hill, where the body would be burned compare to
the Hindu culture, where the body would always be brought down to a river. The
villagers built a kind of a wigwam around the dead body and soon they lit the
fire. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We all had offered incense to the
dead body, which we had been given by the family when walking up the hill. We
then picked some herbs and through it into the burning fire. I felt like that
Nepali Buddhist also celebrated the life of a person who had passed away,
instead of crying and grieving all the time. People were joyful, laughed and
celebrated life. I found that a much better way dealing with death than what we
do in our Western culture or should I say what I have experienced so far in our
Western culture. Here it did not matter what clothes people were wearing, what
colour the clothes were, if they were clean or if the person had shoes on or
was barefoot. It was most important that they were there for the ceremony.
That’s all what counted. Choring, the local Nepali girl and myself decided to
return back to the school. We decided to continue the barbed wiring, however
not long after that a massive thunderstorm unfolded and with heavy lightning,
thunder and pouring rain for 2 hours or so at least. We had to call it a day
after chatting for hours underneath the existing school roof before the rain
had eased a little. I returned back to my tent and it turned out, that the tent
was not particular waterproof! The area where the stitching was done close to
the bottom of the tent was not sealed properly. Well, I guess it was not too
bad. I started clearing my stuff away from the outside walls and started
reading my book, while listening to the raindrops outside. I was looking
forward to a good warm dinner to be honest and some hot tea :) I was pretty
positive that the sun will be shining again tomorrow!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One week into the school project</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US">I sometimes stand on the building site, just admiring the beauty,
which surrounds me! I am so fortunate to be able to live in this amazing little
community for 2 weeks! The villagers are so welcoming, the kids are fun and I
love to listen to the horns, drums and chanting in the Gumpa. One afternoon, I
decided to go for a little stroll around the village to see each house and to
take some more pictures. This village is so gorgeous! </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeINgDtjk8HyYXGgpDbQj5kb3mLQUHHcQI6eKF5J_05EWUXDChy_jUPcp4KnlA9Jpmng2aYPKiBxMui7N164WVu4sGXXcGeogsYDaIGZLcOgVd15zUe3LEyxNKfvaaVzwy76jTBnQvG3sG/s1600/P1020175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeINgDtjk8HyYXGgpDbQj5kb3mLQUHHcQI6eKF5J_05EWUXDChy_jUPcp4KnlA9Jpmng2aYPKiBxMui7N164WVu4sGXXcGeogsYDaIGZLcOgVd15zUe3LEyxNKfvaaVzwy76jTBnQvG3sG/s320/P1020175.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">I met the daughter from
our Buddhist family who is cooking for us and she started to explain a little
what is going on in the village such as who lives where and who is related to
whom ;) then we heard heated voices from the house where the granny had died
and where a ceremony was held after 7 days today. It turned out that the men
had too much Raxi (shots) and started arguing. It seems like it doesn’t matter
where in the world you are, alcohol unfortunately sometimes leads to
discussions and arguments. It does not matter which language you speak, in
which continent you live or how rural or urban the area might be. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There is one old man living in the village, who is 93 years old and
he still lives by himself! He cooks for himself and I learnt that he lives in a
temporary shelter made out of tarpaulin! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">His small stone house collapsed during
the earthquake. His son is a carpenter and lives right next to him in a newly
built house and his daughter as well in a separate new built house. I just
wonder, why they would not build a small one for their Dad. The daughter from our
Buddhist family explained to me that the kids don’t really look after their
Dad. Lots of family stories are going on in this village, as everywhere on this
globe. I spontaneously decided to say hello to the old man and visited him in
his temporary home. He seemed to be really happy that I came to see him. He
explained to me in Nepali, that his house collapsed and he is here now. That’s
at least what I understood ;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He showed me where he cooked for himself every
day. You should have seen the shelter he lived in! OMG!!! I was actually
shocked. The shelter is just a few wooden pols covered with tarpaulin. </span></div>
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One
afternoon a strong thunderstorm hit the village and parts of the tarpaulin flew
off and his home must have been soaking wet. I felt really sorry for this
unbelievably fit ‘old man’! I really hope his son or daughter will built a
small house for him. I got invited on my last day to his daughters and
granddaughter house for tea. After some chit-chat I was asking the local Nepali
girl who worked with me on the building site to possibly translate and ask if
it would be possible that they would build a small home for her Dad and
granddad. They promised me they will, I don’t know if it will happen, but
hopefully!</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Time flew by, and one after the other volunteer left the village as
some had already volunteered for 2 to </span>3 weeks and they also wanted to travel a
little bit through Nepal! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last day of David & David</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">So the last 3 days I was all by myself in the village
with the locals. It was lovely I have to say, I read my book and chatted to the
locals with my limited Nepali I had ;) I would not change a thing if coming back and I would
for sure do this again. It was the right time; I enjoyed being around nature so
much and was dreading going back to Kathmandu in the polluted and dusty city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reflection of my time as Disaster Management Coordinator
in Nepal</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am grateful I got the opportunity to work in Nepal with VSO. I
learnt a lot especially about the INGO world, disaster response and in
particular the political system in Nepal. I was able to learn some basic
Nepali, I got much more insight into the structure of Nepal in relation to
districts and VDC’s and enjoyed going on field visits. Was it easy? No, it
wasn’t! I had come to Nepal for a job role, which would have been based in
Sindhupalchowk district in Chautara living in a tent for 7 months. However,
some things do change and you have no influence over it. So my placement was
changed in the first 2 weeks of my arrival in Kathmandu and I was told that I
would be based in Kathmandu instead. That was a bummer! I was so disappointed,
sad and a little bit unsettled. I did not like to live in Kathmandu for a
longer time as it was so dusty, polluted and hardly any nature in the city.
Anyway, I decided to keep positive and see the opportunities for me to learn in
the new job role. Looking back, I really enjoyed travelling in 8 out of the 14
top earthquake affected district. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With a local Tamang woman in her temporary home in Dhunche, Rasuwa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous view in Dolakha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IDP camp in Dolakha district - landslide in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First bank of the enrolment center in Singati, where beneficiaries of the earthquake can register themselves!<span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best road I have ever seen in Nepal - on our way to Sindhuli<span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first meeting in a tent in Sindhuli</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local Women's project in Sindhupalchowk</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">I saw a lot, learnt a lot, got to know a lot
challenges INGO’s, NGO’s, the district governments and local communities are
facing. I got the opportunity to visit many IDP (Internally Displaced People)
Camps, which was heartbreaking on one hand, but also good to see and understand
under what circumstances people are living, what problems are apparent and more
hidden. There are also many opportunities out there to link programmes within
VSO and I am very grateful, that we were able to at least introduce some health
surveys in the IDP Camps and also some health clinics in the future. I have
seen so many collapsed houses in the last 6 months that lasts for a lifetime
for sure! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuwakot District<span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dhunche, Rasuwa District<span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local women clearing the rubble</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">The recovery process from the earthquake will take at least 5-10
years for Nepal. Sometimes I wonder how some of the extremely dangerous cracked
and almost dipping over houses or monasteries will be actually cleared as it seems
so dangerous, in particular up in mountainous areas and no professional
equipment is available to do so. One important thing which actually some
district governments are asking for is transparency from INGO’s and NGO’s. I
can’t agree more! It will be interesting how things evolve in the next few
months. I am grateful, that I was able to get a deeper insight into the
Disaster Response and Recovery field and to meet so many nice, helpful and
determined Nepali people. If it is meant to be I will come back to Nepal next
year for my research! Fingers crossed!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p>I am so glad I came back for one week to my favourite place in Nepal. Pokhara is so relaxing when it is off season. I went back to my local guesthouse 'Eden', I met up with Eunice for breakfast, I enjoyed my favourite Muesli and coffee at AM/PM coffee place, went for a morning run at 6am every day, watched gorgeous sunsets over the lake, enjoyed the stunning views onto the Himalaya's and just enjoyed the peacefulness of Pokhara. </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I met lovely old friend and new friends and my last week could have not been better! I am grateful I was able to spent one week there. Ramesh and I went on a beautiful day trip together to Begnas Lake. A stunning day, with a beautiful walk and a lovely boat ride, lots of laughter and we had great fun!</span></div>
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I had no idea what would be next, only that I had to leave. During my 2 weeks
volunteering at the Earth bag building site I had an idea ;) I could actually
apply for some volunteering in Plum Village in the South of France in the
beautiful peaceful meditation center. They always run big summer retreats and I
had known that they usually would look for volunteers :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com3Nepal28.394857 84.12400821.256389999999996 73.796859500000011 35.533324 94.4511565tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-55873358145082889432016-02-21T15:51:00.000+07:002016-02-23T21:26:00.005+07:00Life in Kathmandu + Visit to the Earthquake Epicentre 'Barpak' + IDP Camps in Dhading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: right;">Two weeks ago I had a meeting with Nepal Red
Cross in Kathmandu. It was not very far from our office, so I cycled there. The
complex is enormous, with one main building in the front and quite a few
additional buildings in the back plus a massive Red Cross car fleet. I was
brought to an office on the 3</span><sup style="text-align: right;">rd</sup><span style="text-align: right;"> floor and I learnt that Nepal Red
Cross is the District Support Lead Agency for 20 districts in Nepal. </span></div>
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In total
Nepal has 75, so that is a huge number. However only one is the 14 most
affected areas from the earthquake, which is Rasuwa. A second person joined 20
minutes later and it felt like I was back in IBM doing a Sales call I have to
say ;) It seems like I haven’t forgotten the skills I gained, so in the end
after listening carefully, emphasizing and asking the right questions at the
appropriate time, I got the agreement I wanted. Good meeting after all :)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The
earth was shacking on Friday,</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">5<sup>th</sup> February</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: justify;">I actually just came home around 10pm and was
on the 2</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">nd</sup><span style="text-align: justify;"> floor in my room, when I heard some ‘loud beeping’ going
off in the house. I first thought “oh no, the power backup is empty and now we
have no Internet”! But it took only another second when I realized that this
was the Earthquake Alarm in our house, which had gone off, and the earth
started to move. The first thought I had “I have to stand underneath the door
frame”, so that’s what I did. It took only a few seconds, and then it stopped.
I was not sure if I was allowed to move, but I did go quickly to my bed, grabbed
my mobile and went back under the doorframe and stood there for another minute.
All was quiet and I decided to go downstairs and outside of the house, where I
met with other VSO volunteers and neighbours. It was an awkward feeling,
however I was only asking myself how frightened the Nepali people and
foreigners must have felt who were actually here during the major April earthquake
last year. A lot of people spend a few hours outside their houses until they
felt comfortable to go back in.</span></div>
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Phu’s House</span></span></b></h3>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Saturday, two weeks ago I made my way across the city with my
bicycle to meet Phu. We met in Chabahil at the Stupa and from there I cycled
another 2km, Phu took the bus. At the cross road we met again and walked over
to Phu’s House. Phu became a friend of mine when I was in Nepal in 2012. I met
him during my first trek in the Annapurna Region. His house is beautiful in a
nice and quiet area a little bit outside of the hassle and bustle of Kathmandu.
His entire family was so welcoming. I learnt, that Sherpa’s like the Vietnamese
celebrate the New Year at the same time. This year it falls Beginning of
February. However, Hindu New Year will be celebrated in April in Nepal.
Therefore the family prepared already a lot of food. 15kg of dough had been
prepared and rolled out to make a food called ‘Kapsi’. So I joined the family
in the kitchen and helped with making ‘Kapsi’s’. </span></div>
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We had Dhal Bhat for lunch and
before the sun went down I made my way back to the South of the city. I took a
new route with my bicycle and at times I had no idea where I was ;) However,
the back roads I took where much nicer to cycle on then the main roads. It
didn’t take too long when I was in a familiar area again and I was home before
sun set.</div>
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OCHA Contingency Planning</span></span></b> </h3>
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The Secretariat was invited to take part in
a UN OCHA Contingency Planning Workshop, so I cycled to the UN House in
Kathmandu. It felt funny to be back in the UN compound after my internship in
Bangkok. The security guards were smiling at me as I arrived with my bicycle,
me a Westerner. I did find that amusing, they only wanted to see my VSO ID and
then they did let me pass and I parked my bicycle in the UN compound. The
meeting was about a study from the University of Durham, which had mad a prediction
about a massive follow on earthquake in Nepal, which could possibly happen in
the future. It was an <br />
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interesting prediction, however slightly frightened as
well. UN OCHA from Bangkok then guided the workshop and we were asked to think
about the emergency response structure especially in Nepal, where each agency
would fit in alongside with the government and all the other actors. It was
interesting! </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">However, I as a Sustainable Development Practitioner was asking
myself, if we should not instead put all our resources and efforts into making
the local communities more resilient, invest in earthquake proven housing
upgrades instead of planning how the construct of response should look like
after another earthquake. Maybe this does come from deep insight, as I deeply
believe in Sustainable Development and working with the local communities to
enable them to be better prepared.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Since almost one week my stomach was
causing problems unfortunately. Not really sure at all where it came from, but
on Tuesday I was so weak, that I had to stay home from work. Anybody, who knows
me well, can imagine how miserable I must have felt. The toilet was my best
friend and at times I felt like I would have to wear nappies. It improved
slightly on Wednesday and I went back to work. Unfortunately on Thursday I was
back to Diarrhea and stomach craps. Slight improvement on Friday after eating
banana’s all day. I felt very weak, so I decided to rest as much as I can. It
does proof itself a little bit challenging while sharing with 4 other people.
One evening they ordered delicious Pizza in and watched a movie, so you could
hear every single word on the top floor, where I was staying and the delicious
smell in the house is not helping, when you are not able to eat one bite. No
fun to be honest! I have to be fit by Tuesday, as we have planned our first
field visits and I am so excited!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tablets from the NIC (Nepal International Clinic)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNUysqLr4PIvm3pzrWo3wh2bA3NO0HzZGCLe4y2k1O-kBI_Z_TU-8vEGuzIIIQYlm5R-Giv65XuX090kwMcnnB4ugnbjogoqWsX_uBGgmite0nBwIpLFpSuykcBRxiwDZ7y56-r2Ak0Zr/s1600/P1010415+-+Version+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNUysqLr4PIvm3pzrWo3wh2bA3NO0HzZGCLe4y2k1O-kBI_Z_TU-8vEGuzIIIQYlm5R-Giv65XuX090kwMcnnB4ugnbjogoqWsX_uBGgmite0nBwIpLFpSuykcBRxiwDZ7y56-r2Ak0Zr/s320/P1010415+-+Version+2.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">My stomach didn’t turn out to be better
over last weekend, so I decided to go to the NIC, where VSO is having an
arrangement with for the health of all VSO volunteers. I met the doctor and
described my symptoms and what had happened over the last 7 days. She took a
blood sample and said it sounds very much like if I would have caught some parasites.
She gave me 4 ‘magic’ tablets and I waited for my blood sample. All results
were good and she said I was not dehydrated and I will feel much better after I
would take these 4 tables before I go to bed. She also warned me that I could
have a metallic taste afterwards for 24hours. I followed the advise of the
doctor and on Tuesday lunchtime I was able to have my first real meal again! I
was so happy and I finally gained some energy again :) All good!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Field visits are planned</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have planned the first field visit and we
are off to Gorkha District on Tuesday for 2 nights and then we stop in Dhading
for one night. It is our first initial visit since the Secretariat is
established and I am curious to find out how the situation is in the districts,
what does work well and what they might need help and support with. One
Information Manager, which we hired, has started this week, so our team is
growing :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hunting</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I really enjoy looking at apartments
anywhere on this globe, however I have to say this time it turned into a little
‘nightmare’ with quite a lot of frustrations. Nevertheless, I have decided to
start from scratch and let’s see how this goes ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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visit to Gorkha</span></span></b></h3>
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We started off on Tuesday morning from the
VSO Office with a team of 4 from our Secretariat. A Minibus was hired including
a driver and he brought us safe down to Gorkha, which was a good 4.5-hour
journey West of Kathmandu. The District Support Lead Agency ‘CARE Nepal’ was so
kind to pick us up at our guesthouse and we made our way to meet the Chief
District Officer (CDO) of Gorkha. It was a quick courtesy visit, but very
important that the CDO made time to see us. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Madhav - CARE Nepal in Gorkha</td></tr>
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Afterwards we visited the CARE
Nepal office in Gorkha and had a good meeting with Madhav. He showed us his
district map, explained the VDC (Village Development Committee’s) structure and
showed us the location of ‘Barpack’ - the epicentre of the April 2015
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It was in a very remote area and he invited us to go with him the
next day to see it. I got very excited, but also a bit frightened, as I did not
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Madhav drawing the structure of Gorkha District </td></tr>
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We also met with some of the INGO’s and NGO’s to
discuss good practices, what works well, however also what challenges they are
facing and where we might be able to support. Madhav drew a structure from all actors in Gorkha district, which was really helpful for us. Thank you!</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I had mixed feeling when I woke up that morning - Excitement, about
getting the opportunity to visit the epicenter. However, I also wasn’t sure
what to expect really and how bad the impressions would be and what we would
see. The 5-hour road trip from Gorkha was horrendous to say the least. It
reminded me of my bus ride almost 4 years ago when I started my trek in
Langtang. The roads were only paved for the first 30-45 min, and then we drove
on sandy, dusty roads, a lot filled with gravel and deep holes everywhere.
Shanti and I jumped up and down in the back of the Jeep, sometimes my head
would touch the roof or my elbow would touch the door. I first tried the seat
belt, but soon decided that this was no use at all, it strangled me more than
it helped. It felt like all our organs were reorganized in our body and the
roads got worse after we had stopped for an early lunch. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We had also passed a
hydropower construction site where they are about to complete a 4km tunnel system.
This was impressive, taking into consideration the geographical area and accessibly. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tunnel for the Hydropower Construction</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">In the small village, where we had lunch we saw some tents from Oxfam and there was also a birthing center set up by the International Medical Corps after the earthquake. All was still in use and the birthing center and women friendly place were very clean.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Women's friendly space</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Women's friendly space - inside</td></tr>
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crossed rivers with no bridges and drove up for another 1.5 hours, steep dirt
roads with even more and deeper holes in them. Sometimes I thought I should get
out of the car and just go on a trek. It would be more enjoyable to walk up,
but we didn’t have enough time for that. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landscape we drove through </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">River Crossing without any bridge!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We finally reached the first few settlements, mostly temporarily shelters as houses were all destroyed and people lived mostly in tents. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reaching the first temporary shelters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People are still living in tents after 10 months!</td></tr>
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Then we reached the village and epicenter
‘Barpak’. You could see a lot of blue iron sheets everywhere, which were used
for temporary housing and must have been distributed after the earthquake. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Village 'Barpack' - Epiccentre of the April 2015 Earthquake</td></tr>
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Shanti and I got out of the Jeep and went on a stroll around the village. Some
houses were still intact, but mostly with big cracks or some were unsafe to
live in. Then we got closer to the area where it must have hit hardest. We
walked through lanes with lots of rubble on either sides, fallen in houses,
areas where only parts of houses were left and abandoned. We met an older woman
when we stopped at a house, which had been fallen in and the wooden staircase
was still visible. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fallen in house with the wooden staircase still visible on the right side</td></tr>
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She told Shanti, that her mother and son were still buried
underneath the rubble and if we would know of any diggers, which would come up
here, so they could get their bodies out. I had tried to not expect anything
from this visit to the epicenter. However, if a woman stands in front of you
and you hear these heartbreaking stories you know how fortunate you are in life. The only thing I could think of was that no digger would ever come up
here in any foreseeable future and I wondered how this woman would survive
every day looking onto her house, which was completely destroyed, knowing
that two of her loved one’s are buried underneath.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rubble everywhere...!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only one wall standing ...!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A local man digging a massive hole by hand for his new house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rubble everywhere from collapsed houses!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We walked a little further up in the town and everywhere you could
hear hammering and building works going on. Spring had arrived and people were
clearly eager to start rebuilding their houses or to create a completely new
one from scratch. The government still hasn’t released any grant to the
earthquake-affected households, as evaluations are still ongoing. This is
almost 10 months now after the earthquake had hit. I did understand the local
people. They used anything they could find from their old houses or houses in
the neighbourhood which were destroyed as they didn’t have any new building
materials. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barpack Town</td></tr>
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Even getting up local materials to this remote area would be a
challenge. The big concern I have is, that people built back their
houses, but they are not earthquake proven. I don’t judge the people as they
might not know how to build back safer and they might not have the resources and materials to
do so. They clearly want to provide a proper roof for their families before the
monsoon season will start in June! </div>
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Will these households be eligible to receive
the government grant later on when it will be releases? Nobody knows yet and I
wonder how this situation can be dealt with, so local people in remote areas
with restricted resources don’t have to take the burden.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Field visit to Dhading</span></span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thursday morning we made our way towards another district called
‘Dhading’. This time it was only a 2.5-hour drive until we reached the district
office. We met up with Babu Ram from ACTED, the District Support Lead Agency to
see the Chief District Officer (CDO). The government offices are in a nice part
of town and all next to each other. We had a good conversation with the CDO and
understood that he is only in the job since 2 months. He was working as a
Minister of Labour beforehand. He was a very down to earth man and I did like
him. He was interested where I was from and when he heard that I was German, he
shared with us that his daughter studies medicine in Germany. After that short
official visit, we had lunch and were able to meet with the Local Development
Officer (LDO) shortly after that. He was a very busy man; therefore we only had
a few minutes to meet with him. However, he did invite us back to see him again
for a longer meeting another time as he seemed to be interested to work with
us.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">The Government Officials in Dhading
seem to be very welcoming. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">ACTED Office Dhading</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Dhading District Map</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We went to the ACTED Office in Dhading, where we had
a good, constructive meeting with the different agencies. It seems like Dhading
is facing a few challenges and might need some support from our Secretariat. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Babu Ram drawing the structure of actors in Dhading</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Babu Ram with the complete structure in Dhading District</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Meeting with INGO's in Dhading</td></tr>
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the evening we met up with the 4 VSO volunteers based in Dhading. They invited
us over into their house and it was lovely to catch up with them and to go for
some Dhal Bhat (rice and lentils) for dinner in our hotel. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">ACTED had suggested to visit two different IDP camps on Friday morning, close to Dhading town up the hill and we also planned to visit the two VSO projects in education and health.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">IDP Camps
(Internally Displaced People) in Dhading</span></span></b></h3>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Another day, where I decided not to expect anything! I just wanted
to see what impressions I can and will take in from our field visit to two
local IDP camps, one in Damgade and another one in </span>Dansarpakha<span style="text-align: justify;">. Both were Tamang
communities, which came from the VDC’s of Lapa, Ri and Jharlang, which are all
mountainous areas and all were highly affected by the earthquake. It became
clear that a lot of woman and children were in the camps when we visited. We
understood after chatting to some of the people, that some younger men were
working abroad, others found a few hours of work. We learnt that the IOM
(International Organisation of Migration) had arranged that men and women could
work every other week at some building sites in Dhading town to earn a living.
Other households had their own income by making baskets out of local materials.
Households told us that most of the older generations stayed in the remote
areas, where the earthquake had hit hardest, but they decided to move closer to
Dhading town. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nepali Tamang family in the Damgade IDP camp</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sponsored Solar lamps from UNHCR</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">In one camp there were exceptionally lots of children under 5.
Toilets were very rare, 400 IDP’s had to share 6-8 toilets and they were not in
a good state at all. In addition, there were no washing facilities at all and
people told us they are going to the nearest river to have a bath. I was
wondering and questioning at the same time why there were not any washing
facilities with a little bit of privacy for women especially so a standard of
hygiene could be kept. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toilets in the camp - not separated by men & women</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water purification tank, where the water is pumped up from the river</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I understood that the government had rented the land
where the bigger IDP camp was on it and there were discussions going on, if the
IDP’s could stay or if they could/should move back in there VDC (Village
Development Committee’s).</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Some IDP’s
wanted to stay closer to Dhading and were waiting if they could get some land
from the government. Others told us that the mountainous area where they were
from originally is still too dangerous to go back to as landslides are still
going down and some of their houses are buried by landslides and therefore they
would have to live in tents up there as well. I was wondering if some younger
families and households might see this as a chance to settle somewhere closer
to the city of Dhading to maybe have an easier way of life and a better
opportunity to earn a living. The thought of Gender Based Violence also crossed
my mind and I was wondering if these IDP camps are safe especially for women
and young girls. We got no answer on this during our visit. I understood that
some statistics which were taken after the earthquake had happened are not
accurate as apparently some households had registered twice or had split in two
households, after the earthquake happened, as the older generation stayed in
the village and the younger generation moved closer to the city as IDP’s.
Therefore it is hard to get an accurate picture, which household/family is
entitled to a relief grant from the government to rebuild their home.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IDP camp Dansarpakha - Dhading</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">After the mixed impressions from the two IDP camp visits we drove to
the District Hospital in Dhading to meet up with Georgina, a VSO volunteer who
was so kind to show us around in the hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">District Hospital in Dhading</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">I learnt that no operations are taking place in this hospital and
they have in total 6 doctors and 3 nurses employed, the rest are volunteers.
The hospital was very small and when we entered into the main part, I felt that
the floor was very dirty. However, it was spacious, but with no privacy and the
male and female wards were just separated by a wall with no doors. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Hospital Ward</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">We were also
very fortunate to see the birthing center, which contained 4 beds, a separate
room with an incubator and an actual room where the women can give birth. There
were 3 newborn babies there at the time and the women can stay there for 24
hours until they get released. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthing Center Dhading</td></tr>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There is also a post-natal tent in the backyard,
where women can stay for up to 1 month with their babies if they chose so. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">From there we made our way to ‘Aasaman’, the local Education partner
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Lysbet and it was lovely to see their working environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com0Kathmandu 44600, Nepal27.7172453 85.323960527.6047838 85.162599 27.829706799999997 85.485322tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-25962683770101237662016-01-31T20:35:00.002+07:002016-01-31T20:35:23.117+07:00Namaste Nepal :)<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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I can hardly believe it myself, but I am already
back in Kathmandu since 4 weeks! Many things have happened and I can hardly
decide where to start ;)</div>
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I am staying in the VSO Volunteering house in Jawalakhel, which is a really nice area in Kathmandu.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p>Every morning I am passing by this amazing 'GERMAN Bakery' to buy one croissant for my afternoon coffee at work. It is soooo tasty and affordable, even with my Volunteer allowance ;)</o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I love the house,
especially the roof terrace with a view onto the lake in the zoo, the hills
around Kathmandu and when the weather is really clear I was already so
fortunate to the see the stunning Ganesh Himal! It is just a 30min walk to the
VSO office and I actually do enjoy walking every morning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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First I thought I might not remember much
about Kathmandu from my previous stay 3.5 years ago, but spending more time
here, many memories are coming back and it is getting much easier to find my
way around.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There is a great community spirit amongst
the VSO volunteers and I am really enjoying it. The VSO staff is so kind and I
am really looking forward to start working in my special project.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On top of the heavy load shedding we also
have to cope with the man-made Indian/Nepali Boarder blockage and therefore the
prices for Gas bottles are skyrocketing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People are talking about that the price is 10 times more than before the
blockade and therefore not affordable! The Gas bottle in the VSO house is empty
and we cannot replace it. We got an electric cooking plate which is great,
however I usually only manage to cook 1-2x per week, as the power cuts are
always happening during dinner time. The small Nepali place around the corner
is happy to see his returning customers so, where I have food many times during
the week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I was not even one week in Nepal and I was
already on my way to the Annual VSO Conference outside of Kathmandu to meet all
the volunteers and staff of VSO Nepal. We had 3 lovely days together and it was
great to get to know the whole team. </span></div>
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We had two brilliant entertaining nights of games and dancing. <span lang="EN-US">Some volunteers gave us some insights
about their placements and we watched two really emotional movies. </span>One about the earthquake, the relief efforts in Kathmandu and some personal stories of people which had been buried under gravel for days, but did survive! Such moving scenes! The 2<sup>nd</sup> movie was about a girl in the district of Mugu, in the Mid-West of Nepal and her desire to play soccer! I could really relate to this movie, as she had to fight and put her foot down to be able to participate in tournaments and to leave her home for a few days to take part in them, walking for days to the neighboring district called Humla. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We do live just right next to the zoo here
in Kathmandu. Therefore it was a wonderful surprise last Friday when I saw the
only elephant in the zoo when he was brought out for his morning feeding time
around the block, which happened to be my way to work :) It was wonderful to
see the elephant on the streets of Kathmandu. However, I also felt a little bit
sad as I heard it is the only elephant in the whole zoo. I am sure he or she
does feel a little lonely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The elephant on Kathmandu's Roads</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">My VSO Role - 'National Disaster Coordination Advisor'</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I came to VSO Nepal with the
expectation to live in Sindulpachowk, in one of the most affected districts of
the April 2015 earthquake and to live in a tent. That was in my job description
before I had left. After 2 weeks it was clear, that VSO got some special
funding from DFID to set up a National Disaster Recovery Coordination
Secretariat comprising of two volunteers and 3 Nepali staff. One volunteer was I
:) First I was a bit disappointed that my placement had changed, but after I
had read through the proposal of the new Secretariat I got really excited. We
would be looking after the 14 most effected district of the earthquake and work
together with the District Lead Support Agencies to collect data, understand
the needs of the district offices and the local communities to find synergies,
to share data and to learn from the challenges other districts are facing as
well as from things which do work well. We had our first meeting with the
District Lead agencies and we got very positive responses. Next week, we will
decide with the input from the Lead Agencies on which districts of the 14 we
should focus on. Exciting times ahead! It will involve a lot of travelling for
me during the week to the different districts but I am really looking forward
to it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boudha Stupa 2012</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">After two weeks on a Sunday I decided to
make my way to my favourite place in Kathmandu. </span>The massive Stupa in Boudha is
so beautiful and there is so much energy around this place that I really love
spending time there. I had heard that some parts of the Stupa were destroyed
after the earthquake, however most people told me it is not severe. So I walked
to Rathnapark from my house and took a Minibus from there out to Boudha. It is
North-East of Kathmandu, just outside of the Ring Road. I found the tiny
alleyway again, the sneaky back entrance for locals, so you don’t need to pay
the tourist entrance fee. No bad Karma as I am actually not a tourist, but a
working volunteer ;) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole top part is missing</td></tr>
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After a few steps through the tiny winding lanes I reached
the wider circle of the Stupa. OMG, here it was the once impressive beautiful
Stupa very much destroyed on the top and all the small little stupa’s
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<span lang="EN-US">I</span>t touched my heart and for the first time since I returned to Nepal I felt it deeply that there was a massive earthquake. You can see pictures, you can listen to people describing it and you can read about it. But seeing your favourity place in such a stage did hurt and I felt so sad for all the Nepali & Tibatan people who come to this stupa every day to do their rounds of praying and mediation. They will be reminded every single day about this massive earthquake who had such force to destroy parts of this enormous Stupa. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking around the stupa</td></tr>
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After the first impression sank in and
settled a little, I decided to do a few rounds. </div>
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Walking around the Stupa was still very special. It was so peaceful, you could chant while walking and it was such lovely energy around and within me. </div>
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I decided to look for my favourite
coffee place, however it was gone. I decided to try some side streets and some
backyards and here you go. Café Flavor’s had moved and is now located in a green
backyard, behind the Stupa. I had a little rest before I decided to go for a
few more rounds.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local people sitting around the stupa<br /></td></tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><i>Reunion with an Irish friend – Dhamma Sisters</i></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I first came to Nepal in 2012 I met
Caroline through Susan, a dear Australian friend which I met while trekking through the Himalaya's. Susan had met Caroline during her Vipassana Meditation and introduced me to her as I lived in Ireland :) We became friends, we had lovely
chats over a cup of tea or coffee and shared similar interests such as teaching
English and practicing meditation. Caroline stayed all these years in Kathmandu
with her second half Kenta, got married and she just came back from India two
weeks after I had arrived here in Kathmandu. We met for a cup of
coffee and we went for an hour of Vipassana Meditation :) So beautiful! I am so
grateful that Caroline is still here in Kathmandu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">All VSO colleagues were invited by my
Program Manager Geehta to a so called 'Gufa ceremony'. Her daughter and nice celebrated
this Newari tradition , where the Newari girl child gets married minimum two times
in their lives, first marriage to the fruit of the Bel tree. The belief
is that since men can be unfaithful, the girl’s first marriage should be one in
which unfaithfulness cannot occur (No Bel fruit is going to run off with
someone else!). The second marriage is to the Sun God, that’s the one we were
attending. The idea behind such absurd sounding marriages is actually quietly
romantic. By marrying a little girl to a bel fruit and then to the sun, Newar
traditions ensures that even in a possible unfortunate death of the girl’s
husband, the girl will not be deemed a widow, a title that was looked upon with
great disdain and intolerance by older societies because of her prior marriages.
These traditions may therefore have been designed by the Newars to save their
little girls from disrespectful treatment by the community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After 3 weeks of walking to the VSO office and taking Mini-Busses at the weekend, I decided to buy a bicycle. We get a small allowance from VSO for a very basic bicycle and therefore I decided to buy a basic one with no gears. The allowance didn’t cover the whole bike, but a good bit of it. The brand is ‘Prince’, manufactured in India and it is dark red with a few stickers on saying “Prince Diana”! I had to giggle when I saw this first ;) But hey, who has a bike called Prince Diana! I love my bike :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After 3 weeks, I had my first visit to two
government offices in Kathmandu. It started off with some learning’s 'How does the
system work' ;) You can only enter the main gate for the ministries if your car
has a blue plate. VSO does have one, so we were fine. I was wondering how it
would work if I would come with my bicycle and it seems like that would be very
difficult to get access. We had two good meetings and both departments were
very supportive for our project. Looking forward to see how this goes. I also attended a workshop with remarks from different government officials, speakers from different INGO's and NGO's, which was organised by Action Aid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It was a good event, I am learning a lot and meeting lovely people. The view onto the garden was amazing, considering you were in the middle of Kathmandu!</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So myself and another VSO volunteer will be
hiring 3 Nepali staff, 2 Information Manager Adviser and one Admin staff for 6
months. Guess what I was doing last week. I did scan all the incoming CV’s and
selected candidates for interviews for next week. I will be part of the
interview panel and I am very excited indeed. After leaving IBM I didn’t think
that I will ever hire people again, especially in Nepal ;) But I am more than
pleased and I do enjoy the hiring process for sure. Wish us luck, that we can
find the right people for our team so we can help Nepal in the Coordination
efforts for the post-earthquake.</span></div>
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We do have 6 bedrooms and if the house is full it is very busy. In
particular with so many power cuts, everybody would need to be mindful not
charging any devices, so the solar backup actually does last for one light in
each room and the internet. This might not sound so critical to you, but if you
have no electricity for 15 hours per day, it becomes really important ;)</div>
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After my placement with VSO had changed and
my base is actually Kathmandu, I decided to go house hunting. Ruth, another volunteer also based in Kathmandu and I decided to look for a place to share, as we
might get something nicer if we put our allowances from VSO together. So we
looked at 3 different places so far and one is my absolute favourite! It is in
a quiet, safe area in cycle distance to VSO and Ruth office and we would be
very close to all the other volunteers as well.
Lots of bakeries around and access to shops and supermarkets. The
apartment has a balcony, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It would be perfect :) Hope we will get it and so we could move Mid of February! I will keep you all posted and hope you are looking forward to the next blog entry!</div>
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com8Kathmandu 44600, Nepal27.7172453 85.323960527.6047838 85.162599 27.829706799999997 85.485322tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-13439031772595131522015-09-03T20:11:00.001+07:002015-09-03T20:12:44.211+07:00My favourite time of the day <h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">I am gently able to
breath some cooler air again. The humidity is dropping - the sun is setting
soon. I am leaving my house on foot, walking out of my compound, leaving the
barking dogs behind. Crossing the busy road with dozens of motorbikes as rush
hour has kicked in, listening to peeping sounds and market tenders, shouting
something in Vietnamese to offer their food. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">I continue slowly on a
little side lane just until I meet the next busy road again. This road is
particularly wide; the pavement is occupied with older men playing cards and
local board games, some smoking a cigarette. Women are busy selling ‘Pho’
(noodle soup) and Banh Mi (baguette) to earn a living. I take another right and
left turn to continue walking on a beautiful quiet road with huge colourful
gates where massive private villas are hidden behind, most of them owned by
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">In-between small little sheds or should I call it cheap
housing for the poor Vietnamese society with a typical neon lamp on the wall. Barely
any furniture in them, except of a bedframe or if you were lucky possible even
a mattress. A shared garden in front of them with a clothesline stretched from
one tree to the other with dozens of colourful hangers and hand washed clothes
on them to dry, so they could be worn the next day again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Crossing another main
road, I’m now in another particularly wide beautiful peaceful road, flanked
with trees on both sides and an additional green strip in the middle, planted with
beautiful palm trees. A few motorbikes passing by quietly, two men sitting on
the right side sipping iced coffee. Older couples are walking in front of me,
wearing runners instead of the usual flip-flops, and a granddad pushing a pram
with his grandchild. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Reaching the end of the
road, I am entering a small little area with a playground for children on the
left side, numerous exercising machines on the right side that were all
occupied and in the end there was a long-winded balustrade with the Saigon
river in the back. I’m walking mindfully over there, standing on the balustrade
and looking out onto the river. Three fishermen are on the right side, trying
their luck to catch some fish and a young couple sitting to the right, chatting
about their day. The river flows around a small Island in a U-shaped form with
tropical lash green vegetation. Airplanes are slowly moving in the blue sky,
becoming clearer as they are approaching the 12 Million metropolis of Saigon. Green
plants, looking like water spinach, floating past. A boat with a few sealed
containers is slowly passing by and vanishing in the far distance. The sky is
changing colours as the sun sets. You can hear the noise of a squeaky old red
rusty swing, where a little girl is swaying. Sounds of approaching and
departing motorbikes are coming and going. What a peaceful and enjoyable spot
this is to watch the sunset.</span></div>
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on the left side. More people are walking towards the green space. People on
bicycles are passing by, and some walking their dogs. I’m approaching the
street again which is flanked with villas on either sides with beautiful
colourful gates and massive trees. It looks very idyllic and the lush orange
Tuscany wall on the right side makes it look like a photograph out of a book of
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com8Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam10.8230989 106.62966389.8248079 105.33877030000001 11.8213899 107.9205573tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-53640052508450366932015-08-02T15:37:00.000+07:002015-08-02T21:09:48.648+07:00Field trip for Flooding and Drainage project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I have the feeling that I get hardly time to settle in HCMC. Just
about discovering a few coffee places near my house, a possible route to go
running and a Yoga studio in town, when we already went on the next field trip
back to the Mekong Delta to Soc Trang. I really liked to get to know more rural
places in Vietnam. Soc Trang has a nice size, around 150.000 people and life
seems to be pretty relaxed compared to Saigon at least ;) </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">It was lovely to meet
the architects from ArcAsia, Yves, the landscape architect from Belgium and Eva
from GIZ. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva, Kerstin, Loan, Yves and ArcAsia colleague</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We had meetings with the department of construction and also with the
people’s committee. It was a bit unfortunate that hardly anybody took the time
or effort to translate for me during the meetings what was going on. I had been
so excited about the flooding and drainage project to be honest, but after a
few days I realized that this was a very ‘political’ engagement, especially how
the different project sites were chosen. I had in mind that this will help the
local population, neighbourhood areas that might have been severely affected by
flooding in the past. However, it turned out that 3 out of 5 sites were
actually in front of the department of construction, mostly the pavement areas. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tam & Kerstin</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Coming back to Saigon on a Friday and leaving straight away on Sunday again for
the other 4 coastal cities Tuy Hoa, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon and Quang Ngai. I was
excited to visit new places and to spend time with the architecture team. The
girls Loan, Xuan and Tu were so entertaining. We flew into Tuy Hoa, where we
stayed in a beautiful hotel and the first thing Ha and myself did was going for
a discovery walk to the beach before we all had dinner. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tuy Hoa beach at sunset</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The beach turned out to
be only a 15min walk away and it was gorgeous. Really unspoiled, no tourists,
only locals around. I decided to go for a run in the morning! Finally I was
able to run again :) I woke up with a gorgeous sunrise at 5.30am and went for a
run at 6am! Lots of locals were already awake, some selling breakfast, coffees
and baguette on the pavements; others were swimming in the sea. I ran along the
beach and enjoyed every moment. I loved this town. No traffic, almost no cars,
just a few motorbikes and some bicycles. So peaceful :) Back in the hotel I
changed into my bikini and walked back up to the beach to go for a well
deserved swim before breakfast! After our official meeting with the department
of construction we went to visit the site. This was an interesting project. The
area was in a residential neighbourhood and the plan was to enhance the wide
green strip between the two streets. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Project site Tuy Hoa</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We were able to speak to a few neighbours and
the people’s committee had agreed to a neighbourhood meeting in the evening. We
had to change location in the last minute as there was a power cut in the venue
and therefore we went to a nearby coffee place instead where the meeting was
held spontaneously. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neighbourhood Meeting - Tuy Hoa</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We presented the project and landscaping ideas to the
neighbourhood committee and we got 15 questionnaires filled in. However the
neighbours had more concerns than just the landscaping project. They were complaining
about the unpaved road and the dirt and dust caused by it. I really loved this
little town. Rice fields in the middle of the city, some hills and the ocean. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The
next day we recorded the data from the questionnaires and were able to go for a
quick visit up to the Nhan Tower. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nhan Tower</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">What a beautiful view onto the city! </span></td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Then we
all drove in a small minibus to Nha Trang. I wasn’t looking forward to this, as
this city was so touristy. I had only been there once but promised myself not
to come back! It was a long tedious bus trip with one beautiful stop in-between
at the most easterly point in Vietnam, Southeast of Tuy Hòa in Phú Yên Province. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most easterly point in Vietnam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">That’s the first time I saw a lighthouse in Vietnam!!! </span></td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Nha Trang was busy with
tourist, especially from Russia. There were even menus in Russian and shop
front had signs written in Russian! Not the most relaxing place on earth ;) The
site in Nha Trang nevertheless was interesting! A busy street in a local
neighbourhood packed with different businesses, shops and small little pavement
stalls springing up every morning and evening to sell local food. We did a
first site visit after our official meeting with the government and we were
also able to interview some local businesses. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Official meeting with the Department of construction</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interview with the locals</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interview with a local guitar shop</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Another community meeting in the
evening, this time with not many participants, but the ones who did show up
were interested. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Community meeting Nha Trang</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Next stop was Quy Nhon. We stayed in a very strange hotel from
the late 70</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="text-align: justify;">, but it was directly across the beach! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from outside of our hotel in Quy Nhon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quy Nhon beach</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">So back to my morning run and swim before work. Quy Nhon was a city with a lot of green areas, parks and in general very well kept! I think this city will develop in another famous tourist spot in the future. The flooding and drainage project was questionable in my eyes as there was no flooding occurring and the area where the project should be implemented was just newly developed in a really nice wide green park strip. Anyhow, I did learn a lot from Yves, the landscape architect. I finally was able to distinguish between palm trees and coconut trees by the trunk and I learned that trees can have vertical or horizontal roots. Horizontal roots can or most likely will destroy the pavement over time when used in this area. Thanks Yves for this insight!</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Interviewing local people was fun in Quy Nhon. We talked to a local fisherman who was repairing his net, an elderly man who comes to the park every day for a walk and an owner of a local coffee place. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interview with the local fisherman</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We had the chance on the last day to visit the
International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education and the ‘Quy Hoa
Leprosy’ town. The architects were all excited visiting the center, as a famous
architect had designed it.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peaceful spot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having a good time with Loan!<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Quy Hoa Leper Colony</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Small little sandy trails were leading to a beautiful beach and people were
still calling this place their home. It was striking that the locals had left
all the old signs on buildings, streets and abundant sheds. I even found one
sign in German saying ‘Wurzburgstrasse’! </span></div>
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The hospital is still in operation,
not only for leprosy treatment but also for HIV/AIDS and other diseases. This
small little town had left an impression on me for sure!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Danang</span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had only spent one night in Quang Nhai, had one meeting in the
morning and left in a rush at lunch time to reach Danang. I had decided to stay
for a few days in my old hometown to see old friends and to have a break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coming into Danang with the WACC colleagues
was strange. I was actually a bit shocked, seeing all these new high-rise
hotels along the beautiful beach. At least 10 new hotels with 15-30 floors each
sprung up, lots of new small hotels everywhere, new food places, coffee places
and dozens of people, mostly Asian tourist flocking along the beach. Well it
was 5pm, so no surprise, that’s the main rush hour for swimming in the late
afternoon as the sun is setting soon. As we had arrived one day earlier as
planned in Danang, I needed to find a place to sleep for the night. My hotel
was fully booked, but I found a nice room close to the beach on the 5<sup>th</sup>
floor in the Mango hotel. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous view from my hotel!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So all was good and I could hardly believe I was back
in Danang. A feeling of joy, excitement but also sadness came up. How much has
it really changed? What happened to the sleepy beachfront? Well, it is July and
yes that’s the major tourist season. But I was still shocked how much it had
changed in just 2 years. Will it develop into a 2<sup>nd</sup> Nha Trang?
Hopefully not :( Anyway, my first highlight was to see Trang! I haven’t given
her a hug for over 2 years and I was about to walk to her house from my hotel.
I would not only meet my really good Vietnamese friend, but also her newly
wedded husband and her daughter Mya. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mya & Trang & her husband</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We did spend a lovely evening together,
chatting about what had happened in the last 2 years and had delicious food at
Loc Chau - ‘cheesy oysters’! So tasty :) Life was good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During the last few days I did catch up with some Vietnamese
students of mine, some teachers from ELI and some Vietnamese and Western
friends. It felt strange to be back, seeing that some things haven’t changed at
all, lots of memories came back and I clearly knew and felt again why I had
decided to not come back to live here. I was proud of myself that I had spent
the last 2 years investing in my education and career change. Yes, soon I will
be ready to work as Sustainable Development Practitioner. Keep your fingers
crossed! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful and tasty Vietnamese 'My Quang' homemade by Tin </td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I did spend my last day driving up Son Tra Peninsula in the morning. I
loved that motorbike ride along the coast, winding roads, passing by the
beautiful and impressive Lady Buddha statue and meeting some wild monkeys on
the road. I stopped for lunch at my favourite place ‘Tam’s Pub’ and had a
delicious pineapple pancake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As my
flight only left in the evening I spontaneously decided to drive up Hai Van
Pass. I did what I love doing – riding on a motorbike through amazing nature,
landscapes and stunning views! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love riding a motorbike up Hai Van Pass!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back in Saigon I’m trying to discover some new neighbourhoods and forcing
myself to drive on my motorbike through unknown and jam-packed streets,
discovering new neighbourhoods but mostly focusing on traffic. It is a
different cup of tea here in Saigon, driving through a 1 km long tunnel, coming
out the other end not knowing where to go next ;) The lanes in the tunnel are
separated for cars and motorbikes and that is indeed needed. There was
surprisingly no traffic jam in the tunnel, thank god, and people drove a steady
and relaxed pace. Not such a bad experience and it seems like I’m warming to
the idea driving through this tunnel a bit more often. It does close so between
10pm and 5am, so I was aiming to be back then before 10pm after meeting Loan
for coffee and Ursula afterwards for some Vietnamese dinner. I crossed
different bridges, drove through congested roads and finally ended up in
District 7. Wow, that felt like you just entered a different country all of a
sudden. This area looked like Singapore, seriously. I’m not sure what I wanted
to feel or what I did feel. It did look amazingly beautiful, the new modern
buildings, clean roads, some green strips and a beautiful lake with shopping
mall and restaurants around it. Puuhh, welcome to posh Saigon!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I parked my
motorbike and decided to have a stroll around the lake until Loan showed up.
Beautiful walk, very peaceful, however nowhere near was any bench to be seen. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, no place where you could sit
down and look at this lovely lake. I decided to check out prices of two coffee
places at the corner and I almost fell over – 80.000VND (4US$) for a coffee!
Ok, that was a no go for an unpaid intern. Loan arrived and we both decided
that we would try to find a cosy Vietnamese coffee place instead. After walking
around for a while without any success we decided to get some drinks from a
street vendor. I got a tasty café sua da (Vietnamese Iced coffee with milk) for
take-away for just 10.000VND (50cents)! That was much better :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Wake Up Saigon</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wake Up Saigon with Ha, Trung, Nguyet, Hiep</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I have found two different meditation groups in Saigon and I’m very
grateful for this. It helps me to stay calm and to feel happy. The people in
both groups are so welcoming and it is really nourishing to spend time with
them all. One group meets every Sunday afternoon for 1.5 hours. We do some
silent sitting in a beautiful pagoda and then sing some Plum Village songs. Sometimes
we have a vegetarian dinner together in a beautiful nice café. The other group
meets more sporadic and we had a chance yesterday to do some rubbish clean up
in a park at ‘Pham Ngu Lao', in the middle of Saigon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Birthday celebration</span></span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely crowd!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a lovely cake!</td></tr>
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Thanks for all your kind birthday wishes from all over the world! I
feel so touched and very grateful :) Two years ago on my birthday I was sitting
at the Summit Pub in Howth in Ireland with close friends, when I checked my
emails and got the confirmation for my Master program. Last year in Malawi
'Joy', the neighbour’s daughter was born on my birthday and I was able to hold
her, when she was only a few hours old. Today it seems like I might the
opportunity for an internship, which I am more than passionate about with an
organisation I would love to work for and a location, which is very close to my
heart! I feel so grateful & happy and can hardly believe that this is all
happening to me and it is my birthday again ;) I did spend a beautiful day here
in Saigon with an interview close to the opera house, a lovely aroma massage followed by a visit in the Zoo, a nice
coffee and tiramisu in my favourite coffee place before I met up with some
friends in my favourite Vegetarian ‘San May Café’ for a tasty dinner. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La Rotondo Cafe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cafe Sua Da & Tiramisu!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My birthday wish</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It felt
really nice that colleagues from WACC, ArcAsia and from the two different
meditation groups shared this time with me. We had so much fun & a
beautiful time. Thanks everybody for coming and for my birthday presents! Binh
from the meditation group asked me what I usually do on my birthday. This
question made me realize that I actually had been in 5 different countries for
the last 5 years on my birthday! 2010 – Singapore, 2011 – France, 2012 - Nepal,
2013 - Ireland, 2014 - Malawi and 2015 – Vietnam. Let’s see what 2016 will
bring ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks you WACC & ArcAsia colleagues! Look at the gorgeous pillow I got :)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I'm glad I came back to Vietnam. The internship is not what I had
hoped for, but it is a good experience to live in a city like Saigon with 12Mio
people, driving a motorbike and trying to find your way around!!! However, I
for sure prefer a more rural area ;)! 12 Mio is a little bit much for my taste.
Anyway, the Water- and Climate Institute is a bit small and most of the work has
to be done in Vietnamese. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Therefore I have started to look for another
internship and busy applying for different positions. Please keep your fingers
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com0Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam10.8230989 106.62966389.8248079 105.33877030000001 11.8213899 107.9205573tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-9411240972888295422015-06-21T20:34:00.001+07:002015-06-21T20:34:11.077+07:00First impressions of my internship in Vietnam<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Arrival in Ho Chi Minh City</span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I started off to a new chapter in my journey. Leaving Dublin
resulted in an emotional roller coaster. After being back for over two years I
had settled quiet well back in Dublin and it was harder to leave this time. The
good thing is I can always come back and I know I will always feel at home. </span>After one week back in Germany seeing family and friends my Dad
drove me to the airport in Munich where I departed to Ho Chi Minh City. I was
excited about the internship as it was exactly what I wanted to do and I was so
looking forward to gain some experience in the field as a researcher in Asia in
the Water & Climate change centre.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had booked myself in a small guesthouse in District 1 called
Madame Cuc. I had stayed there previously and the staff is very kind. They gave
me a special rate after I explained to them that I’m here for an unpaid
internship. Saigon, District 2 is frantic! So busy, mad traffic, lots of noise,
different smells of delicious food but also not so pleasant smells of rotten
food and the rest is up to your imagination ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first thing I did on Sunday night was looking for a restaurant
to have some delicious ‘Rau mung sau toi’ (green vegetables/spinach with garlic)
and com (rice) with it. Before that decided to check out the place where I had to take
the company bus the next morning </span>at 7am to go to the Water and Climate Change Centre
(WACC). 35 to 40min on foot from my guesthouse; doable but let’s see how it feels in that humidity. If I also want to do 20min of Yoga in the morning then
I better get up at 5.40am. I’m jet lagged anyway, so I guess that doesn’t
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first few days in WACC were really just to understand the
organization, their structures, and projects, to get to know the employees and
the other interns. There are two more interns from the Netherlands there, doing
their research for their thesis. One is an
Economist and the other one a Hydrological Engineer. I’m curious about their
topics and I’m sure we can learn from each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">1<sup>st</sup> field trip - Tra Vinh province</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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After just one week in the office, I went on a
field trip with a research team of 12 people for 4 days down to Tra Vinh province in the
Mekong Delta. </div>
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The purpose was to do some test interviews with rice and shrimp
farmers to understand their motivation and ability to change their behaviour of
cropping and to transform due to increasing salinity intrusion. I really
enjoyed riding on our motorbikes to the different villages and hamlets, talking
to several farmers, listening to their problems, challenges, observations and
success stories. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vitamins for shrimps - 'ANTI STRESS' - that made us laugh!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some shrimp farmers mix bananas into their fodder </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paddle wheels generating oxygen for the shrimps</td></tr>
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It was a mixed approach overall and ability as well as
location of the land seemed to be the most important. Farmers were usually
successful when they were close to a cannel or river and when they were not
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Lotus ponds with fish + ducks + banana trees</td></tr>
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One severe problem, which was mentioned from
numerous farmers was the pollution of the canals and rivers with wastewater
from failed shrimp harvesting, shrimp diseases and farmers described the water
was full of fertiliser and pesticides. This has massive implications on their
new shrimp breeding as well as other farmers rice irrigation and harvest. It
was a really good experience overall, I learnt a lot and got a much better
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Every evening we had such tasty food, my
favourite were theses Tiger Prawns – just amazing! Look at the size of them ;)</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had a contact for mindfulness & meditation in Saigon. When I
got in touch with them it turned out they were literally around the corner of
my guesthouse. Therefore I just said hello after returning from my fieldtrip
and it turned out that some members would go on motorbike trip the next day to
Go Cong, which is 2 hours south of HCMC on a motorbike. I spontaneously agreed
and the next day at 7am I found myself on a motorbike going to Go Cong! Welcome
to Vietnam :) It came exactly at the right time as I was stuck in finding a
room and a little bit frustrated. This trip did me well. Leaving this mad city
centre behind me and driving into a rural landscape with less traffic and lots
of beautiful scenery was such a treat! I was so grateful that I got invited. We
even had to take a ferry to cross over the Mekong. We arrived at a small
village and stopped at a small beautiful garden, where we met the first monk. </span></div>
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We parked our motorbikes and got invited for some lunch! That felt good.
Afterwards we had some tea and a chat before we had siesta. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time for Vietnamese tea</td></tr>
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We were allowed to
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in the middle, which we could access on foot. </div>
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Stunning, such beautiful scenery
and we are allowed to have our lunch break here. After 20 min the sky opened up
and we were able to watch the lashing monsoon rain from a dry spot. </div>
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It was such
lovely sound and so peaceful. We met the monk again after the rain had stopped
for an hour before we made our way back to HCMC. We had a stunning drive, as we
were able to watch the gorgeous sunset while riding through such peaceful
scenery and during our ferry cross over. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge being build - but up to now the ferry is the mean of transport </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous sunset</td></tr>
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What a beautiful day! Thank you Trung!</div>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">My new home in HCMC</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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After a few days in WACC, I have decided to let go of the idea to be
based in Tra Vinh and to focus on my own research project. It seemed like there
are much more opportunities staying in the office in HCMC. However, that also
meant to start looking for a room! I was not really prepared to live in Saigon,
but well, nothing I can do. I better get used to it! Charlotte, the other
intern was so nice to introduce me to two FB groups – Expats Saigon and Housing
Saigon. That did help a great deal in trying to find a suitable room. Finding a
room in HCMC felt like a rollercoaster ride! One day you felt over the moon as
you thought you had found your new home and a few days later other expats come
back to you with excuses and blaming the Vietnamese landlord that they all had
to move out. But after almost 2 weeks living in a guesthouse in District 1, I
finally found a cute and quiet room in District 2 on the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor,
with a balcony. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My lovely room in my new home!<br /></td></tr>
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I’m sharing the house with three Vietnamese girls, where one of
them is running a business and we have two dogs. The house
is massive; I would describe it almost like a Villa. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our beautiful house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our road in District 2<br /><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have a big roof terrace where I am sitting at the moment writing this blog entry ;) But believe me most of the time it is too hot out there to even thinking of sitting there!</span></span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Independence</span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had arranged to rent a motorbike from a private girl here in
HCMC and I was just waiting to move into the house, so I could get the bike. So last week, I
finally got the bike – it was a Sunday morning and I felt I was
independent again! I was curious to drive around the neighbourhood, discover
the unknown places and finally get to work on a motorbike again! Yes, that created
happiness in me :) On top of it all, it was my favourite kind of bike I had
bought in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2010 when I had just moved to
Danang – Yamaha Sirius same model & design! I’m loving it! Such a cool bike
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yamaha Sirius - My rented motorbike :)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Food & coffee</span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Tham’s boyfriend Ngu was so nice to pick me up with his bike and we
drove around HCMC a little bit, had some tasty Vegetarian food in a really
reasonable priced restaurant not far from my home. The other day we stopped at
a really cute coffee place in District 3 called ‘sách’ (meaning books), which
was located just beside a small river and the wooden tables and chairs were set
up on the pavement. It was so nice to sit there and watching people driving or
walking past. Two things are always important in Vietnam: Good food and good
coffee! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Rainy season has officially started</span></span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So far we were really lucky as the locals told us that the rainy
season is late this year. Yeah, and they were so right! Since one week rainy
season has started, but I don’t complain. So far it is much less rain than in
Danang during monsoon season and apparently it will also only last for one
month! Let’s see how it goes, but the tendency is that it starts raining around
lunchtime or in the afternoon. Rain poncho is essential, but other then that,
it is not so bad. It’s still hot!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Next business trip on the cards</span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The director of the Water & Climate change Center mentioned to
me another project they are involved in. This comprises of consultancy work for
the German company ‘GIZ GmbH (Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit)’
and looks at flooding and drainage problems in 5 different coastal cities in
Vietnam. This project is done in cooperation with an Architectural company in
HCM city to design climate change adaptation measures. Our role in WACC is to
understand the motivation and ability of local citizens, members of the people
committee and the Department of construction. We might be travelling next week
already and we will kick off the week with a meeting on Monday morning with GIZ
and the Architects in HCM city. I’m curious to see some designs and to
understand the project in a bit more detail.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Driving in HCM city</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Driving a motorbike here is Saigon is a different kettle of fish
than in Danang ;) I was not scared to drive; the bigger problem is to know
which road to take! No proper maps except of Google maps, but driving and
looking at your I-phone at the same time isn’t working for me especially in
Saigon’s traffic. Anyway, I was so courageous yesterday to go an excursion to
test out the way to the stadium where the Yoga event was happening the next morning
and I also needed to find the way from my house to turtle lake in District 3,
where we will be picked up on Monday from our director. 5 min after I sat on my
bike driving over the first bridge toward the direction of ‘downtown’ it
started to lash down! We all stopped at the side of the road, got our rain
ponchos out and back on the bike again. It was actually easier to find my way
in the pouring rain, as there were less motorbikes and everybody drove a way
slower. I found both places, that was all good, however finding my way back was
a bit more challenging as I was twice stuck in one-way streets. Nevertheless I
made it back home in one piece and that’s all what matters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">1<sup>st</sup> International Yoga Day in HCM city</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had picked up a leaflet from a bakery here in District 2 about an
event in a stadium for the International Yoga day on Sunday morning. My
colleague Luan was so nice to check the location online and I printed the map.
After my excursion on Saturday I was ready to drive there. Got up at 6am and left
my house twenty minutes later to pick up some lovely ‘Banh Mi’ (baguette) for
breakfast. I was riding on very quiet roads at least from a Saigon’s perception
and I was excited to reach the stadium. Lots of Vietnamese people were already
dressed with white T-shirts saying “I do YOGA, do you?” – made me smile! The
event was free of charge and we got free drinks and such a funny white T-shirt. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The event was even live on Vietnamese TV and hosted by Indian Yoga Masters. We
practiced Yoga together for over an hour, in the middle of a stadium on the
grass where we had laid out our Yoga mats.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delegation of government officials in green on the yellow seats!</td></tr>
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It was a beautiful set up and very
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com4Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam10.8230989 106.62966389.8248079 105.33877030000001 11.8213899 107.9205573tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-13436358938129796232014-09-24T01:10:00.000+07:002014-09-24T01:10:59.322+07:00Kilimanjaro July 2014<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">On Top of the roof of Africa </span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View onto Kilimanjaro from Moshi town!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had heard local people saying, “Why do Western people want to
climb this mountain? We prefer just looking at it :)” Looking back I can say, I
didn’t really understand that comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As I had to wait at least two more weeks (it was End of June) I had
decided to do the Kilimanjaro Trek first, instead of at the end of my trip.
Well my journey started in Mzuzu/Malawi, where I was based for over 3 months
for my research project for the summer. I decided to cross the boarder to
Tanzania by bus. I had arranged to meet David in Arusha, another Master student
who was as mad as me and decided to trek Kilimanjaro ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Travelling overland from Northern Malawi to
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<span lang="EN-GB">So my journey started on the 1<sup>st</sup> of July early in the
morning, when I walked with my Nepali backpack into town. I stopped at the
local bakery and reached the Mzuzu Bus depot by 8am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily I found one mini bus going towards
the boarder, but only four people on the bus so far. Well, it meant in the end
to wait until 10am to leave Mzuzu. They had squeezed 19 people in a 8-10 seater
minibus. However the toughest thing was that the seats were just made out of
metal, covered with some empty maize bags. My bum was sore after a 4-hour
drive. At Korongo I had to change busses to get to the boarder. That took
another hour and finally at 4pm I had reached the boarder. Young African guys
tried to persuade me to exchange some money. I declined but they followed me
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tanzania - Boarder Crossing from Malawi</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It took me not even
5 minutes to get my stamp in my passport, to pay $50 fee and immigration
officer even advised me where I can exchange some money in a safe way :) Then
it was another 10-15min to the next bus stop, where I took another bus to Mbeya.
I was very lucky, as there was just one bus standing there ready to leave! So I
got on, nobody tried to overcharge me, and what a comfortable bus it was! I was
impressed and 3.5 hours later we reached Mbeya. By that time it was pitch-black
outside. We were let off at a new bus station in the middle of nowhere. From
there I had to take another 3 Mini-busses to finally end up at the big bus
depot in town! I would have not been able to get there if Mosos, a guy I had
met on the bus would have helped me. He was so genuine! He even walked with me
to some bus company to arrange a bus ticket for me the next morning to continue
my journey to Arusha! Moses even asked a local guy where I could find a
guesthouse and we found a reasonable priced one really close to the bus stop. I
was so relieved. Finally I had a bed to sleep in at least for a few hours until
I had to catch the next bus at 5am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Have you ever been sitting on a bus for 22 hours straight? 3 breaks
– 10min each! Yes, that was an experience indeed! It reminded me about the 26
hours train ride in India. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bus from Mbeya to Arusha</td></tr>
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We arrived in Arusha at 3.30am! Yeah, great time to
arrive in a place where you have never been, where there are no obvious
guesthouses close to the bus stop and all the local motorbike drivers just want
to make a fortune ;) A local woman, who had been with me on the bus, was
waiting for her colleague to pick her up. She offered me that they will help me
to find a guesthouse. We ended up
driving around Arusha on the motorbike trying to find a place to stay for me
for the night. One guesthouse opened the door and the guy offered me to sleep
on the sofa in the reception area as all rooms were fully booked. By that time
I really didn’t care anymore!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The next morning I was able to get a private room and I met up with
David! It was so good to see a familiar face. We walked a little bit around
Arusha trying to find some trekking companies to book our trip. We met a guy by
chance on the street through another local guy and he told us his office would
be in Moshi and he would return there this afternoon and we could come with
him. He called his trekking guide and we had a chat over lunch. It sounded all
ok and so David and myself decided to leave Arusha and to drive with them to
Moshi. While on the way to Moshi, David checked the Internet to read any
reviews published about this company. OMG, I can only say thank you to David!!!
Not one positive review about these people. Now what should we do. We decided
to confront them with the reviews online and the boss tried to calm us down and
found lots of excuses. Anyhow, we arrived in Moshi, and I have to say I
straightaway felt much more comfortable in this town. Arusha was not nice at
all and I would not recommend anybody to stop there. Moshi is just so much
nicer :) We went with the guys to their company and we checked the customer
reviews they had there and listened to their stories and offer for the trek. We
told them that we would go for a coffee and think about what we would do. Both
happy to sit in peace in a nice coffee place outside and glad we escaped that
total scam!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After talking to a lot of different tour operators we decided to
sleep one night over it and then we would make a decision what to do. We stayed
in the Backpackers in Moshi, which was a really nice room with wooden
floorboards and very clean. We met Kerry in the evening, she is another Master
student from our program who was based in Moshi! It was great to catch up with
her, sharing experiences and just hanging out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kerry & David</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The next morning David and myself decided to go for “Zara”, which
got really good reviews, made us a great offer, however was a way over budget
as what we had planned to spend. Anyway, we decided to rent some gear from one
of the shops in town, bought lots of chocolate bars to start the next day with a group of 6 people in
total! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We met the other trekkers that evening and we were a lovely mixed bunch
of nationalities: English, South African, Irish, Danish & German. David and
myself decided to spoil ourselves with another tasty Italian pizza in town
before heading off! The Football World Cup was on and as you can imagine me as
a Football Fan, I was always trying to glimpse at any TV to see the latest
scores! Anyhow, I was able to watch the German victory in the Quarter Final.
However I would be up at Kilimanjaro when we would play Brazil in the
Semi-Final!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Kilimanjaro Trek – Machame Route</span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">With a summit at 5895m or 19341ft above sea level, Mount
Kilimanjaro, situated in north-eastern Tanzania in central East Africa, is the
world's highest free-standing mountain and the fourth most prominent mountain
in the world. Well we will give it a go so ;)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Day 1 – 05.07.14<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Machame Gate – Machame Hug (1900 – 3000m)</span></span></b><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We started off at 8.30am with a comfortable bus from our Trekking
company ZARA towards Machame Gate. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving ZARA with our comfy bus!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When we reached the gate it was raining!
What a start ;) </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Machame Gate - Kilimanjaro National Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we go - let's get started!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Ponchos were put on and we all signed into the National Park
registration. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">It was 11am when we finally started to trek. Excitement was there
and lots of people, who were all heading up to the first Basecamp. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: Kenneth, Dee, Rose, Linda, Kerstin, David</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We walked
with our trekking guide through an amazing rainforest. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The rain had stopped by
then and it was pretty muddy on the trail. Yes, Annette & John, thoughts
crossed my mind about Fansipan! The pace was great and it seemed like there
were much more porters and guides around then actually trekkers. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful rainforest!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We got on
really well as a group and hiked together, had some snack breaks and arrived at
our base for the night at 4.15pm. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Break for snacks :) </td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The tents were put up, we had to sign in the
registration and were served lovely hot tea, popcorn & biscuits. We were
well looked after and we had an extra tent for dinner, lovely chairs and a
camping table. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our green ZARA tents!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The weather seemed to clear up and around 7pm it got dark. A
beautiful sky, millions of stars and we even were able to have a glimpse onto
Kili!!! </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The porters even put candle on our dinner table :) We were spoiled!
Cucumber/Potato soup was served with fish, carrots, peppers and cabbage. Such a
tasty dinner and dessert didn’t disappoint either – “Ladyfingers” (little baby
bananas).</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Day
2 – 06.07.14<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Machame Hut – Shira Camp
(3000 – 3840m)</span></span></b> </h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was glad when it got bright, as I couldn’t manage to get any
proper sleep last night. I turned so many times, but couldn’t really fall
asleep. Getting out of the tent at 6.30am was rewarded with a stunning view
onto Kili! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">Our camping site with Kili in the background!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">We got hot tea and some impressive breakfast: toast, tomatoes,
cheese, omelette and Tanzanian porridge. We were all in a good mood and off we
went. The climb was pretty steep and we hiked up through a lot of gravel and
rocks. The vegetation was very different to anything I had seen before. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Impressive scenery!<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We had
a few short breaks but no lunch. I was starving, so I had biscuits, Kit Kat and
Mars. There were a lot of groups on the trek and therefore a lot of traffic. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Chombo, our Lead Trekking guide and myself!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Surprisingly I haven’t heard any German yet. Instead lots of Danish people,
mixed big groups and one group of really young students from the UK. We finally
reached our campsite where our porters prepared our lunch. Finally at 2pm we
had lunch – really tasty Spaghetti, exactly what I needed :) I even got a
vegetarian version of it ;)</span><br />
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Our camp for the night - Day 2!</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;">We took some rest and suddenly a big sandstorm and strong winds came
up! It was massive and the red sand could be found anywhere!!!!! We really
thought our tents and toilet would be blown away! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before the sandstorm!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I finally slept until 2am and
thank god the wind had eased off. I had to get out of my cosy sleeping bag to
go the toilet. Thank got the toilet tent was still standing up strong :) Good
news! I could feel the higher altitude for the first time that night. Very
strange feeling once again and lots of Nepali memories came up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Day
3 – 07.07.14<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Shira Camp – Lawa Tower
– Barango Hut <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We got served a delicious
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was very sunny and we started off trekking in T-Shirts.
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<span lang="EN-GB">It took us 4.5 hours to reach our lunch
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<span style="text-align: justify;">After a slight ascent it was time to descent.</span> <span style="text-align: justify;">I didn’t look forward to this. People who have trekked with me before know what I’m talking about.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Some parts were pretty steep and lots of gravel. But the vegetation came back and we saw giant Lobelia plants – they looked beautiful!</span></div>
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Unfortunately lots of
clouds came in and it got a bit chilly. But our trekking guide Bryson led us
perfectly to our campsite and we got some popcorn & nuts. On top of it all look at that view!!!!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Today was an exciting day – D-Day! We were all trying to summit
Kilimanjaro!!! That meant to get up at 11pm (yes, you read correct – 11pm!) and
after some tea and cookies we started to ascent. The whole group started off
together with 2 guides and one assistant guide. It was pit black as you can
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was a steep ascent and lots of people hiked up at the same time. The idea
was to reach the summit at sunrise. After maybe 1 or 1.5 hours the first person
slowed down a bit and the guides decided to split up. So then we were 5
trekkers and 2 trekking guides. Only another half an hour later David slowed
down a bit and therefore it was decided that he would stay a bit behind with
the Assistant Trekking guide. So now we were four trekkers and one guide and we
still had at least four hours to go! It was difficult to hike up the mountain
in the dark. I didn’t really fancy it at all as the only thing you saw were the
hiking boots from the trekker in front of you! My legs felt good, my breath was
ok – very glad for that. On top of all that Germany was playing Brazil at this
moment in time in the Semi-Final and I was desperate to know what the score
was. Then we passed some other guides and they told me Germany is leading 5:0
against Brazil! I didn’t believe a word and thought people are taking the mick!
We checked the clock at 2am, then 4am and I was desperate for a warm cup of tea
and the sunrise! But second would only happen at 6am – two more hours to go in
the dark! Hot tea we found out wouldn’t happen at all, as the Assistance guide
had the tea in his backpack and he was trekking with David! The four of us and
our guide continued to hike up the steep ascent. We met another guide from ZARA
and he had a big Coke bottle with him, which he kindly shared with us. That
felt good! Nevertheless some people got tired and that made it more difficult
for the others to find a rhythm or stay in it. One person got altitude sick and
vomited a few times. I found it difficult to stop and wait as it was so
freezing cold, but I also felt for the person who was sick. I anyway had lost
the sensation in my fingers & toes already! We were apparently close to
“Stella point” (5745m), and therefore our guide approved that Kenneth and
myself could hike up ourselves and he would stay with the two South African
women a little bit behind, as they both didn’t feel well. After another 30 minutes
or so we saw the Stella point sign! I couldn’t believe we had made it. It was
freezing cold; the wind was blowing like mad. It wasn’t pleasant at all! The
only good thing was that the sun finally came up and we could actually watch a
beautiful sunset. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picture taken by Rose - Beautiful sunrise!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The last half an hour up to the summit point wasn’t steep but freezing cold with an icy, chilly wind! It was -23</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">o</sup><span style="text-align: justify;">C! I had actually guessed that it must be around -20</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">o</sup><span style="text-align: justify;">C as memories came back from times when I was skiing in Austria, once as a child and another time while Snowboarding. At least then you had the option to ski down the slope and after maybe ten minutes or so you would be in a bit of a warmer area. That did unfortunately not work for Kilimanjaro! It was almost unbearable cold! Kenneth and myself walked slowly to the summit point. I was arguing with myself if I should try to take the camera out or not. It was a beautiful sunrise and the glacier looked impressive, very different from Nepal so. I finally did, but I didn’t take many shots at all.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kilimanjaro Glacier</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There was a group of around 20 people there. Everybody wanted to
take a picture with the sign of the summit of Kilimanjaro. So we were waiting
at -23<sup>o</sup>C for twenty people in front of us to take pictures. The
worst part was that people started to argue with each other about who can take
a picture first! Imagine, you are up at 5895m with a freezing temperature of
-23<sup>o</sup>C and people have the energy to argue?! Madness! I said to
Kenneth: “Let’s just walk back down. I don’t care if I have a picture of the
summit or not. That’s not enjoyable.” But Kenneth was adamant that we should
wait. It was one of the most unpleasant experiences I had in my life. It was so
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<span lang="EN-GB">Suddenly Linda, Rose and our guide Bryson showed up! I was very
happy about that, now at least we can take a group shot. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the picture was taken Linda and myself decided to head straight down as Linda was really altitude sick and I was frozen. On our way back to Stella point we saw David with the other guide hiking up. He looked pretty pale but I was delighted for him that he made it up! First I thought it would be nice to turn around and to come with him to the summit, but I was so frozen and on top Linda was altitude sick and had to go down. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So all four of our group and our guide met at Stella point again where there was some shelter from the icy wind. One quick picture taken and Bryson did send us down. The wind was so strong, that it blew the sand into our eyes. So we stopped again, got our sunglasses out and descended fast. Linda was running down the mountain, she was out of control due to her altitude sickness. It was a long way down and the sand was so deep, that it reminded me of skiing through deep snow. Then we caught up with some other trekkers. It turned out that one guy was from South Africa and he spoke fluently German. We chatted along the whole way down to our camp. It felt so good after this mad experience up the top! I reached our campsite at 9.15am. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kerstin's Hiking boots - Original colour: Dark Blue!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Chombo, our leading guide was there to greet me and everybody congratulated me. To be honest, I was just glad to be back down at 4600m in one piece and that I was able to feel my hands, fingers and toes again. I do hate the freezing cold! Dee, the girl from the UK who lives in Australia was in our tea tent. She didn’t reach Stella point as she had decided to listen to her body and that one was exhausted. So fair play that she didn’t force herself! I had every respect! I think it is shocking how many people were altitude sick at Stella point (5745m) or the summit! People are losing their marbles until they finally reach a much lower altitude.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Personal reflection</span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As some of you can imagine, I was comparing my experience with
Nepal. I felt that Nepali trekking guides do take altitude sickness much more
serious and do turn around if they feel it is too dangerous health wise to
carry on. That said there are people dying of altitude sickness in Nepal. However
I did a quick research about Kilimanjaro and I found the following:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">“40.000 trekkers attempt to climb Kilimanjaro every year, but only
half of them succeed! Is it really worthwhile risking your life if you feel you
are affected by altitude sickness? Apparently ‘only’ 10 people die per year.
Well, I would argue that is 10 people to many!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">However the feeling I got and what I had experienced here on
Kilimanjaro is, that everybody is pushing people to summit or at least to reach
the Stella point. We as a group were even wondering if agencies or trekking
companies get a reward or guides get an incentive if people summit. That said,
I was not trekking in any big group with guides in Nepal, so maybe it isn’t
fair to compare it that way. Nevertheless while trekking for 26 days through
the Everest Region I had met many groups and chatted to lots of different
trekkers. The impression I got is that the guides are very careful with signs
of altitude sickness and do advice to bring people down to lower altitudes
rather sooner than later. I guess it is generally a bit easier in Nepal as you stay
in teahouses. Here on Kilimanjaro the majority of people is camping and there
is a whole team of porters and cooks with you. So that causes maybe more
difficulties. Looking back at the summit day – it was a mad experience and I
wouldn’t do it again! Not even if people would pay me to trek up there
again!!!! However, no regrets – at least I got to know the difference. As you
might have already guessed, I would always go back to Nepal to do another trek
:) Anyway, I have summited the highest peak in a Africa! People ask me all the
time if I’m proud and my only answer is: “Not really! I had more enjoyable
experiences in my life ;)”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Nevertheless, our trekking company called ZARA was very good and I’m
very glad we went with them! They were really looking after us towards food,
preparing our tents as well as our toilet tent every night. Fred was always
bringing me extra hot water before I went to bed, so I could fill one water bottle
with hot water and put it in my sleeping bag. At least I was then not
completely frozen every morning and able to catch some kind of sleep now and
again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Looking back I’m wondering what the National Park Agency does with
all the park entrance fees collected from every trekker. The fee is
US$630/person!!!! And the vast amount of people who go up Kilimanjaro every day
is massive! So what are they doing with all that money? The whole trek is
lacking signs I have to say and the only workers, which were employed by the
park itself, were in the area of the rainforest. They had tents there to sleep
in and they prepared the rain drainage and cleared the path we walked on. Other
than that, all the toilets we came across on the trek were disgusting and not
cleaned at all!!!! We were lucky that our trekking company had provided us with
our own toilet tent every evening/morning :) It contained a small bucket with a
plastic seat & I was really grateful for that!!! It did make a difference;
nevertheless during the day you had no other choice than using the open! The
whole Kilimanjaro experience is very commercialised and therefore it lost it’s
charme! I had been afraid of that when I trekked Everest Base Camp but compare
to Kilimanjaro that was nothing!!!! I personally think that the people in
Tanzania who are involved in any Kilimanjaro Trekking have to change their
approach if they want people returning or even recommend the experience! The
last bit I would like to add is about tips. I really don’t mind to give a tip
if I had a good experience or received good customer service. However what is
expected apparently for Kilimanjaro Treks went just over my head! It did leave
a very bad taste with me. A tip shouldn’t be mandatory or expected. A tip
should come from your heart as appreciation for the service you have received.
However, the people from our trekking company expected seriously 15-20% of the
price we already had paid for the tour! The trip was not cheap whatsoever!
Anyhow, moving on from this :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely flower up on Kilimanjaro!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Finally back down at 1800m again our bus was already waiting for us to drive back to Moshi! The first thing I did when we arrived at the guesthouse was to take a shower! Best moment ever since the last 7 days! Then I realized the only clean shirt I had left was my German Soccer top! Well, as we just had bet Brazil I thought it would be a good opportunity to wear it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had been looking forward to that day so much! It felt like it was
my day off :) Time for strolling in and around Moshi, to buy some souvenirs for
back home, to drink some tasty coffee and eat some cake! I had finally been
able to buy some postcards here in Moshi, as there are non available or even
existing in Mzuzu! The post office reminded me about Danang, just a little
smaller. The guy working there was very nice and so helpful. So in no time all
my written postcards had stamps on them and landed in the postbox :) I bought
some scarves and I met a lovely Indian lady who grew up in Moshi. She is
running a big business in Moshi with her husband and is also employing disabled
people. She was so nice, and even invited me to visit the factory! I would have
loved to but my bus back to Malawi was already leaving the next morning and it
was too late for today. She told me about her 2<sup>nd</sup> shop in town and
so I went. I bought some nice T-Shirts and we were chatting along about life.
She was so impressed that I had just summited Kili, so she was so kind to give
me a small Kilimanjaro key ring as a gift! It was so kind from her and actually
brought it back to Dublin :) I got different Tanzanian coffee as presents and
the last mission was to get some ‘skirts’ for my translator and myself, which
we could wear while doing our survey! That wasn’t as easy as it sounded like,
but after some attempts I found a nice woman, which had a beautiful fabric
hanging outside, with giraffes on it in purple colour! That’s it ;) I
negotiated the price; the woman cut it in two pieces and sewed it around the
edges! Job done :) What a lovely day it was! I really enjoyed being in Moshi!
It was just no comparison with Mzuzu. Moshi felt so safe even at night time,
there was life on the streets even in the evening, some food stalls were open
and people were chatty and the whole atmosphere reminded me more about Vietnam.
Less people of course, but very nice ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Another bus trip of 20 hours straight with 3 breaks of 10min each! </span>No other Westerner was on the bus – surprise! Seems like nobody is as mad or adventurous as I am ;)</div>
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This time I sat almost in the front row of the bus and
therefore I could enjoy the scenery much more! I was also able to sleep a bit,
it must have been all the lack of sleep accumulated up on Kilimanjaro ;) We
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also almost couldn’t believe it, but yes that is true! Nevertheless we saw
Zebras, Giraffes, Elephants and monkeys! Amazing that all the animals were so
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The people on the bus were all very friendly. I sat next to a guy who was
actually the 2<sup>nd</sup> driver from the Sumry Bus company. The bus ride
went pretty smooth until the bus decided to break down one hour before Mbeya!
We had been so good in time and it was only midnight. Well, now we were waiting
for a motorbike. First I thought we had run out of petrol, but it turned out
there was a different problem related to air in a pipe. No idea how, but some
local guy was able to fix it and after more than an hour we were able to
continue our journey. Finally, at around 2.30am we reached Mbeya! Great time to
reach a town, where the next busses only leave at around 6am ;) I walked to the
same guesthouse called “KS” where I had been staying previously. But everything
was locked. I knocked on the gate but nobody opened. Then I remembered that the
woman had slept just behind the reception. Therefore I knocked on the little
window hoping that somebody would hear me. Finally, the woman heard me and
opened the gate for me. She remembered me! Unfortunately all rooms were fully
booked, but she was so kind and offered me to stay on the leather sofa in the
reception area! She even brought me some bed sheets! She looked my backpack
behind the reception so it is safe and fell asleep on the sofa completely
exhausted. I got up at 5am, paid 3US$ to the lady for letting me sleep on the
sofa and got on the next bus at 5.40am! Today was Sunday, 13<sup>th</sup> of
July and the World Cup Final was on this evening! I had to be home in Mzuzu by
then to support Germany! Finally at 3pm I reached the house in Chimaliro in
Mzuzu after an exhausting journey! The only thing I was looking forward to was
a shower and clean clothes! I put my key in the back door, turned it but it
didn’t open. First I thought I must be very tired, not even being able to open
the back door ;) Well, unfortunately the girls had left the key in the door
from the inside! I could hardly believe what had happened. Well, I rang both
girls; left voice messages, send text messages, but no reply! Then my lovely
neighbour came out and waved at me – Sindosie! I was so happy to see her :) We
sat down at the porch of the back door and started chatting! She couldn’t
believe that the girls had left the key from the inside in the door and also
tried to make contact with them. No success! Sindosie gave me a bucket with
water so at least I was able to wash my trekking boots! Then I went back to her
house to wait until somebody would come home. After over 3 hours when it had
already gotten dark, the neighbour’s son said: “ Kerstin, look over there –
there is light on in your house!” I couldn’t believe his words, but yes, there
was light! Ok, I walked over there and yes, one of the girls was back home.
After confronting her why she hadn’t responded to my phone calls, she just
said: “ I thought you were in Ilala Lodge (a hotel in the neighbourhood).” I
was speechless. After been in Tanzania for two weeks, that’s the warm welcome you
receive. No apologies, no questions asked and half of my food from the fridge
was gone! Isn’t it nice to live with mindful people?!! Anyhow, I finally had my
well-deserved shower, and then I made my way into town to watch the World Cup
Final! The day had at least a well-deserved ending, as I was delighted that Germany
won the cup!!!!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Give me a few more weeks to write the next chapter of my last six
weeks in Malawi ;) There is more to come!!!!</span></div>
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com1Moshi, Tanzania-3.334883 37.340380999999979-3.4616955000000003 37.179019499999981 -3.2080705 37.501742499999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-31049883644893287802014-06-22T23:24:00.001+07:002014-06-22T23:25:54.119+07:00Things are moving :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wells for Zoe, Malawi</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">A lot has happened in the last two weeks.
First of all I’m much more flexible again :) I have rented a motorbike! Yippee!
But let’s start from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;">Research approval</span></span> </span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was so fortunate to get the
contact no. of a local Professor here at the University in Mzuzu. Rochelle was so
nice, she invited me over for dinner and we had a proper chat about my research
project. She is the Manager of the Centre of Excellence for Water &
Sanitation here in Mzuzu. That was also the time when I discovered that an
official application had to made to the National Commission for Science and
Technology in Lilongwe to get approval for my research. This is necessary if I
would like to publish anything later on. Rochelle was so kind to send me some
examples what they were looking for and the mandatory documents. I would like
to spare you all from the details they were looking for. This was a massive
application and not done in one day – better said it took one week!!! Anyway, I
started to develop my questionnaire. I had lots of ideas, but phrasing the
questions in the correct way was challenging. I decided to create some headings
and then see where the questions would fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I put some plain paper up on the walls and stuck the different questions
on there with blue tack. I loved structuring the questionnaire that way. I
reminded me about teaching in Vietnam! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creating my Questionnaire</td></tr>
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Later on that week I did meet up with
Rochelle again to run by my questionnaire and made some changes. I was grateful
for any tips and ideas I got! The rest of the time was spent to prepare all the
other forms. There was no shortage of work. On Monday I managed to go to the bank to pay in the money for the research proposal. Have you ever seen over 100 people in a bank? You need to get a ticket first of all. I got number 609 and guess what number was served at the moment? 478! OMG, yes, I had to wait 1.5 hours for a 3 minute visit at the counter! That was an experience!!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Payment receipt - Research proposal</td></tr>
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Finally on Tuesday last week it was
ready to go. I was at Mzuzu University trying to get the papers printed.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mzuzu University Grounds</td></tr>
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What
didn’t seem to be a challenge first did turn into one! The first printing
shop was closed; the second who was a green container was only able to copy, as
the guy had gone out who was responsible for printing; in the third place the
printer was broken. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Printing container - Mzuzu University</td></tr>
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BUT I found a place to print after 1.5hours. It was a
private student who had a laptop and a private printer and he printed
everything off for me :) I was delighted to have found him and that he made
such an effort to get things printed. Thank you! I send the application by
courier to Lilongwe! That felt good! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courier G4S to Lilongwe</td></tr>
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However, so far I didn’t get any
acknowledgement from them, but I will chase them the coming week. Fingers
crossed I will receive my approval in the next 4 weeks. Before that I cannot
start surveying at all.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;">Pre-School teacher training</span></span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-School kids in front of the school during the training</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">One morning last week was set-aside for
Pre-School Teacher training. We drove out to a rural Pre-school with staff from
Wells for Zoe and the kids welcomed us with applaud and songs. It was a very
lovely atmosphere. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After singing and dancing with the
pre-school children the Teacher training began. </span></div>
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We had some speeches in the
beginning and the chief of the village had joined as well. He was interested to
discuss some wells and therefore some of us including myself left the training
and set with the chief to see what challenges they were facing or what help was
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Florence was there as well, she is local woman from Doroba area and she
will be my translator for the questionnaire. I had a good chat with her and we
agreed to meet the following week to discuss my questionnaire and the
implementation of surveys, what village to choose and so on!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miriam - The Teacher Trainer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local Pre-School Teachers</td></tr>
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The local women cooked porridge for the
children and the new spoons and plates we had brought were used instantly. </div>
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was interested how the women were cleaning the pots and so I helped them a
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<span style="text-align: center;">It takes me a way longer to clean the pots than the locals, but it taught me how to use the nature to get them cleaned.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span>Some strong blade of grass was used instead of a sponge and it did work. </div>
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To get rid of the black smut, they scrub the pots on the outside with sand so the pots are shiny again.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look how shiny my pot is!?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;">How bricks are made</span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The chief invited all of us to come and
visit the place just 5min from the pre-school where bricks are made. It was
interesting to watch how these bricks were made locally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">More water pumps installed</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Last week we went off and the Wells for Zoe
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<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;">Water pump 9 - Village: Kavumba </span></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p>donated by </o:p></span>Ruth, Sophia, Annika, Sheela & Jane-Ann!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Village - water pump 9</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Women learn now to maintain the pump</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bricks build around the pump</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water is flowing - Thanks to the donors Ruth, Sophia, Annika, Sheela & Jane-Ann!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mzomere Ngwira village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids are helping with the pipes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting the pump ready</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Women learn how to maintain the pump</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost ready!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William explains that the pump still has to dry and they can fix it in half a day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way to the installation - William leading the way!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A local stove - inspection by Steve and John!</td></tr>
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I thought as most of the people tried to ask for a fortune to rent a bike. It
seems like if they see your white skin the price is 5 to 10 times as high as
for locals. I decided to not pay these ridiculous prices and kept looking. I
met Jim, an American who is also involved in pump installations and borehole
drilling. When we were talking about my research project he somehow mentioned
that he had a motorbike, which he gave to a Malawian friend. He said he would
ring him and see if I could rent it from him. That was last week Thursday and I
found an agreement with Chimaliro to rent the bike to me for 2.5 months. I was
very excited. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So now I’m driving since one week with my ‘new’ bike and guess I
often I had to see the mechanic. Yes, three times already. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">But well, I had
known it is not a new bike and the repairs didn’t cost must at all. I hope
after some maintenance is done that the bike will run smoothly after all ;)
Fingers crossed! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;">Getting approval from the chiefs</span></span> </h2>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As I was finally mobile and able to drive
to some villages myself I had agreed to meet up with Florence in Doroba Area to
visit some villages which I would like to survey. So I headed off, after a
quick stop at the pump factory where the guys gave me some directions how to
find the village Florence is living in. I was a bit afraid if I can find it myself,
as there are no signs or anything if you leave Mzuzu and get out on the dirt
red roads. So I drove on my new motorbike ready for the next adventure and it
was one indeed. I managed after asking twice some locals on the way to reach
Florence house! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Florence House + my bike</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">First milestone reached :) The roads were unreal I have to say.
I never drove between such craters before, really bumpy and lots of sand. Yeah,
you could ask yourself if you wanted to train for a cross-country motor race! I
was wondering how I would manage to drive with a passenger on these roads. Well
I soon found out. After chatting to Florence about the questionnaire and that
we would need translation into Tumbuka the local language, we decided to hit
the road. Florence had planned to drive to 4 different villages. We arrived at
the first one where we were nicely greeted and asked to walk to the local
church. Some people from the village would come and talk to us. So they did and
soon we were in the middle of an official meeting with the chief’s attendance.
Women and men were seated totally separate. They were all very friendly and
asked lots of questions; most of them were related to how I or ‘Wells for Zoe’
could help them. We explained the nature of my study and my survey and they
were very pleased to participate in my studies. I was chuffed! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">The roads we drove on to visit the next few villages was more than adventurous!</span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">There was not even a road sometimes and others were just accessible by foot or a bike. No car would be able to drive there to be honest! We had massive ascending and descending slopes with massive craters in it. Sometimes Florence had to get off the bike as it was impossible to drive with two people. But we did manage and we had a very successful day. All four villages were pleased with my survey coming up and they all welcomed me back! Thanks so much Florence for your help! You are an amazing help!</span></td></tr>
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Street Children program in St. John on God in Mzuzu. They have a programme
every Thursday afternoon where they do story telling, play games, dance, learn
something about Culture, Music and History and they get a meal as well. It was
just a joyful event. Our housekeeper Phil invited us to come along and I’m so
grateful she did. The funniest part was a local dance! Some of the kids dressed
up in Uniforms and performed the dance. They asked Emer and myself to
participate as well! So we did :) It was so much fun to dance with them!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had an eventful morning yesterday. I got
up early as the school opening where I was invited to was 70km away from Mzuzu
und it did start already at 9am. So I left my house a quarter past 7. However I
didn’t get very far. Shortly after Mzuzu University my motorbike decided to not
accelerate anymore. I was only able to use the first or second gear. So I
turned around and tried to reach the mechanic place, where I was beforehand,
around 2km away. I did, but nobody was there. After a call and an hour spend
waiting from the mechanic he checked the bike and said it is the exhaust pipe.
He cleaned it and then I finally started my trip to Rumphi. It was a nice
drive, even if the M1 is the main road. Just some Minivans have no idea how to
overtake a bike. They drive so close past you that you almost fall of your
bike. So I decided to leave more space between myself and the left side of the
road, so I can actually move to the left if that happens again. It took me 1.5
hours to reach Rumphi. </span></div>
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some white people, so I had a lot of chats and dances with the kids. The
building works were not completely finished but the roof was done and most of
the classrooms were usable. It was a lovely experience and thanks to Laura who
invited me in the first place!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com5Mzuzu, Malawi-11.45807 34.015131-11.5825795 33.8537695 -11.333560499999999 34.176492499999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-2647845642527085702014-06-09T20:12:00.000+07:002014-06-09T20:12:16.555+07:00Impressions of Mzuzu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB">Another beautiful day! I decided to stay in
the house for the morning to work on transferring the information from hand
written books onto my laptop to locate the pumps installed by W4Z. So glad I
managed to finish one book, but more to go ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I love to walk down the hill into Mzuzu
town; the landscape is lush green, lots of trees and red sand. Local people are
walking or are on their bicycles. There are cars around, but not too many. The
whole town seems pretty relaxed and a brilliant size to stay for 3 months. I’m
delighted with it I have to say and I’m having fun exploring all the new
things. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="text-align: start;">Locals are asking you: “How are you Madame?”. I still have to get use to "Madame" to be honest ;) It sounds so posh, but very cute when they're using it!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">First I went into the local market and bought some more plastic
containers to store food and other items to protect them from ants. After that
I made my way over to the bakery! They have really tasty pastries here, plain
and cheap :) Exactly the right thing for me :) While exploring the town I found
two more bakeries and every day I’m trying some new pastries :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I discovered a small little side road,
which turned out to be a huge hardware market. I was able to buy a drainage
stop for the kitchen sink! Did I tell you that I love to explore these local
markets, where you can find all kinds of things :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The local currency in Malawi is Kwacha and
the biggest note you can get is 1000Kwacha which is €2! Can you imagine how
many notes you have in your pocket? People with white ski are called Muzungu
and so the local actually taught me the word for black skin, which is ‘Mufipa’
;) So now we can have a bit of a laugh with the locals if kids shouting
‘Muzungu’. I tried it out a few times and the kids start bursting out laughing!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Chichewa is widely spoken in the middle and
south of Malawi. But up here in the Northern part the local language is
Tumbuka. So I’m making an effort to learn some words in Tumbuka and the locals
are all smiling if you use some of them!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span>So the last week I explored Mzuzu by foot
every day. I did walk many kilometres but with that lovely weather I really
didn’t mind at all. But long term I need a vehicle. First I thought of a
bicycle, but after being out to the villages I decided a motorbike would be
more suitable. So the search for a suitable and affordable motorbike has
started! I have looked at 3 already, so now let’s see how much they would
charge!</div>
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Most of the nights are clear and we have an amazing starry sky! I have never seen so many stars in my life! It's really beautiful and as we are in the Southern Hemisphere, all the stars are upside down from what I'm used to ;) Sunsets here are one of the most gorgeous ones I have seen. It reminded me of Goa in India I have to say. The whole sky turns red.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had a great week with visits to
government departments, arranging Internet access in our volunteering house,
visiting the Women’s Self-Help group for the first time, exploring the local
vegetable markets, was brought to a huge water lake where lots of monkeys were
out and about. I learned that this lake supplies Mzuzu with water. The monkeys
were unfortunately so fast, that I couldn’t catch them in a picture. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After several, and the emphasis lies on
several visits to the Planning department, which is actually in the Mzuzu
Football Stadium I got an empty memory key handed over on Friday morning, which
I only found out when I was back home. So another visit is due after the
weekend! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Survey Department was a more successful after the second visit ;)
I got two maps! Yes, proper maps to put up on the wall and guess how long I was
looking for them?! Over a week! And you don’t want to know in how many shops
and office I had to go to! Needless to say maps here in Malawi are very rare
and nobody is using them ;) Anyway, I needed them for my research to have an
understanding where the water pumps are located. One mission accomplished! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The
next one was to get some Internet up and running in the house. I went to three
different providers, which have offices in Mzuzu and compared the packages. It
was a mess, needless to say and at the same time I was also looking to get the
different Internet sticks (called Dongles) fixed. What a mission, I can tell
you! Anyway, we decided on one provider called GLOBE for the Internet in the
house. We got a night rate for the house and I decided to get an extra day rate
for myself. The antenna was fixed on Thursday, but don’t think we had proper
Internet. It went in and out and I can’t even count anymore how often I was on
the phone to them. A lot of patience needed and we are still waiting for the
final equipment. However, we had Internet yesterday and I even managed to Skype!!!
Yippee ;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I also got an invitation from a German volunteer for a school
inauguration party in 2 weeks time in Rumphi, which is around 1 hour away from
Mzuzu. I will indeed go there :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue;">Women Self-Help groups</span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">One of the highlights of this week was the
meeting with Francisco from St. John of Gods to learn more about the Women Self
Help Groups. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got a good understanding of the aim, goals and the structure of
the groups. It was even more exciting when I was invited to attend the Women’s
Self Help Group weekly meeting in Mzuzu. One of the members called Margaret
picked me up in front of St. John of God and we walked through a very local
neighbourhood for half an hour. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I loved this walk a lot as I felt like I was in
contact with the locals and the real Malawi! We came up to a house, where one
woman was sitting outside on a straw mat crocheting. That was our meeting place
;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I loved it already. Margaret had organized a translator for me who was a
local teacher called Robert. The meeting was held in Tumbuka. Around 12 women
were present and the meeting was started with praying. Social things were
discussed like visits to hospitals and a planned walk through town to raise
awareness and get support for orphans, where parents had passed away affected
with HIV/AIDS! I decided to sponsor them and participate in the walk on the 30<sup>th</sup>
of June! They were delighted and me as well :) </span></div>
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started. Every woman’s name was called out and each woman paid in the 3
different pots – loans, savings and social funds. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The accumulated money from
the last few weeks was given to one woman from the group called Gene. It was a
huge sum – 76.500Kwacha, which is around €141. Gene was so proud and had a big
smile in her face! She told me that she would start a ‘fish’ business. The
group agreed that Gene has to pay back 5.500Kwacha weekly, which includes 10%
interest. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The meeting was closed with another prayer. It was an amazing
experience to be able to take part in the meeting and experience it first hand!
I was grateful for that and thanked all women from the group in the local
language. They were so appreciative :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue;">Water samples – Coliform tests</span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The next project was to find a place where
we could get Coliform test done, which are not so expensive. I had the idea or
suggestion to test the water after we put in a well to make sure the water is
clean enough. So I walked for an hour to the other end of town to visit the
local Waterboard. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northern Region Waterboard</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After seeing two different women in two different offices, I
finally was in the right place. She told me they are able to perform Coliform
tests, however they would charge 1000Kwacha for it which is around €2! That’s a
bit much and I explained to her that we are a NGO working with donations. She
said she has to speak with her accountant about the price. So far she didn’t
come back to me! I might also check out the local Central Hospital and see if
they are able to help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue;">Water pump Installation – 2<sup>nd</sup> trip</span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was great to get out into the field
again and visit the local villages. Every village is different, not only do
they differ in houses and sizes. The atmosphere in each one of them is
different and I can learn from each one. I just try to take everything in and
enjoy myself with the locals. Their happiness about clean water is contagious! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are new things revealed each time. I
learned that some villages are actually named after their chief! I had no idea
;) Another inside was that women are not allowed to dig any wells! It was
against their tradition! This causes all kinds of problems; as in some villages
the men are too lazy to even dig a well for the women to fetch water and for
W4Z to install the pump!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue;">Water pump No. 5</span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local village waiting for the pump</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building the slab</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrying the pipes down to the well</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local kids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curiosity!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collecting the sand for the cement!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrying the sand to the well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pipe installation!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for water!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maintenance advice!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everybody would like to wash hands :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The joy of clean water!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Celebration of the new water pump! Watch the video :)</span></h2>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Sponsored</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"> by Susan, Bruderherz & family, Poldi, Kerstin & family, Karin & Klaus.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Florence & Kerstin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Florence son</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying goodbye</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue;">Water pump No. 6</span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local Village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the well</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toilet in the local village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shower facility from the outside</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shower facilities inside</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old water source!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collecting sand for the cement!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local girl waiting for water! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maintenance instructions!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More instructions!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The well is almost ready!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water is flowing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John and Rose having a chat! She is the wife of the chief of the village.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue;">Water pump No. 8</span></span></span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local kids carrying pipes to the well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparations</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Seeing the land of Africa for the first time from the plane while landing in Lilongwe was exciting. Red sand, small little huts, lots of trees, flat land with some mountains in the distance. It did look like in the famous movie “Out of Africa”! Wow, I have arrived – I’m here – It is real :) I will stay here for 3.5 months doing my research! I feel grateful for having gotten this opportunity in life. It still feels very abstract I have to say, and for the first time the feeling of nervousness came up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got of the plane, walked down the steps and the first thing I observed was an airport worker laughing out loud, having fun with his co-workers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">His laugh was electric and welcomed me to Malawi! </span>I had a feeling I was in the right country.
The customs officer was very welcoming. We even had a small little chit chat
and it didn’t feel official at all, I could feel his warmth from his heart when
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<span lang="EN-GB">A man called Jonathan, a local who worked
in logistics for a water company in Lilongwe, picked us up. We stopped on the
way and got a first taste of the friendliness and curiosity of people in Malawi
– the first impressions of a new continent for me! Three small little kids
opened the tin door of a gate and steal a glance at us with a big smile on
their faces and a bit of shyness. We arrived at a black gate with a big villa
inside that belonged to St. John’s of God and we would stay there for the
night. After we brought all our belongings inside we went for a walk to the
nearest shopping centre with the janitor called Jack. He was a very friendly
local man and we had a great chat on the way. I was excited to see the first
shopping centre and super market in Malawi. Not that I was desperate to buy
anything major. No, it was more curiosity to see what they were selling and
what was available :) It was a big supermarket; it looked like one in the west.
It turned out that they sold a lot of UK brands, the small bakery inside
offered tasty ‘bakery items’. The variety of goods was impressive – I hadn’t
expected any of these. Claire and myself tested the local ATM outside the
centre and it gave us money :) Good news! The German credit card did work. I
never doubted it, but I heard stories from other travellers that they had
problems to access money in Malawi. Well, I was delighted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Malawi reminds me most of Nepal, very
unexpected, but small little things like people’s gestures, windows, red sandy roads
and the slowness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The next morning the local family of the
janitor got up very early, washing dishes already at 6am at a small water basin
behind their house. Then clothes were washed, brushed and hung up dripping wet onto
the line. This could be in Vietnam really, same routines indeed in 2 different
continents. The couple had a very intense conversation in Chichewa, the local
spoken language in Lilongwe while washing clothes. It almost sounded like the
woman was upset, but I guess it is just the way they speak – another thing
which reminded me instantly about Asia ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We had a bit of a bus ride ahead of us from
Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi to Mzuzu (in the North of Malawi) and it would
take approximately 6 hours. Yeah, that’s exactly what it took and we drove up
in a small minivan, which was the same standard as the one’s in Nepal. </div>
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I had a
really enjoyable trip up there, even if it was a long journey! I loved to just
watching the scenery, the roads, the Malawi life around us, to suck all the
impressions in :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful telecommunication mast ;)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Malawian police stopped us not long
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<span lang="EN-GB">Six police officers did traffic controls and making
up any reason so they could charge a fine! So they did with us as well – we got
a fine of 3000 Kwacha (€6) due to too many bags in the car ;) Ridiculous
really, but what can you do! Nothing :( Other locals were charged as well and
had heated discussions with some police officers. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I’m not surprised! I actually
feel sorry for the locals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">1st day in Mzuzu</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sunrays touching the walls of your bedroom
don’t make it difficult to get up at 6.30am. Especially, if you arrived in the
evening at your new home the day before when it was pitch-black and curiosity
is taking over how everything looks like ;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was more than excited to explore Mzuzu, my new home for the next 3 months and therefore Claire and myself decided to go for an early morning run. The back garden of our house was beautiful. It felt like we had so much space here and it was in such a beautiful village with lots of hills and everything was lash green! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our back garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our kitchen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our home for 3 months</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our road</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was almost deserted – at least until we hit town.
Lots of bicycle, school kids as well as people who walked with their laptop
cases over their shoulders to work. The earth is red here in Malawi and it
reminded my straight about Nepal and the South of Vietnam, especially Phu Quoc
Island. We ran through the local market, which was still closed, explored were
the next ATMs were and stopped by the local ‘People’s supermarket’ to buy
bread. Unfortunately they didn’t have any fresh bread. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well, then we had to run
the hill upwards back to our house! This hill was worse than the one in Dingle!
Anyway, we made it back to the house, where John and Alepha were already up.
They decided to drive to the bakery and get some breakfast for us while we
could have a well-deserved shower.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The adventure began after breakfast! We got
into the Jeep, which was indeed the best way to drive on these roads and drove
to the Wells for Zoe pump factory. I was super excited! How long did I wait for
this moment to see the actual factory. It was only a 15 min drive from our
house and there was a beautiful sign welcoming us to the Wells for Zoe factory. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We walked into the factory and John
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<span lang="EN-GB">Alfred was responsible for gluing
the different parts together.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Williams worked on the lathe machine to adjust
the different pipes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Harrison mounted the pumps together</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Stephen worked on
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<span lang="EN-GB">We were able to
chat to all of them to get an understanding how the pumps work. I was also able
to get two handwritten books where the installations of the pumps were written
down from 2012 – 2014. Some of the information had GPS coordinators. Yippie!
However lets see if I could get the details from the other pumps which
were installed before that time. I would love to have access to them to start
mapping the pumps in a tool for my research und to give it to Wells for Zoe, so
they can work with them electronically.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The drawing</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After this exciting morning we drove back
to the house, had some quick lunch and made our way to the Organic Farm, which
Wells for Zoe is running just outside of Mzuzu town. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On the way we passed by Chipatala Health centre,
which Wells for Zoe did built a few years back. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This is the place, where local
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midwifes in the room where women give birth</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It is more than basic and woman do go home
after 3-4 hours with their new-born. Mary from W4Z arranged to meet with the
local authorities in two weeks time to discuss to use this centre as well for
AIDS/HIV treatment. I excited to get the opportunity to go with her!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">What an eventful day! However, it was
exhausting for sure!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">I started the day with a run into town,
down the steep hill. I love to observe the locals in the morning, getting a
feeling for the country you are in and what customs they have, when they get
up, when the shops open and so on! I ran past the local ‘People’s supermarket’
and it was already open. Further down I found the local bakery where I bought
some Multigrain toast and some bakery items, which looked like ‘Americaner’ to
me. When running through the streets of Mzuzu the locals gave me curious looks,
some were laughing or made comments about the “Muzungu’. Muzungu is the word in
Malawi for a Westerner or ‘white person’. I was so happy to have fresh bread! I stopped at the supermarket to see if they
have some natural yoghurt for me! It turned out they had a plastic bag with a
milk product inside and I decided to go for it. It looked to me a little bit
like the curd I was able to buy in Nepal. It was worth the risk! And guess
what, it was curd! So happy, as I can have my muesli every morning!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After breakfast John and myself drove to
the local factory again, where we picked up the other W4Z staff like Williams,
Alfred, Stephen and Alepha to go on my first field trip! How excited I was. The
Jeep was loaded with pumps and anything else we needed like tools and pipes. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st village - unloading the pipes</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This was not only my first field trip; it also meant that we would install the
first pumps from the donations I got for my four runs back in Ireland. I was so
happy! What a great experience, I can’t tell you how grateful I was. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Water pump 1</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I was
standing on the green field beside the first pumps, surrounded by people from
the local village, women and kids and saw their emotions and gratefulness for
the installation of the pump I had once more known, that this was the right
decision to give up a well paid job and doing this wonderful Master program.
That’s exactly what I wanted to work for and I loved to be out and about and
experience the local village life, understand their issues, see how they live,
what houses they have, if the kids are healthy and go to school. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">local community - 1st water pump</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local woman supplying bricks for the pump </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local children</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water is flowing!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Local women singing and dancing around the pump!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We did install 4 water pumps today in 4
different villages and we laid out one more cement slab in a 5th village where we will</span> come back to next week to install
the pump.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Water pump 2</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old water resource where they got water from</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The slab</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pipe preparations</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pipe adjustments</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids from the village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Williams explanation how the pumps works</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More instructions and lots of fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pipe goes into the well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the water is flowing!<br />
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<br />Brilliant video!</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old slab is carried up to the village to use it as a bathing stone!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local lunch: Sima, pumpkin leaves with tomatoes and eggs</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;">Water pump 3</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surroundings of the village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local kid with a bloated belly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woman helping installing the pipe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water is flowing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proud & happy child</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local children curiously waiting for us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local girl carrying down the water pump to the well</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost done!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids singing during the installation<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local women!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy kids!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proud of the new water pump!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water is flowing! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids are so proud to be able to do it themselves! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locals getting a lift to the next junction!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;">5th village - preparing the slab</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Florence and children from the village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Children helping me to clean the sticky flowers from my shirt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful people!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All walking with us to the Jeep!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">All 5 villages we visited today were so
different from each other, but all beautiful in their own way. People behaved
in different ways, even children. Some villages had such a nice vibe and
atmosphere going and the women even sang songs after the water was flowing out
from the pipe for the first time. In other villages children were singing songs
for us. Most of the children were wearing t-shirts, which were torn with lots
of holes in them. Most of the kids had no shoes and in one village a lot of
children had health problems. Bloated bellies and some wounds around their
necks.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The roads we drove on today were dreadful! They
reminded me about the worst one’s I had experience during my stay in Nepal.
However, not to forget we had dry season here in Malawi. Imagine how they would
look like during the rainy season?!? William said some of them would be
impossible to use and I have no doubt!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com3Mzuzu, Malawi-11.45807 34.015131-11.5825795 33.8537695 -11.333560499999999 34.176492499999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-33520951748169903402013-02-11T16:01:00.002+07:002013-02-11T16:01:51.613+07:00Plum Village - Buddhist Meditation Centre France<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">18.01. - 01.02.2013</span></b></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yes, I was on my way to Plum Village for 2
weeks. I’m really grateful to be able to spend two weeks there. It was a long
journey; from Nuremberg via Amsterdam to Bordeaux by plane, then another bus to
the train station and a one-hour train ride after that. I got up before 4am
that morning and arrived 12 hours later at St. Foy de la Gare ;) The reward
was, that 2 nuns waited for me to pick me up :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was a little bit proud that I was able to
buy my bus and train tickets in French and people actually understood me ;) I’m
sure the grammar was all over the place but I made myself understood! What a
lovely feeling :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I arrived at the Lower Hamlet where I had been
previously for Plum picking during the summer retreat in 2011. We were not many
lay people at all and only 5 people in our dorm room in the Cherry house. So nice, and the girls
are very likeable - 2 Dutch girls and 2 Vietnamese girls, one from Brisbane and
one from Munich. Nice combination indeed and they really made me feel welcome. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We got up at 5am every morning, started
with some meditation & chanting for 1h, then Yoga, breakfast, mindful
working meditation, lunch, walk into the village, silent walking meditation,
Thay Dharma Talk on DVD, dinner and we finished with some meditation +
chanting. Lovely day :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thay’s Dharma Talk was about “Deep
Listening & Loving speech”. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We learned about listening mindfully, which
means to just listen to the other person so that this person suffers less.
Don’t start a debate; just let the other person talk. Feel compassion!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“If you understand your own suffering,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Tomorrow we will have our mindfulness day
where the Upper/Lower & New Hamlet will come together. I’ll meet Thay and
Rick! So looking forward to it!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I opened the door this morning to make my
way to the meditation hall and there it was – snow! Lovely new white snow had
fallen ;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The whole schedule was a bit early today as
we had the mindfulness day in our hamlet and we expected lay people, monks
& nuns from the other hamlets. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After breakfast I met Rick! Oh, it was so
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<span lang="EN-GB">However there wasn’t much time to
share personal words but even to know the other person was in the same meditation
hall or dining hall helped. We had a lovely mindfulness walk together through
the snow with the whole Sangha. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After official lunch we actually had a few
minutes by ourselves, where we ate chocolate together and shared some
experiences from the last 12 months. It was good to be at the same place. Then
all the lay friends, nuns & monks from the Upper + New hamlet left. </span></div>
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the dining hall and had a lovely tasty dinner with Vietnamese Pho & real
brown fresh bread! Yummy :) In the evening we were off – no meditation, so we
all met in the Dharma Nectar hall around the fireplace. All my roommates and we
shared lots of experiences, thoughts and talked about cultural differences :)
What a lovely evening we had!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Monday was lazy day! 8am breakfast, after
that some Yoga, hot shower and lunch. The plan was to go for a walk in the
afternoon, but it started to rain & hail so I drove with Linda, Michelle
& Annie to Bergerac to buy some boots for Michelle and some chocolate for
us.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the late afternoon we baked cookies
without milk or eggs, a recipe from Australia called Anzac biscuits. It was
lots of fun, I kneaded the dough and we all worked together. The cookies tasted
delicious and all nuns liked them. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the evening I met with Sr. Luu Nhiem to
find out how I could help her to improve her English. I was amazed how
spontaneous I came up with ideas adjusted to monastic life. We did
brainstorming, lots of fluency and decided to do the Dharma Sharing in English,
looking for English songs to chant and I would prepare questions for the Dharma
Talks. It made me more than happy to see the nun so happy ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On Tuesday was lay day, which means all the
monastic’s come to Thay’s hermitage and the lay friends meet together, this
time at the Upper Hamlet. Most of us walked up as it was a beautiful walk for half an hour. What a gorgeous sunrise!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I met Rick there and we all went to the
meditation hall to sit. Then there was a panel of three men - one Scottish guy,
one Irish and one from New Zealand. They all shared their feelings &
experiences in Plum Village and why they came in the first place. I loved it
and listened curiously to their personal stories and paths they took. After
that some singing & walking meditation in the big hall as it had started to
rain heavily. We got some lovely lunch cooked by the male lay friends and I
enjoyed Ricks company. We had lots to talk about until the afternoon session
started. We also had more time after that, where we ate fresh baked bread and
some tasty chocolate. Yummy! At 5pm I had to walk back to the Lower Hamlet and
Rick walked half the way with me. So nice to have good company :) In the eve I
set with Sr. Luu Nhiem for almost two hours to teach her English. We had a
great time and her fluency already improved. Lovely to see ;)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Wednesday – Touching the Earth<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had a very emotional and touching
“Touching the Earth” session this afternoon. I really liked it also it was
intense. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We did 5 rounds in total of Touching the
Earth with different purposes. One was to think about our homeland in
gratitude. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I could not help myself but I had to think
about 4 countries: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Germany, Ireland, Vietnam and Nepal. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The reason for that was, that each country
gave me values, beliefs and insight into their culture. I understood different
working mentalities, processes, regulations and I learned an awful lot, which
nobody can ever take away from me. The most important thing so is, that I
gained wonderful friends. It was also important for me not just travelling
through these countries, but also working there. A very emotional session
indeed!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the eve I had my 1:1 English Teaching
lesson and I got great insights into my students life in Plum Village and back
in Hue. One thing struck as she told me that there was actually a better
harmony amongst the sisters in Hue! That’s exactly the feeling I got as well as
a lay friend. The harmony wasn’t the same as in the New Hamlet!</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Thursday
– Mindfulness day<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bell tower at the Upper Hamlet</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thursday was the 3<sup>rd</sup> and last
time I saw Rick here in Plum Village for the time being. He was leaving after
almost 3 months.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had a very joyful day together with
Thay’s Dharma Talk, walking meditation, informal lunch and Dharma sharing in the afternoon. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Kho</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mindful stop during walking meditation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thay ( Thich Nhat Hanh)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Rick
walked me down the hill towards the Lower Hamlet and we shared stories +
chocolate once again!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">That day I understood that monastic life
can be very difficult & challenging indeed as well. One of the long-term western
residential women in our hamlet wrote a letter for admittance a few weeks back.
However the abbess didn’t agree. So now she is waiting to get the ok to be
ordained one day. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The last few days I met my English student
every day and she was really a heart-warming sister! We giggled together,
studied together and I wonder who learnt more from each other. I gained so much
insight into monastic life and I loved to listen to her. She is one of the most
mindful people I know. I’m grateful I’ve met her :) I shared with her that I
would love to read the book “Anger” from Thich Nhat Hanh and the next evening
she came along to our lesson with the book in her hands. How mindful is that!
She is an angel.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It turned out, that I read the book in just
2 days. It was so interesting and I learned a lot from it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I would like to share a few things, which I
wrote down as I found them very meaningful and I wanna try them in the future.
Not that it will be easy, but at least I will give it a try!</span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-GB">Smiling at Your Anger<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Breathing in, I know that anger makes me
not beautiful.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Breathing out, I smile.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I stay with my breathing so I won’t lose
myself.</span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-GB">Dealing with Anger<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Anger is a fire that can burn up the good
actions you have accomplished, an axe that can destroy a friendship. When you
see anger arising in yourself, refrain from doing or saying and return to your
breathing:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Breathing in, I know I’m angry.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Breathing out, I know I must take care of
my anger.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Knowing that anger makes me ugly, I smile.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Returning to myself and guarding my mind, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I give full attention to the meditation on
compassion.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Withdraw your attention from the person who
is causing your anger. If possible, practice walking meditation outdoors to
calm your mind. After that, you can look deeply to see that the person making
you angry is suffering and needs your help.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Reflect on the strength of the seed of
anger in you, which is the real cause of your suffering and not the other
person. Practice every day to transform the roots of your anger, so you can
experience true peace & joy.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Sunday,
27.01. – Mindfulness day<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All nuns & monks are chanting in the New Hamlet</td></tr>
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Wanna hear how it sounds? </div>
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Here you go:</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thay’s<b>
</b>Dharma Talk was extremely interesting today. He talked about Meditative walking
without thinking or talking. We should just experience freedom, be relaxed,
solid and it will have a healing effect. Thay also told us that meditative
walking is as serious as sitting meditation. I was relieved when I heard that
:) It’s indeed easier for me to do walking meditation than sitting meditation.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">He was talking about the truth, the
impermanence of life like changing rivers, the sea and nature in general. It
reminded me about my Vipassana meditation when Ghoenka also talked about
impermanence in life. Thay also talked about Nirvana, reality and that nothing
dies. Buddhists believe everything will transform like the cloud, the body or
waves, which are coming and going – no birth, no death.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Chan Khong - our funny translator</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thay said if worries, fear, anger or
expectations arise we should go over to the other shore. We should come to our
own island in ourselves. There we can breath in and out. We are safe and it is
peaceful.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thay also told us a few stories about his
own experiences with tour guides in China and Italy. It was very amusing indeed
and it seemed like walking meditation amazed and surprised some tour guides,
which had never heard of it. One Italian tour guide was so impressed that she
decided to come to Plum Village and learn more about Thich Nhat Hanh’s
teachings.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking meditation</td></tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">My 2<sup>nd</sup>
week</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bell tower at the Lower Hamlet </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Candle meditation hall</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had a really lovely 2<sup>nd</sup> week
here in Lower Hamlet. A lovely lazy day with a 2 hour walk up to the castle,
some Yoga and spending time with my lovely room mates. Tuesday was our Lay day
and it was good to meet all men & women from Upper & New Hamlet again.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had eaten too much cake that day, so I
went for a run for the first time. The weather was beautiful and I had to move.
I skipped dinner for the 1<sup>st</sup> time, but I had to!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lower Hamlet - Plum trees</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On Wednesday we had a chance to go up to
Upper Hamlet to participate in the 5 Mindfulness Ceremony for the new lay
friends. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was a beautiful ceremony, very festive and it reminded me of my own
1.5 years ago. It was nice to be there for our roommates to give them some
support.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">We were very lucky that we got invited for
breakfast there. They had real fresh brown bread - OMG, was that yummy! Then we
walked back down to our hamlet.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The day was filled with working meditation,
5 Mindfulness sharing’s and lunch. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then in the early afternoon I gave my first
Deep Relaxation class. I had 5 lay friends who came along and it filled me with
great joy and happiness that I got the opportunity to try it. Beforehand I had
combined some text from Thich Nhat Hanh & Sister Chan Khong to make it my
own. I felt very nourished and relaxed while reading it out, even very content
inside while doing it. All students went into a deep relaxation or even slept
for a while. I loved the experience and can imagine doing it more often. Maybe
combined with Yoga ;)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The weather felt like it was the beginning
of spring and we had a gorgeous walking meditation around Plum Village. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I loved
how the temple, the bell & trees mirrored in the lake! Just beautiful :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Afterwards we did another session of
touching the earth, which was a bit emotional once again, this time around the
bit with “the inner child”.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On Thursday – another mindfulness day - Thay
was talking about Lunar New Year and all the events, which will take place in
Plum Village through Tet.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">He talked about the meaning of generosity.
His understanding was you give now to the poor whatever you like and feel
comfortable with and don’t expect anything in return. He also talked a lot
about Vietnamese previous kings and kings in general and how they could live
and govern mindfully.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the afternoon we had some Dharma sharing
and as the sun was shining we decided to do it outside :) We were a lovely
bunch of people and the whole 1.5 hours just flew by and all was so harmonious.</span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-GB">We finished by singing together:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Dear friends, Dear friends,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">You have given me such treasure,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I love you so!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This was the best Dharma Sharing I had been
to so far and it was lovely as it was my last one, as I had to depart tomorrow.
The two weeks were already over.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It is hard to believe, but unfortunately true.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As quite a few people had to leave tomorrow
we decided to have a kind of private dinner with all the lay friends in the
Grashopper room. It was very nice indeed. After that I met my students to study
and to say goodbye. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was a pity as I would have loved to teach her for
longer. But I also was grateful for the time we had together. I’m sure I will
meet her again when I will visit Plum Village again.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">If anybody got curious about Plum Village, have a look on their website:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There is also a centre in Germany:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Friday morning it was time to say goodbye.
On one hand it was hard to say goodbye to all my lovely roommates, on the other
hand I had known it was time to move on. I had taken a lot from these two weeks
and felt very happy. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">One woman, who actually was an aspirant, said to me </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Keep
telling people about Plum Village while trekking in the Himalaya’s”. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There was
a story to it, as we actually figured out that there was a woman in Plum
Village 2-3 months ago, which had told her that another women (myself) told her
about Plum Village while trekking in Nepal. That had been the reason why she
was in Plum Village. I was amazed and a lot of joy filled my heart hearing
this. Travelling does not only enrich oneself, it also enriches other friends,
travellers and family.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The nuns drove me to the train station,
where I actually met a bunch of people from the Upper Hamlet who where on their
way to Bordeaux as well :) What a nice coincidence! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I flew once again via Amsterdam, but this
time with a 6hour lay over. I had arranged to meet Jose, a friend I had met at
the Yoga Teacher Training in India last year. It was so good to catch up. </span><br />
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had a lovely afternoon in Amsterdam, drinking coffee, eating cake and strolling
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<span lang="EN-GB">End of next week I will be on my way to good
old Dublin :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Can’t wait and the best thing is that Nina will join me for a
girly weekend!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">After that some souvenir shopping and in the evening and on the way back we met the girl from Switzerland again and had a lovely pint in an Irish pub! Yes, I had Guinness after more than 18 months.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So now we had already lost one hour, not much time really to spend at Milford Sound then, but well let’s see. 20min further down the road there was another roadblock. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">What a wonderful vessel, a lovely crew,
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<span lang="EN-GB">We got a very warm welcome on the boat with
fresh baked muffins :) Wow, what a start! They showed us our cabin and it turned out we were together with 2 other girls, one
French and another German girl. It was a very nice wooden cabin with a round
window facing out onto the sea :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then we all went Kayaking for an hour. What
a “strange” water, I have never seen something like that. There was a 1.5 meter
fresh water layer on top of it and that’s why it looked so stunning black! Yes,
black water!!! Some of us decided to have a quick dip into the sea and went
swimming in 16 degrees in our swimsuit! OMG was that cold ;) But I loved it!!!</span></div>
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eve about Doubtful Sound and it’s history. Captain Cook drew the first map of
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<b>On my way to Auckland</b></h3>
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I had a relaxed brekkie and lovely weather on my last morning in Queenstown. I took out 30min just looking from our amazing garden onto
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So beautiful and I’m so blessed to be able to see it! And I
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I drove to the airport, dropped the
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<b>Auckland</b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had just 1.5 days in Auckland, but I think that was enough to get a good impression of the size of the city. My hostel was in a suburb called Mt. Eden, which was nice and only a 10min bus ride from the CBD. </span></div>
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Afterwards I visited Mt. Eden village. They have some small little shops and lots of coffee places there.</div>
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Then I did a walking tour by myself through the city centre and visited the University Tower, St.
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What a cool black board in the middle of Auckland, where people wrote there wishes with chalk on it:</div>
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Before I die I want to ...</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Flight was on time, tasty food and ice-cream and I saw a rainbow from the plane and the sunset before we landed in Singapore!</span></div>
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All went well with my flight to Munich, except we had too much headwinds, so my flight was 1.5 hours late. I ran to the S-Bahn, but unfortunately it was too late to catch the already booked train from Munich's main train station. Oh well, I had a quick look onto the departure schedule and there was another ICE leaving in 4min! I sprinted with my backpack to the platform and hopped onto the train. The conductor wanted to charge me more because of the different train, but after a longer chat I persuaded her it was X-mas and I need to be home on time to see my family after 1.5 years :)<br />
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Finally around 10am I arrived at my parents house! My mum was speechless and first didn't even recognise me with my Santa Claus hat ;) She expected me any minute on Skype, as I had arranged to talk to her from New Zealand. It was a lovely surprise :)<br />
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We had a great day and visited Grandma, my brother and his kids and had a nice chilled out Christmas Eve in my parents house.<br />
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On Boxing Day we all went over to my brothers house for a lovely & tasty Christmas lunch.<br />
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The afternoon was filled with unwrapping presents, playing board games like "I want to be a Millionaire" and "Angry Birds". We had lots of fun as you can see :)<br />
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DEFINITELY ONE FAMILY ;)</div>
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After Christmas I met some old friends and started to uncluttered some boxes of mine. I looked through my clothes which I still had left and could use during wintertime. Remember, I lived for almost 3 years in a warm climate. I don’t have to mention that I was
freezing all the time, nevertheless that all the people I met said it was
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Another thing I enjoyed a lot was grocery shopping. I could get some favourite food I hadn’t eaten since over 1.5 years! Yummy :)</div>
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Then the next highlight came up. I had arranged to meet up in Hamburg for New Year’s Eve in Nina's & Fabian's place. </div>
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Some friends of mine where joining as well: John from the US, Jan from Denmark and Annette from London! </div>
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What a lovely reunion we had in Nina & Fabian's house :) Thanks for making that possible!!!</div>
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The New Year began with a visit to Denmark with Jan & John. We were invited for a New Years brunch in Jan's parents place. There was so much tasty food that I didn't know what to try first. It was all so delicious :) We had a lovely time in Bronderslev at Jan's house with trips to the beach and walks through the nearby park and some billard in the evening. What a lovely reunion we had once again ;) So glad we all met through the IBM CSC program in 2009 in Vietnam.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan & myself in Denmark on the beach </td></tr>
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A few days later I returned to Hamburg and stayed a few days in Nina's & Fabian's house. I met some old friends of mine again, Anne & Andrea. It was so nice to catch up and talk about millions of things. It felt good to be home for a while and being able to meet friends in person instead of skype or emails. I really appreciated spending time together.</div>
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Then I took the train to Detmold to meet Tanja & Patrick. I worked with Tanja in IBM Ireland in 2003/04 and we last saw each other 4 years ago. It was so nice to be with them in their lovely timber house and their 2 kids. We had a lot of fun, went into a Spa Paradise one evening, went out for walks and some shopping. The last evening we had a lovely dinner, a nice drink in a local bar and a great drive back home with our favourite music!!! What a fun evening :)</div>
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The plan for the next few weeks is to go back to Plum Village for a 2 week Meditation retreat in France, a visit to Dublin mid of February and hopefully by then I know more when I can get ready to go back to Sydney ;) </div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Wellington</span></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was excited to fly into New Zealand. It
was always my dream to go there and here I come! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had an awesome view onto the South
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<span lang="EN-GB">First of all I had to go through
immigrations and if you believe it or not, but they actually wanted to see my
return ticket or an onward ticket to issue me my tourist visa. That didn’t
happen in Australia! Anyway, wasn’t a problem, as I had one. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Next thing was that I had to hand in my two
tasty Granny Smith apples, which I had just bought the day before in Sydney for
a lot of money :( Apparently I’m not allowed to bring them into NZ! What a joke!<br />
It got even worse when I asked the costumes officer what they are going to do
with them he replied: “We need to destroy them!” Coming from a poor country
like Nepal, that hits you straight into your heart! What world are we living
in!!! Some people are starving and would be so grateful to eat these apples
incl. myself. I love Granny Smith apples and they cost a fortune here! Oh well,
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officer said I was lucky that I mentioned my apples to the customs officer,
otherwise I would have been fined with 400NZ$. Welcome in the Western world!!!!
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<span lang="EN-GB">I took a shuttle bus into the city, checked
into my hostel and started to explore the city. Well, Wellington is pretty
small and you can find your way around easily, which is handy if you only have
a half-day like me!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So I explored the Te Papa museum, which was
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& sea life in NZ, history and immigration, education about the earthquakes
and the 2 plates NZ is lying on – The Australian and Pacific plate. </span></div>
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That museum was so modern and interesting, I loved it. Unfortunately I didn’t have too much time to explore it, but hopefully I can come back one day.</div>
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no idea ;) I decided to have a crepe at a small little stall – mmmhhh, so
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that the Internet connection is crap in NZ. I couldn’t really believe that it
was so bad, but it actually is! First of all you have to pay almost everywhere
to use the Internet. That’s a joke! And it is a lot of money what they are
charging. Then there are free Internet connections available for CBD
Wellington, in the museum and in McDonald. Well, I tried all of them and none
was connecting! I thought I’m back in a developing country!!! Seems like the Internet
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Hastings</span></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The next day I got the bus to Hastings - a
small little town, where people get fruit picking jobs. I arrived at the bus
stop in Hastings and asked a woman for directions. She offered me to drive me
to the place I was looking ;) We soon discovered that she was German as well, but
living in NZ. Funny sometimes how things go. So she dropped me off at the Eco
Lodge, which I had written down from the Internet and John, the owner, was very
nice. I told him I’m here to find some casual work. However as it seems like it
isn’t easy without a work visa. Well, anyway I started to work for John in the
Eco Lodge for a few hours per day and that’s better than nothing ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Lodge is very nice, in a green
surrounding with a lot of cabins, camping vans and some dorm rooms. Big
kitchens, washing machines and all you need really ;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Most of the people who are staying here are
very young and Germans or from Chile! Lots of them are just here for partying!
I have never seen so many people smoking, taking drugs and drinking alcohol at
the same time!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The girls in my dorm room were nice so,
almost all of them were from Chile. Very warm people and funny :) I did spend
my time the last week to help John out around the Eco Lodge. Was cleaning the
kitchen, rooms, houses, digging a 1m deep hole to replant a Camomile tree,
mounted furniture together and so on!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Chileans people organized a BBQ on
Saturday night :) Oh, that was so tasty! We had beef and sausages and I enjoyed
every bite of it. So far I only ate toast and pasta all the time ;) Food in NZ
is really expensive!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t
find any work like fruit picking, but on the other hand very grateful, that I
was able to work for John! Better than nothing really and he was a nice guy.
However I decided I didn’t wanna spend 3 more weeks here. So I was looking on
the Internet to see if I can find some travel mates! I posted a message on a
website and saw another add from a fallow traveller. We emailed each other and
decided to travel together. Her name is Cecilia and she is from Taiwan. She has
a car and we can share the petrol. I’ll meet her on Wednesday in Christchurch
and then we will explore the Southern Island together!!!! Yippie :) That sounds
like a good plan!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As I booked a bus ticket to leave Hastings
on Tuesday I decided to take a local bus to Napier, the town close by. I just
had to see something else ;) It was a smallish town as well, but at least a few
more coffee places than Hastings. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I went straight down to the beach, but I was
a bit disappointed. Lots of grey stones and no sand :( Oh well, even more the
right time to move on! </span></div>
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<b>Hastings
- Wellington</b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">John was so nice to drop me off at the bus
stop in the morning! All went well and I reached Wellington in the early
afternoon. Check into a different hostel, straight across from the railway
station, so it will be handy the next day to catch the ferry in the morning. I
dropped my stuff and made my way back to the Te Papa museum. Today I had time
to explore everything in a slow pace. Oh, that felt good! I loved that
interactive museum :) So much fun!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I left the museum it started to
drizzle and the wind was very strong once again. I just dropped into the
supermarket to buy some food and went back to my hostel to chill out. The other
travellers had arrived in the room and it turned out I had really nice and
funny roommates - Two Australian girls and one South Korean guy. We exchanged
lovely traveller stories and I got a great recommendation for a hostel in
Queenstown!</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Ferry
ride “Wellington – Picton” </span></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got up early, had a cup of tea and walked
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<span lang="EN-GB">All went well, except for the weather ;) It decided to rain heavily, but at
least the sea condition wasn’t rough!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The 3.5-hour ferry ride flew by. I
sometimes stepped outside for a quick picture, but it was really rainy
unfortunately.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We arrived in Picton and you could already
see the difference in vegetation! It looked much more tropical and I already
liked it much much more :) Yippie!</span></div>
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<b>Train journey on the “Coastal Pacific" to Christchurch</b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">A short stroll to the nearby railway
station, a cup of coffee there and then the train came in. I met a lovely
couple from the Netherlands and we were chatting away quiet a bit. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The train was really modern and lots of windows! Wow, I loved it! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was unreal! So awesome – I’m so glad I took the
train and not the bus! That was worth every single NZ cent ;) The train took in
total 6 hours and I spend most of my time in the open carriage to take
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<span style="text-align: left;">This journey was a scenic feast, with the wine growing region of Blenheim to the rugged Kaikoura mountain ranges on one side of the train and the rugged Pacific Ocean coastline on the other. </span></div>
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Christchurch when we left, but on the way it got dry and the weather really
improved. We stopped at a Cookie factory called “Cookie Time” and bought 1kg of
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Have never seen such a big one before really!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We continue to drive towards Lake Tekapo
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<span lang="EN-GB">OMG, all these lovely colourful lupines! Amazing and
gorgeous looking! The lake is stunning as well – turquoise colour. How stunning
will it even be with a little bit of sunshine? Hopefully we will find out
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Lake
Tekapo – BBH Tailormade Tekapo Backpackers</span></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Nice chilled out day! It was a perfect day
to get to know the other travellers as well which was nice! We had two German girls in our room and one of them decided to join us for the Mt. John walk
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<span lang="EN-GB">After an hour of leisurely walk
we decided to stop a car and ask for a lift. A lovely French couple stopped in
an old cute campervan and took us! We did the walk together, the 4 of us – the
small blue lakes were not impressive at all, bit disappointing, but the glacier
around the corner was worthwhile all the effort!</span></div>
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to our accommodation, but now we were in the middle of nowhere, still 15km away
from our hostel. Well, we decided to hitch hike and we found a lovely UK couple
in a camper van that gave us a lift.</span></div>
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splitting up with Cecilia as she wasn’t willing to compromise with any of her
plans. Back at the Park Center we cooked some dinner. Well, that was a bit
adventurous as there were no pots or cutlery whatsoever. However, two innovative
German girls did well and we ate some delicious salad and some toast with
cheese and ham heated in the oven. Yummy!</span></div>
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Cook – Hooker Valley Walk </span></b></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mt. Cook - New Zealand highest mountain!</td></tr>
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It was a beautiful walk with views onto blue ice,
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say, I prefer the older ones in Nepal. They just fit better into the
scenery and are more adventures to walk on.</div>
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travels. So Astrid and myself decided to travel together and we were talking
about a possible route we could take and if we would use busses or rent a car.</span></div>
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<b>Oamaru & the Penguins</b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was run by a lovely, kind lady
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night. There was even a free BBQ happening in the nearby park, which was
organized by an American Religious man called Scot. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had almost given
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<span lang="EN-GB">We waited there until it got dark and then we went outside and were
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<span lang="EN-GB">We so many of them! It was unreal, they were
everywhere!!! And so small and cute and some of them were not really shy if you
left enough space or didn’t move. They didn’t like the flash of the camera, so
I only took one picture. I wanted to give them some peace.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The small blue penguins where everywhere on
the street on the way home! It was unreal – it’s not an understatement, but we
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<span lang="EN-GB">Impressive!!! We came back in our hostel
and our landlady had already turned on the heated blankets for us in our bed!!!
That is unreal, she was so caring and loving! We were only the 2 of them in our
dorm room and we had a good night sleep.</span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Dunedin – Otago Peninsula</span></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We got up, had breakfast and decided to
check out the town to see, if we could rent cars here. We went to the i-site
office, but they were very unfriendly and not helpful at all. Then we visited
one of the local car rental services. He had different cars to rent but they
were all pretty old and we were not sure about how much petrol they would use.
So we decided not to rent them. Instead I started to call all the rental
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<span lang="EN-GB">We finally got a good deal from Jucy
Rentals and we decided to go for it. Unfortunately we now had to get a bus from
Oamaru to Dunedin and then another one to the airport to pick up the car. But
well, at least we had our freedom and that was worth much more!</span></div>
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From there we drove out onto the Otago Peninsula! The road was very winding but lovely to drive and the scenery was beautiful. After 20km or so we saw a sign "Mc Farmer Backpackers" - perfect, that was our hostel or should we better say home stay! We drove up a very steep slip road and ended at two beautiful houses.<br />
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There was nobody at home, however the owner had left the door open and we were able to find a message and our room.<br />
How gorgeous that living room was with a magnificent view onto the sea! Wow, I fell in love with that place instantly.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The Albatross Centre was lying on a hill and they seriously charged 40NZ$ to see the Albatross behind a tinted glass. Well, not for us. We decided to walk down to the beach and guess what, we saw blue penguins and Albatross live outside!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We started our day with a tasty breakfast in our lovely hostel and decided to drive by the local coffee place to get some internet connection with some tasty cafe latte. We booked some more hostels, surfed for available hot deals and decided to go on a boat trip up Milford Sound in a few days. We also rang the Fox Glacier Guiding to check out availability and we decided to both go for the one day Ice Climbing!</span></div>
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After that we drove into Dunedin CBD to check it out.</div>
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Finally later on we drove to Sandfly Bay, where we hopefully could see some penguins in the wild. Our hostel owner gave us this tip :)<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">…but unfortunately no luck with penguins
coming in. Then a local man opened the door and it turned out he worked here
for the Conservation Area. He told us that this year the penguins were hardly
coming in on that side of the beach, but he would try to show us where we could
see some. He was so helpful and caring and really wanted to make sure that we
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Peninsula and on our way to Wanaka</span></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On our way to the toilets we met a local NZ
man, who just came in with his kayak. He showed us, that he had just caught
some fresh cod and offered us some fresh fish. We were first a bit reluctant
but after he showed to us that he had caught 12 in total we said “Yes”. He was
such a kind and lovely man, that he even cleaned the fish for us. We
decided to have it tonight in our hostel in Wanaka.</span><br />
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the famous Moeraki Boulders. They started to form about 55Mio years ago and are
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<span lang="EN-GB">The hostel in Wanaka was pretty big, had a
lovely spacious kitchen area, which I loved. They had some outside BBQ area as
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Wanaka
– Mt. Iron - Fox Glacier</span></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Wanaka felt like a small winter sport town
during summer. The whole atmosphere in that cute little town reminded me about
skiing - even the small little shops. We decided to spend the first half of the
day in Wanaka before driving up to the Glacier. First we took some pictures by
the lake, and then we decided to do the <b>Mt. Iron walk</b>. Well, it was a little
hill with a nice 360-degree view on the top :) In one of the books they were
talking about a 1.5 hour trek ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back in town we went for a little stroll, I
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myself. A really cool turquoise hoody and flip-flops. </span></div>
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Sydney was tastier ;)</span></div>
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through amazing changing landscapes – green & brown hills, enchanting
forests, stunning lakes, snow capped mountains & sunshine. </span></div>
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we drove through was stunning, but unfortunately lots of sand flies. I had
never experienced any sand flies previously in my life and was glad not to. The
bites you get from them are very itchy instantly and some of them start swelling fast.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The hostel was a bit scruffy, but our roommates were very nice – girls from Switzerland and the UK. The highlight was Ice Climbing tomorrow and that was the most exciting thing ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We woke up and the weather was indeed
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West Coast of Ireland, except that we were in NZ ;) Anyway, we had booked
ourselves in for an Ice Climbing adventure and I was really looking forward to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fox Glacier Booking Office</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We met our climbing instructor Tim and he
was a New Zealand guy. Very nice indeed, with a strong NZ accent ;) We were
very lucky, as we only were a group of 2! We first of all got all our gear:
shoes, ice aces, crampons, rain resistant trousers, a backpack, socks, gloves,
harnesses & ropes.</span></div>
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walked up until we had to put our crampons on. The weather was not great –
drizzle, but well, it is what it is ;)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bus transport to the glaciar </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fox Glacier</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We could already see the blue ice on the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">blue ice</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Tim explained a few things to us like how the glacier had
changed over time and showed us the different points/marks from 1998 and 2008.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There are 4 people working every day on the
glacier to “recreate” the stairs in the ice and gravel for the entire visitor. That is a
lot of hard work!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Worker at Fox Glacier making stairs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting the gear on!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to go! </td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We went to our first mini wall of ice,
where Tim explained to us how to use the crampons and the ice axes. Then we
walked to our first climbing wall. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was thank god an easy wall for a start
and Astrid and myself were able to climb to the top :) That was a nice start.
We were allowed to use 2 axes, but the 2<sup>nd</sup> time we were only allowed
to use one! That was a different story altogether, but we made it :) </span></div>
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walked further to another wall, which was much steeper. We first started to
climb on the right side, which was a good climb and successful! We both made it
to the top :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After that Tim decided we are trying to
climb the left side as well, which had an impressive ice tube in the wall. Tim
mounted the rope on the top and when he threw down the rope, it got
unfortunately stuck in the crevasse.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">He tried to remove it from the top, but
didn’t work. Then he decided to climb through the small little ice hole in the
middle – wwwoohhh was that scary! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was really worried about him. Thank god he
came out again, but this didn’t work either. Another employee from Fox Glacier
came along and he tried to help Tim. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So Tim climbed through another hole and he
actually managed to get the rope out! Wow, what an adventure and operation
“stuck rope”!</span></div>
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the Franz-Josef Glacier and checked into our hostel. We wanted to go into the
sauna, well we did, but unfortunately it didn’t really work. So we decided to
have a hot shower instead and we had to wash our rain jackets from today as
they were really dirty.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We found a lovely coffee place with free
wifi after dinner and it was great to post some pics on FB.</span></div>
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What lovely send offs I got! </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The first one in Pokhara from Caroline, Kenta and John :) </span></div>
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They came with me to the bus stop and waving me off. Then back in Kathmandu a lovely afternoon in Bouddha with Sharyn.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the evening I met the
South African couple in OR2K and we had some delicious dinner incl. chocolate
cake and we exchanged our trekking stories since EBC!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On my last day I posted a parcel to
Germany, met Dinesh and Jeanette with her sister & Mum in Chikusa café!
What a nice send off! I took a taxi to the airport and arrived 2.5hours before
the flight was leaving. But you should have seen the queues!!! Unreal, we
already had to queue to even get into the departure terminal! That’s Nepal ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The check-in was really quick, but then you
should have seen the Security check-in queue! Oh mine good god! It reminded me
about London airport. Oh well, at some stage I was able to go through – after I
realized they had a special queue for just man and just woman. I had a last
chat on the phone with Caroline and said goodbye before boarding the plane.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There were so many young Nepali men
boarding the plane. I was wondering if they all go over to KL to work there. On
the plane Nepali surrounded me and luckily enough one was able to speak
English. So we chatted along and he told me that they were 40 men on the plane
to fly into KL to work in a biscuit company. They had no idea where it was, in
which city they would live etc. They all signed a 3y contract and they will
earn a monthly salary of 35.000Rp (400US$). They also had to pay between
120.000 – 150.000Rp (130US$-160US$) to be able to get the contract. The only things,
which are covered, are the plane ticket and the accommodation, but they don’t
know where they live and with how many they have to share. This is an awful lot
of money for Nepali therms!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Most of the Nepali people had never been
outside of Nepal or even on a plane beforehand. They were excited like little
kids, which is understandable.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the take off from Kathmandu we had a
stunning view onto the Himalayan range and <b>there
was Everest again!</b> I told the Nepali, that this was Mt. Everest! They had
no idea! Most of them have never seen it with their own eyes.</span></div>
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and walked over to the Domestic Terminal to get the shuttle bus to the Tune
hotel. There were so many people waiting and we would have never fitted in that
Minivan. Then I realized that I was actually able to see the hotel, so I
decided to walk! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was really only a 5-10min walk! So cool :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The hotel room was small, but very luxury!
I haven’t seen a hairdryer since over 9 months! The shower had glass doors and
the shower head was huge and working! Wow! I’m back in a different world
indeed!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Before I went to sleep I had a look into
the 7Eleven. I was so excited to see all these products on the shelf! All the
different brands I hadn’t seen for a long time.</span></div>
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my way to Australia!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">All went well at KL LCCT and I had checked
in went through security in less then 30min! Amazing, it went so smooth :)
Really delighted I have to say. Looked a little bit here and there in the shops,
but I was too overwhelmed of all the things, which were available really! Good
so, as I saved some money ;) The 2<sup>nd</sup> flight with Air Asia was good
as well. There were so many empty seats, that I was even able to swap to a
window seat in the end. I was delighted! I got my screen I had ordered for some
in-flight entertainment and my food as well. Good service for sure. We arrived
on time at the Gold Coast, but there was quiet a long queue for the passport
control and later on we even had to go through another checkpoint, where they
scanned my luggage for any items which were forbidden to bring inside the
country, like special food items, wood, seeds and more ;)</span></div>
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at the airport, who picked me up! Ica had prepared a wonderful dinner for us
and I ate some tasty Schnitzel! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thank you so much Ica!</span></div>
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at the Gold Coast in Varsity Lake, in Ica's house. The weather was beautiful,
some light rain showers at the weekend but other than that it was really humid
and hot. </span></div>
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just for a leisurely walk. It was beautiful down there. The water was turquoise
and the beach had very smooth white sand, very similar to Danang ;) </span></div>
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winds – almost everything except of the temperature. It was indeed at least
10-15 degrees warmer ;)</span></div>
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when we came down to Glen Innes even of Sweden. </span></div>
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shopping centres and got an Australian SIM Card.</span></div>
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Susan - Exploring Byron Bay - Lake Ainsworth – Lennox Head – Glen Innes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On Friday morning Susan’s Dad picked me up
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since he was 13. He has such a lovely Hamburg accent when he talks and reminded
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We actually stayed that night in Lennox Head in a hostel and we all went out for dinner. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">We all had breakfast together the next
morning and I had a stroll along the beach beforehand. Beautiful beach :) </span></span></div>
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“Raspberry Lookout”. Beautiful view over the valleys!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">It’s part of the Gibraltar Range National Park and there
was an historic tree stand. It’s a reminder of the hardworking men and women
that settled in this area. It was cut down by axe and its stump shows the
anchor holes that once held the springboards that supported the axe men. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">It was such a relaxing time there and the house
we were staying in is very spacious and cosy! Reminded me a bit about Swedish
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">I unpacked the AM/PM coffee from Pokhara,
Nepal where Susan and myself had our first coffee coming back from our 20
day Annapurna trek! Our favourite coffee place :) Now we are having one
together in Australia! How cool is that ?!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I baked finally after a very long time - a
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<span lang="EN-GB">One evening we stayed in Susan’s brothers
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of the forest! There are no houses anywhere near, which means not even
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<span lang="EN-GB">Guess what I saw live there! Kangaroos! OMG, are
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<span lang="EN-GB">I not only saw Kangaroos! When we arrived
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<span lang="EN-GB">One afternoon I walked up a little hill in
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<span lang="EN-GB">Susan & her Dad dropped me off at Byron
Bay airport and I had a stunning view onto Byron Bay from the plane. It was
also very impressive to fly into Sydney, so many small Islands everywhere,
beaches and rocks!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I took a shuttle bus to my Backpackers HQ
hostel in Kings Cross and checked into a dorm room with 7 other girls including
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had high sealing’s and everything you needed. The kitchen was very well
equipped and the dining area full of light. There was even a terrace where you
could eat. I really enjoyed my stay there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had my Kangaroo Sandwich for dinner in
the common area and decided to go for a late walk to see the Opera House and
Sydney Harbour Bridge.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">OMG, it was stunning, awesome, beautiful,
gorgeous Harbour Bridge & opera house! It is out of this world really! I
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<span lang="EN-GB">I couldn’t believe I was there – so far
Sydney reminds me about London, New York, Dublin and Hong Kong. - a great
mixture of everything really. I’m excited to see it tomorrow by daylight. So
glad I went out and went down to the harbour!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On my first day I bought a weekly commute
ticket for the public transport, so it was easier to get around. I went for a
job interview at St. Leonard and had a lovely chat. After that I explored the
Botanic Garden & surroundings.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The next day I did a 3-hour Walking Tour
through CBD, which was great and helped me to get a better understanding of the
city. Gorgeous places and areas really! </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">In the afternoon I took my first ferry ride out to Mosman. It was lovely out there, but too posh to live. Not my cup of tea really. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I checked out Paddy’s market in Chinatown, but decided not to buy anything yet. </span></div>
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of the harbour and walked back over the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1.3km)! It was
just stunning :) I could have stayed up there almost the whole night! The view
is just spectacular! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After that I decided to go back to “The
Rocks” area, where a lovely local market was on. I strolled a bit, chatted to a
lovely woman who sold gorgeous porcelain cups and plates with colourful paintings
of Sydney. I also bought a tasty dark chocolate rock with marshmallows in it!
MMMHHHH ;) People in Sydney seem to know what’s tasty ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On my 3<sup>rd</sup> day I decided to take
the ferry out to Manly to the beach early in the morning. We had stunning
sunshine and the ferry was almost empty. Perfect to take gorgeous pictures and
enjoying the peacefulness! Met a nice French man on the ferry who was here on a
business trip. He was on his way to Manly to surf for a bit before flying back
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Lovely shops, palm trees and it felt like you were on vacation in Italy and it
even reminded me a bit of Malahide in Dublin! I reached the other side of the
beach and it was just stunning! I felt like I could live here! That would be
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& Lorenzo for a BBQ. Lorenzo picked me up from the train station and he
showed me the IBM location. It’s in the middle of the forest – wow, so
different to Ballycoolin ;) But as well, very far out! I ate some tasty meat
BBQ meat and it was nice to see both of them again.</span></div>
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at home, Irish flags, Guinness signs, pie stores with tasty muffins, public
transport looks like in London, beautiful beaches, stunning Harbour Bridge, gorgeous
Opera House, The Rocks which look like the Docklands, lots of coffee shops, Woolworths
supermarket which looks like Dunnes Stores, lots of greenery everywhere and
water! Irish sounding street names, lots of sporty people and people say “You
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about Manhattan, suburbs look very greenish, Shopping Centres remind me about
Ireland and you can even find Bupa here and Toni & Guy. There are so called
Bottle shops which are the same as Off Licenses. I found German Bakeries with
real Pumpkinseed Bread rolls and Pretzels ;) Aussie’s seem to love to eat
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kerstinriegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04007563080038560914noreply@blogger.com4Hastings, New Zealand-39.6395783 176.8392322-39.688489299999993 176.76026819999998 -39.5906673 176.9181962tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886468935988759374.post-48046731310808936092012-10-27T23:30:00.000+07:002012-10-27T23:56:09.205+07:00Everest Trek - 26 days part 2 <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Wed.
3rd Oct. – Day 12 “On Top Of The World!” - part 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lungden –
Renjo La Pass - Gokyo (4380m – 5360m – 4790m) – 8h</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I finally stepped on the small plateau on
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There was only one Australian guy up there. I dropped my backpack and got my camera out! Can you believe it, this is the first time in my life I saw Everest!!!!<br />
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Stunning! There were at least 10 other snow-capped peaks to the left and right side. I had a look at my watch- 9.58am!!!! Hehe, I made it! I was impressed and a little bit proud :) I was the first one today reaching the pass from this side. The Australian guy explained all the different peaks to me, which we were able to see like: Lhotse, Nuptse, Everest, Taboche, Cholatse, Makalu, Ngozumpa Glacier, Cho Oyu and I’m sure there were more.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I felt like I was gifted to be here and grateful to be able to see that breathtaking view! I had never seen anything more impressive or beautiful! It was worth all the visa trouble, the money I paid for it, living in Nepal during the monsoon, earning a Nepali salary and trekking for the last 12 days ;)</span><br />
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I stayed up on the pass for 2 hours, just to admire these stunning mountains in all its beauty, taking millions of pictures, chatting with other trekkers who came up and so on.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">At noon I decided to make my way down. You could see Gokyo, one lake and the village from the pass, but the clouds started to roll in and I felt like it was better to go down.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I stopped once to built a little stone monument at a perfect spot. View onto Everest and Gokyo :) I thought about my dream and, said it out loud and thought at this beautiful location I hope it will come true!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clouds are rolling in over Gokyo lake</td></tr>
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Finally I reached the end of the ridge and I just had to cross a river by hopping from one stone to the next to reach Gokyo!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I started to check out lodges and finally
the 3<sup>rd</sup> one I took! A very cute lady runs it with her son &
daughter. My room had a view onto the lake and the blanket she provided
reminded me about my Granny’s house – lovely cute little flowers on it! I had a
late lunch – a big portion of cheese macaroni! Mmmhh, I needed it after that
pass!!! There were some other trekkers in the lodge from Canada and Switzerland
and they were pretty chatty. The South African couple had arrived as well;
their tent was just a few meters away at the neighbours lodge! So cool :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I went over to them and we sat outside in
the sun until she disappeared. We exchanged our trekking stories from the last
2 days and had a lovely time. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I went up the Namaste Lodge to check
if the Russian guy Michael had arrived. His girlfriend was really worried and I
got worried as well. It was already 5pm and he wasn’t here yet. Only one hour
left until it would get dark. I stayed a while with her, looking at the ridge,
but we couldn’t see him. Back in my lodge I watched the trail in the sunroom
and there he was coming down! Unbelievable, almost 6pm, but glad he made it! I
had cheese momo for dinner, so tasty! At 8.30pm it was bedtime! I was so
exhausted and glad to lie down :)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Thu.
4th Oct. – Day 13 “The sacred lakes in Gokyo!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">Gokyo – The
sacred lakes – Scoundrel’s viewpoint - Gokyo </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">(4790m –
5020m – 4790m) – 5h</span></span></div>
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:| food
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<span lang="EN-GB">I woke up a few times last night, but it
was so cosy with that blanket, that I didn’t really mind so much! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gokyo Lake in the morning</td></tr>
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I had breakfast at 7am and the South African couple and myself started walking towards the 4<sup>th</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup> lake. We reached the first one pretty quickly after 30min or so and the moon was still visible.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 4th lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impressive glacier</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That glacier is unbelievably wide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4th lake</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Very unusual scenery! On the right side the
big moraine was visible. I had
never seen something like that! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We walked at least for another 1.5-2hours
to reach the 5<sup>th</sup> lake called Ngozumpa Tsho 4980m. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From there it was
just a 5min walk up to the Soundrel’s Viewpoint 5020m! If you believe it or
not, but this was my 2<sup>nd</sup> day seeing Everest! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Not only that, I also saw Nuptse, Lhotse
& Makalu again! I could feel the altitude today and walked slowly. My legs
were fine but it was difficult to breathe! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back in Gokyo I decided to go back to the
Namaste Lodge to have a Yak Burger! Yes, I felt like meat and I needed some :)
The first time on this trek that I had meat! It was tasty, even when the bun
was toast, which wasn’t toasted at all ;) But I got real potato chips and a
salad with it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back at my lodge I did some laundry and had
a stroll through the village after that. I bumped into Michael and his
girlfriend again and it seems like we are taking the same route 2morrow. That’s
nice :) I walked up the nearby hill, where I was able to look down onto the
glacier again. You could see lots of ice this time and the glacier is massive.
Apparently I need to cross it tomorrow!!!!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clouds rolling in over the glacier</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The lodge was very quiet last night as we
were only 6 guests. But that was meant to change this night as a big French
group came in and now the lodge was packed! We got the news that no planes are
flying in and out of Lukla since 5 days! Good for us, so there are less trekker
up here ;) And EBC hopefully is quiet as well! Let’s wait and see :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Fr.
5th Oct. – Day 14 “Stunning view & Crossing the glacier!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I couldn’t sleep last night! I was awake
every hour and at some stage I even opened my window to get some fresh air and
to be able to breathe better. The big French group got up at 4am to hike up to
Gokyo Ri and woke the whole lodge up. Didn’t matter to me really, as I was
awake anyway ;) I started walking up to Gokyo Ri at 7am. It was another steep
climb, but I stopped several times to turn around and to enjoy the stunning
view! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hike up to Gokyo Ri - View onto Everest already ;)</td></tr>
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Soon I was able to see Everest again – the 3<sup>rd</sup> day in a row! Wow! I could get used to that ;) On the way up I met Michael, the Russian guy with his girlfriend again and after 1.5 hours I had reached the top!<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I took so many pictures and some funny one’s as well! First I looked at the banner, which was up there to understand what beautiful mountains we were looking at.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View onto Gokyo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yippie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mt. Everest - Nuptse - Lhotse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So happy!</td></tr>
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We were able to see from left to right: Cho Oyo 8201m, Ghyachung Khang 7922m, Chumbu 6853m, Khangchung 6103m, Changtse 7553m, Everest 8848m, Nuptse 7861m, Lhotse 8516m, Makalu 8463m, Cholatse 6335m, Ama Dablam 6814m, Khangtega 6685m, Thamserku!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I FEEL LIKE I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning, Awesome, Beautiful</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On Top Of The World...!!!</td></tr>
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I stayed up there on the top for 1.5 hours, as it was breathtaking. I felt like I never wanted to leave again!</div>
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It was hard to leave this awesome place. </div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On my way down I met a couple from the
Czech Republic and they are going over the pass tomorrow as well. Maybe I will
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bit scary, but an adventure for sure! Glad we went together, felt much better
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking over the massive glacier</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail on the glacier</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had finally crossed the massive glacier!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Crossing the glacier wasn’t too bad at all
and we actually reached Dragnag already after 1.5 hours. There were four lodges
in total, so I checked 3 of them and decided to stay in the last one! There
were a group of Germans there, which will cross the pass tomorrow with a guide
and porters. A little later a group of Spanish people arrived, who just came down
from the path. Unfortunately their English was very limited and we couldn’t
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Sat.
6th Oct. – Day 15 “Never believe everything ;)!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Dragnag – Cho
La Pass – Dzongla – Tukla – Lobuche </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">(4700m – 5420m
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<span lang="EN-GB">For the first time since days I actually
had a good night sleep! Yes, I couldn’t really believe it myself but it felt
sooooo good! So happy, as it will be a big tough day today. Got up at 4.30am,
breakfast at 5am and left with the German group at 5.30am. Unfortunately the
group was so slow, that I had to walk ahead. But after a short while I reached
the German porters and was able to walk with them :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">First the trail was good, a bit steep, but
not too bad. However it got colder by the hour as we walked up in the shade and
it was freezing! At one stage, I couldn’t feel my fingers or toes anymore! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had to cross the glacier and then climb
up an impressive steep wall! It was scary!!! I almost couldn’t believe that we
would be able to climb up there. It reminded me of real Rock climbing on Tonsai
beach earlier this year. But unfortunately there was no Simon who gave me any
comfort in putting one foot up and then the next one! I also had an 8-10kg
backpack on my back. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We crossed the glacier, which meant hopping
over big rocks, but that was fine. The worst and scariest part was still to
come – the impressive wall up to the pass. I followed the steps of the porters
as well as I could and soon I was climbing with my hands and feet incl. my
backpack and my wooden hiking stick up the scary rocks! I just tried to copy
the porters, placing my feet at the same spot if possible. Halfway through I
felt a bit more comfortable and confident and not so nervous and scared
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<span lang="EN-GB">There were quiet a few people at the top,
which came over the pass from the other side, and the French group was up there
as well. I enjoyed the view onto snow, took some pictures and ate some Haribo
wine gums with the porters, which I had carried all the way from Kathmandu. </span></div>
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there was another scary part to come! There was a really steep wall to go down
to the other side – short but steep! I decided to follow the porters again to
get down safely – which I did! But this altogether was enough adventure for
today I though! On the other side of the pass was snow :) Beautiful and I
really enjoyed stepping into the frozen snow!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well, at some stage there were two
trails, one upper and one lower one. I decided to follow the porter on the
lower on! Big mistake as I discovered after half an hour that I did end up in
Thukla at 4600m!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Oh no, I couldn’t believe my eyes. After
all that walking all day I took the wrong path and I need to climb up 300
altitude meters again??!!</span></div>
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take to walk up to Lobuche and they told me 1.5hours. I almost died! After all
the trekking today I had to climb another 300m. OMG, I hope I can make that! My
back started to hurt, but my feet at least kept on going. Finally at 2.30pm I
reached Lobuche!!! Not a great place really :( </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I did ask for some room prices in different
lodges and they were dear. On top of that were the people really unfriendly –
one guy played cards and was reluctant to even show me a room. In another lodge
the guy was listening to music and wasn’t interested either to show me any
room! Unreal, you could really feel that we were in a touristy hot spot close
to the Everest Base Camp. Made me a bit sad actually. Finally, somebody asked
me on the street if I’m looking for a room and he brought me to a friendly
lodge were I decided to stay! I even had my private toilet! After an hour the
three Israeli brothers arrived, which I had met on the way from Jiri to Lukla.
Later on the Czech couple came as well. We had a lovely chatty evening around
the fireplace :) I had some filling Dal Bhat for dinner! The most expensive one
on the trek – 600 Rp! </span></div>
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and the people upstairs were so noisy all night, that I couldn’t sleep! Happy
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<b>Sun.
7th Oct. – Day 16 “Everest Base Camp – Here I am!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lobuche –
Gorak Shep – EBC – Gorak Shep (4930m – 5180m – 5364m – 5180m)– 2h + 5h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Buddha Lodge toilett
:| food
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got up and left without any breakfast at 6.30am,
as it was apparently only 2 hours to Gorak Shep. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I started trekking and soon I
felt like I was on the Jiri to Lukla Trek as the trail went up & down and
up & down! I felt really tired and I guess I could feel the hard day
yesterday over the pass – I was moving like a snail. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Surprisingly I reached Gorak Shep after 2
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<span lang="EN-GB">I found a nice lodge and ordered finally
some breakfast. I was starving! Then I dropped my heavy stuff in my room and
walked with my light backpack towards the EBC! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It wasn’t a difficult walk, but I still took it
easy, as I felt tired. On the way we had impressive views onto Nuptse, Everest,
Puno Ri and Cho La. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I could see tents in the far distance and that was
already EBC! Wow, impressive! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the colourful tents? That's EBC!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The glacier was stunning, very different to
the one we saw in Gokyo. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I couldn’t believe
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I had reception on my mobile phone for the 1<sup>st</sup> time in a week!
Incredible! Very happy so ;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The weather was still sunny, just the wind
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back at my lodge I ordered some toast and I
had the last bit of cheese with it!
Sooo delicious! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sitting in the gorgeous sun with a view
onto Pumo Ri! Can life be better?! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Later in the afternoon it got a bit chilly
and we went inside the lodge where the oven was put on :) It was soon very cosy
and warm. I ordered dinner and suddenly the door opened and the SA couple came
in! OMG, what a lovely surprise! I was so happy! We had a lovely chat,
exchanged experiences about our trek over the pass and decided to go up to Kala
Patthar together 2morrow morning. Lovely! </span></div>
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one night before I arrived in Gorak Shep one French man had died because of
altitude sickness in one of the neighbour lodges. Shocking, but some people
don’t take the symptoms of altitude sickness seriously and it can actually be
life threatening! </span></div>
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8th Oct. – Day 17 “Reaching Kala Patthar - 5545m! Wow!!!!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Gorak Shep –
Kala Patthar – Thulka - Dingboche (5180m – 5545m – 4620m – 4360m)– 1.5h + 4h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had another restless night with almost no
sleep, but at least I was warm in my room and sleeping bag. During breakfast the
lady owner gave us a small device to measure our Oxygen level – 88% it showed
for me and I was very happy. Apparently anything over 80% up on 5000m is good!
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the morning, but soon we were already able to see Everest! </span></div>
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the Polish guy on the way up, who stayed in my lodge. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The way to Thulka was a bit better, but I
was just looking forward to stop for lunch. I was starving! I reached Tulka at
1.30pm and ate. Met a lovely Russian couple there from Moskau and we had a nice
chat. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From there I walked towards Dingboche. Wow,
I was pleasantly surprised! The trail was so nice to walk on, no rocks or
gravel anymore, just lovely earth and easy to walk on surface. I met some Yaks
on the way and porters, but no trekkers at all! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Dingboche was a pretty big village with 2
nice stupas and a lot of guesthouses. Difficult to know really, which one to
pick! The decision was made in the end by the shower facility! Yes, I had a
proper shower after 8 days! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I felt like I was newly born with my fresh
hair and clean skin :) There were a lot of groups staying in that lodge and some
Germans also. I was sitting next to a very nice chatty man. However it was
shocking how many people in that group lost their appetite and didn’t finish
their dinner! With these high prices and some hardly touched their food! What a
waste :( I decided to have a fresh baked chocolate brownie for dinner :) So
tasty! The food in that lodge was excellent. The tour guide from the German
group could actually speak German fluently. He had studied at the Goethe
Institute in Kathmandu. Very impressive I have to say, his German was pretty
good. 1<sup>st</sup> Nepali I had met who can speak proper German!</span></div>
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<b>Tue.
9th Oct. – Day 18 “What to do – up or down?!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Dingboche –
Tengboche – Khyangjuma (4360m – 3878m – 3550m)– 5h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had a wonderful night sleep :) The 1<sup>st</sup>
on in over a week! It felt so good! And today I’m taking it slowly – half rest
day I decided. I had breakfast with the German group and after they left I had
a stroll through Dingboche. The weather was unusual and a bit awkward. No
sunshine, lots of clouds and a bit hazy! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I bought some more tea and went back to my
guesthouse to pack up my stuff. The plan was to hike up to Chhukung and then
maybe another day to the Island Peak Bace Camp. Then it suddenly started to
snow! The owner of my lodge said it was very unusual, as it never snows in
October. Oh well, here we go! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I decided to visit the local bakery to make
up my mind what to do! The owner of the bakery told me that this weather would
last for the next 2-3 days!!! If that is really true, there is no point in
walking up to Chhukung as I wouldn’t have any view. I ate a croissant and
bought some marble biscuits for the afternoon. Then I stepped outside and it
was still snowing. Couldn’t decide what to do, walked 5min towards Chhukung,
but then turned around as the view got worse and I finally decided to go
down!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was already 11am by the time, but
apparently it’s only 3hours to Tengboche, where I wanted to stay tonight. It
was a lovely walk along the river, the surface was earth and much nicer to walk
on then the glaciers the last few days! I met a lot of tourists, who all came
up, especially a lot of groups. I passed through a few villages on the way
down, Pangboche and Dobuche and after a steep climb I arrived in Tengboche at
1.30pm! That was perfect timing I was thinking to get a room. It had stopped
snowing, however there were many tourists on the street and in front of the
monastery. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I decided to check out some lodges, but
soon realized, that most of them are fully booked! I found two available rooms,
but they were really basic and extremely expensive. I also didn’t like the
owner, as they were really arrogant and the atmosphere in the village. It was
all extremely touristy and lots of people were just here because of the famous
monastery. There was a bakery in Tengboche, so I decided to go there to make up
my mind what to do! In the meanwhile it started to drizzle! The prices were
sky-high, so I decided to just look at my map and where to walk to from here!
The bakery was packed with trekkers, at least 40 people! Tourist season had
definitely started here!!! </span></div>
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and to stop on the way at a lodge somewhere. The rain got heavier and even more
tourists came up! After a while I met the guide from the French group and he
told me they are walking towards a village I had never heard of. I told him I
would stop at the next lodge coming up. As it turned out there were no lodges
for a while and the one we passed was very old and completely empty. Not a good
sign so! I decided to walk with the French group instead; the guide was really
nice and said there would be a room for me in their lodge. Good I thought, at
least a place to sleep at! However it would be at least another 1.5hours until
we would reach the place. Ok, that’s it then, not really a rest day at all!!!
On top of all of that – we had to ascent another 300 meters – it was a steep
climb and I could feel the weight of my backpack! The rain finally stopped and
we reached the lodge by 4pm! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The lady owner had a room for me for a
reasonable price. I was so happy and relieved! What a day!!! Not according to
plan at all! I unpacked my stuff and went up into the dining room. All the
French had put up there wet clothes as the oven was on and the room was packed.
It was nice and cosy! I brought up my clothes as well and set down on one of
the tables. In the beginning the group was a bit reserved and reluctant to talk
to me. The guy sitting next to me was really shy. Anyway, at some point they
decided to start drinking rum and the whole atmosphere kept changing. The guide
came over to me and we chatted for a while. Some of the French already started
singing French songs and it seemed like we’re going to have a party tonight! We
all had dinner and soon everybody danced to Nepali songs!!!! I had no alcohol,
as I still don’t drink any since my Yoga Teacher training in February this year,
but I enjoyed observing the atmosphere. The ice was broken and lots of French
people started to talk to me! It was a lovely evening – very unexpected so!</span></div>
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<b>Wed.
10th Oct. – Day 19 “Spoiling myself in Namche’s bakeries!”</b><br />
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Namche (3550m – 3440m)– 1h – Restday!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Only after one hour of walking I reached
Namche! However I couldn’t believe how many people actually walked up and
passed me. I’m not joking – there were at least 500 people coming up in less
than an hour!!! OMG, I’m so glad that I’m on my way down :) Perfect timing,
just when the major tourist season is starting! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I went back to my lodge, where I stayed on
my way up, but he told me his guesthouse is full! The whole dining room was
empty and I actually didn’t believe him. I think he didn’t like that I haven’t
had lunch there the last time I stayed. Oh well, never mind! I went to look at
two other lodges and found a nice room on the 3<sup>rd</sup> floor for a
reasonable price with a Western toilet and a nice woman running it! I was even
allowed to wash my clothes outside and dry it on the stones in the backyard!
Perfect :) </span></div>
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breakfast – Chocolate Danish! Mmhh, so tasty :) I was even sitting outside in
the sun on the roof terrace. That’s what I call enjoying life! </span></div>
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paper, lip balm and chocolate bars! Came back to my guesthouse and the washing
was almost all dry! Very pleased :) I also spoke to Caroline in Kathmandu and
texted my parents. A little stroll around the village, bought some postcards
and went back to the bakery for some marble cake + cafe latte! What a lovely
relaxing day! </span></div>
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First a group of Scottish people, with their lovely accent! Haven’t heard a
Scottish accent for quite a while! Then a woman sat down next to me who was
from Berlin. We had such a lovely chat; she was so funny and had interesting
stories to tell ;) What an entertaining afternoon really! Back in the
guesthouse I just had dinner and there were only groups there with guides and
porters all going up!</span></div>
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<b>Thu. 11th Oct. – Day 20 “Watching planes at Lukla airport!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was still cold this morning, but blue sky and the sun came out! I left Namche and walked through the National Park. For the 1<sup>st</sup> hours I only met Nepali people, but then the tourist crowds came in! One group after the next – so glad I’m going the other direction ;) After the Nat. Park I passed through Jorsalle and some more cute villages on the way. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was a beautiful walk and as it got warmer I so enjoyed walking in shorts and T-Shirt again! I met a big Spanish group, which walked up and the guide was the guesthouse owner from Cheplung :) He recognized me straight away and we chatted a little bit. He was actually the guy, who recommended Renjo La Pass! So I thanked him and told him I loved this part of the trek. He was very happy to hear that :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I watched a few planes coming in and flying out! OMG, what a short runway! Glad I decided to walk back to Jiri to take the bus ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It had started to rain and it didn’t seem like it would stop anytime soon. I made my way to the post office to send the postcards finally, but it was closed! That’s Nepal! Oh well, then I will carry them all the way back to Kathmandu ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I walked a bit through Lukla, but the locals were not friendly at all. One shop owner even shouted at me when I was asking for stamps. He must have had a bad day! I decided to go into a bakery, ordered café latte and an apple crumble! I met two women from Innsbruck, who just had finished their trek and who are going to fly out 2morrow. We had a lovely conversation and it was a perfect place to spend a rainy afternoon! Back at my guesthouse I had dinner and met a couple from Israel, who had just arrived in Lukla and a Swiss guy who had walked in from Jiri as well.</span></div>
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<b>Fr.
12th Oct. – Day 21 “On my way back to Jiri!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Surkhe – Kari La Pass - Bupsa (2800m – 2290m – 3145m – 2360m)– 6.5h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This morning when I was on my way to have
breakfast I figured out, that they actually had locked the lodge from the
outside! So I was locked in! I had a look if some of the bedrooms downstairs
were empty and unlocked! I found one, opened the window and climbed out onto
the pavement to go over the dining room. What action at 6am!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Oh it was a long one, it seemed like never
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went only uphill until the pass – 800 meters! Oh it was steep, but I trekked
with some mules and their keeper, which kept me nice company. The weather was
sunny, but most of the trail was actually in the shade through the forest. I
reached the pass at noon and met some other French trekkers. </span></div>
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trekkers going up today, so even on the Jiri trek the tourists are increasing
;) I decided to walk down to Bupsa and have lunch there and to stay in the same
lovely lodge as on my way up. The woman did recognize me straight away and I
got one of the lovely rooms upstairs. I was pleased and the 1<sup>st</sup> thing
I did was having a lovely shower in that place! It felt incredible. I really
value small things ;) After washing some clothes I had lunch and just sat down
in the garden in the lovely sunshine and relaxed. Soon three men arrived and
stayed in the same lodge, 2 guys from the US, 1 from the UK. It was good to
have company. They were a funny bunch of guys, very chatty, funny and
entertaining! They shared a beer and we chatted away. All of them were 65 years old and they had 2 porters with
them. All of them seemed pretty fit! I also played a little bit with Sandup,
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13th Oct. – Day 22 “A lodge to remember!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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my way down to the beautiful village of Jubing. These flowers and colours are
just gorgeous looking! Then I had to climb up to Nunthala, which was a long way
to go. Surprisingly I did reach Nunthala at around 11 already and that meant I
have to hike up even further to go over the pass today! I had known, that this
was another 800m ascent, but I pushed on! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">100m before the pass I met another single
trekker, a guy from the US who is actually walking back to Jiri as well! The 1<sup>st</sup>
one I met ;) We chatted a little bit and he actually taught English in South
Korea. Soon we had reached the pass and I stopped to have lunch there as I was starving!
From there it was only a short walk down to Ringmo. I was so happy to be there
until I discovered that the lodges were charging unrealistic prices for their
rooms! It actually pissed me off, as it was my 22<sup>nd</sup> day on my trek
and this was actually a joke. They were trying to charge more than up at
5100m!!! Insane! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So I decided to stop at a farm – really
small but the woman was open to negotiate. Finally! The room was very basic,
but I didn’t care. She even had a hot shower for 50Rp! That was lovely! One
night will do :) It felt like staying with a real Nepali family on a farm. They
had chicken, a dog and her husband just cleaned a lot of Yak meat. I decided to
order Dal Bhat for dinner, as this might be the safest and easiest option! I
was starving but at 7.30pm we finally had dinner. It was an unusual Dal Bhat
so, but the vegetables were really tasty including fresh mushrooms :) Wow, so
cool! I love fresh mushrooms! </span></div>
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believe my eyes when I opened the wooden door towards the toilet! I had never
seen such a toilet in real life, just in movies. There were 3 main wooden
planks and some space left between them and underneath, maybe 1.5 meter lower
were a lot of chipped wood. Oh well, that’s what it is then!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was pretty chilly in the evening so I
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fresh Yak meat and the blood was flowing over the wooden floor boards – that
was real Nepali life I guess ;)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Sun.
14th Oct. – Day 23 “Back at the best lodge ever!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ringmo –
Phurten – Junbesi – Thubten Chholing (Tibetan monastery) - Junbesi (2720m – 2900m – 2680m – 3000m – 2680m)
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shower :) food
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had a good night sleep, even when the
barking dog woke me up at 2am. It took him a while to come down, but then I
fell asleep again. At 7am I started trekking towards Junbesi. I had decided to
take it easy today and have a half rest day. It took me less than 2 hours to
reach Phurteng, with the impressive viewpoint onto the Himalaya’s. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Unfortunately this time there were a lot of
clouds, so not the best view, but the sun was out and I rested there for a
little while. I reached Junbesi already at 10am and went straight into “my” old
guesthouse The Apple Garden Lodge”! The lady owner recognized me straight away
and she told me that I could have a room upstairs. I was very happy, that lodge
was such a nice place to be in! I dropped my stuff and washed some clothes as
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<span lang="EN-GB">At 11am I made my way towards the
well-known Tibetan monastery “Thubten Chholing”. A dog followed me all the way
– he was so cute! It was a nice trail up towards the monastery, crossed bridges
and one massive stupa. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I met three nuns and they invited me
to walk with them. One of them spoke a little English and so we were able to
have a little conversation. They told me that they were 300 nuns and 200 monks
up there in the monastery. Wow, pretty big I thought! We finally reached the
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<span lang="EN-GB">The whole gompa was filled with monks and
nuns dressed in red, some had orange hats on and they were chanting. I sat in
the back of the room and just watched the ceremony, the other tourists sitting
right and left from me. After a few minutes we all had to stand up and walked
towards the front to one monk who put the shawl around our neck and then we walked
around three altars and it was impressive to look at the room filled with all
these monks and nuns! What an unexpected experience! </span></div>
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tourists posing for a picture with some monks. I went down the steps where I
saw a Western woman dressed in red robes as well. I asked her if she stayed
here and she told me, yes for 10 days. Cool, I was thinking to myself – that’s
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particularly beautiful, on that mountain with a gorgeous view down the valley!
I saw the kitchen windows and suddenly recognized one of the five nuns I met
beforehand. She waved at me and another nun appeared in the window, this was
the one I was chatting with on my way up! They made some signs that I should
wait, which I did. A few seconds later they had a yellow pack in their hands
and mimed to throw it to me. They did, I caught it and these were lovely butter
biscuits! Mmhh! They were so genuine and nice! I was smitten! I thanked them a
few times, shouting “Dhanyabaad” and walked down the stairs. I met another nun,
where I offered a biscuit to and she smiled at me and took it. On my way down
to Junbesi I met a bunch of kids, which I shared my biscuits with. They were
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<span lang="EN-GB">The last few minutes into Junbesi it
started to rain. Oh no, all my washing hanging outside! I walked faster and
reached my guesthouse, but all the washing was gone. The guesthouse owner was
so kind to take them in for me :) I was so happy as these were my clothes,
which I’m wearing in the evening. Now I was ready to have a shower :) In the
Dining room I bumped into the American guy, which I had met yesterday. He had
just arrived and stayed here as well. Lovely coincidence. I decided to have
some tea with an apple momo + custard! It was as tasty as two weeks ago and I
enjoyed every single bite! In the eve we were a few more trekkers, a French guy
with Indian parents and a couple from Netherlands/UK! It was a lovely evening
and we exchanged traveller stories and so on! </span></div>
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<b>Mo.
15th Oct. – Day 24 “The longest day ever – 2 in 1!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Junbesi –
Lamjura Pass – Kinja - Bhandar (2680m – 3560m – 1630m–2200m)– 10h</span></div>
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shower :) food
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<span lang="EN-GB">After a good night sleep and some tasty
apple momo I started my trek. I had known that it would be a long day so I left
at 6.30am. I walked towards the pass in the lovely sunshine, past another
monastery and lots of small local houses until I finally reached the forest
before the pass. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I met a few local Nepali guys and when I
had almost reached the pass two tourists came towards me and we had a quick
chat. I was on the top of the pass at 9.15am and was pleased with that. Then I
followed some locals down the trail and bumped into a lot of tourists going up!
I had reached Sete at 11.15am and stopped at the Sunshine Lodge where I had
stayed on my way up. The woman recognized me straight away and we chatted for a
while about my trek. She’s really a lovely lady! Then I made my way down to Kinja.
I met lots of trekkers going up and I recommended the lodge in Sete Hope the
woman got some business out of it! I finally reached Kinja at around 1ish and
had lunch, lovely pasta!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There were quite a few tourists at that
lunch place and we had some lovely trekker chats before I decided to go on to
hopefully reach Bhandar! The trekkers gave me a tip about a lodge in Bhandar. That
felt good, as I might arrive late there. I had my first small bottle of Coke
again – the first time after 3 weeks! So tasty! The Coke was so expensive
further up that I didn’t get one. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">At 2pm I started to trek uphill, quite
steep, but the scenery was so stunning: green and lash, lots of flowers, banana-,
lemon- and orange trees! Beautiful!!! Then it started to drizzle and the sun
was shining as well. It actually felt good to feel some rain drops on my skin!
It was really hot beforehand and the sun was blazing down! I met a few more
independent trekkers and we chatted for a bit. After another hour I finally had
reached Bhandar!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The village was kind of divided in an upper
and lower part and I still had to walk to the upper one! More ascending to do!
Finally I reached the stupa and I looked for the guesthouse the UK guy had
recommended. I found the lodge and it was exactly next to the monastery. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I walked in and saw two little kids in the
kitchen. They called their Dad and he showed me a room. It was pretty spacious
and had a double bed in it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I told him, that I worked in Kathmandu and
we agreed a lovely price. He asked me where I was from today and I told him
from Junbesi! His eyes got bigger and he said I would walk like a Nepali! You
are so strong he told me ;) He was actually a trekking guide! Nice compliment. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In my room there were two posters up on the wall - one from Pokhara on the left and one from Sydney on the right! Well, I'm not sure what that means exactly, but it seems like that could be my two future locations really ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first thing I had – have a guess?! A
shower ;) Oh that felt so good! Then two French arrived, father and son and
stayed in the room next to me. I went downstairs and chatted a little with the
lodge owner. He is such a lovely man and they have 4 kids. One is just 4 month
old! I did hold the baby for a while and entertained it a little while drinking
a hot chocolate. Oh, so tasty! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The owner even arranged a bus ticket for me
for Wednesday and I also called the guesthouse in Kathmandu to reserve a room
for me. Seems like all is getting sorted! All the trekkers had Dal Bhat for
dinner. It was a big portion and tasty! The kids were watching comics on the
computer – Tom & Jerry! So nice, reminded me about my childhood really. The
kids were so cute!</span></div>
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<b>Tue.
16th Oct. – Day 25 “Adventure until the last minute!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Bhandar –
Deurali - Shivalaya - Jiri (2200m – 2705m – 1790m – 1995m) – 6h</span></div>
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shower :) food
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<span lang="EN-GB">The owner told me this morning during
breakfast that he has bought a buffalo this year, 8 years old for 90.000Rp
(US$100). The buffalo gives 10 litres of milk every day. He sells 5l at the
market and keeps the other 5l for his family and guesthouse. He was a trekking
guide for 12 years previously, but now with the small little baby they rented
the guesthouse since July. I
really hope he will be successful; he’s such a kind man! </span></div>
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went uphill to Deurali for one hour and then all downhill for 1000m! I met a
lot of locals on the way and the scenery was so enjoyable, lots of greenery and
cute houses.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Walking through the village the owner from
the guesthouse where I had lunch previously waved at me! He recognized me
immediately! So I decided to have a break there and a Coke! We chatted along
for 20 min about my trek and his business. He was a lovely man! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I trekked the last kilometres to Jiri.
I wasn’t sure if I will find the right way, but well let’s see. In the
beginning it was a steep uphill climb and I met a few trekkers on the way. I
remembered the way so far. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Finally I reached the schoolhouse, where the local
woman was teaching, which I had met on my way up. But then I reached a kind of
junction and there were two big roads. One leading uphill, the other downhill!
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me, that’s the way to Jiri. I had known by then that this wasn’t the way I came
up 3.5 weeks ago, but well ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I met a local woman with buffalos and she
showed me the way downhill to Jiri. It looked like a real local small path, but
well I used it. It didn’t take too long and I met a lot of locals coming up. I
did ask a few of them and they all confirmed to me that’s this is the way to
Jiri. It was actually a much nicer trail then the one we took on the 1<sup>st</sup>
day! More locals came up and this was definitely the Nepali trail and not a
tourist one! But well, it didn’t matter! Finally I saw Jiri :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Oh, so glad I’m almost there :) I was
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Long negotiations about the room price, but then we somehow agreed. It could be
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We left Jiri at 6.30am and I was really the only passenger in the Toyota Corolla ;) So lucky! The drive was a bit scary, but I asked the young Nepali if it would be possible to slow down, so I could reach Kathmandu alive and he did! Thank god! The scenery and valleys we drove through were beautiful and I would have never been able to see all that in a bus ride. So very grateful, that I was able to go back in a private car for a normal bus fare!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the early afternoon we arrived in Kathmandu and the first hick-up was the guesthouse. Mine was fully booked as they owner made a mistake to double-book it. Oh well, I went over to the guesthouse across the road and they had a room for me ;) So I moved all my stuff incl. my box. I spoke to Caroline and we arranged to meet up for dinner. I grabbed my laptop and headed to my favourite bakery in Kathmandu - "Pumpernickel"! Spoiled myself with a cafe latte and brown bread sandwich. I uploaded all the pictures from the trek and I couldn't believe how beautiful they turned out!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The views I had onto these Himalaya's will stay in my mind forever! I'm very grateful, that I was able to go onto this trek, to have this awesome experience! I love Nepal and these stunning mountains :) This trek was fulfilling, inspiring and made me so happy!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In 10 days a new chapter in my life will open up. I will be leaving Nepal and flying into Australia! Yes, my dream will come true to finally visit Down Under! Fingers crossed, hopefully I will be even able to work there :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This blog entry is the longest I have ever written so far and it had to be split in 2 parts as the capacity ran out - too many pictures ;)</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB">When I create my blogs I always live through the experience again. It is awesome!!! I understand if you don't find time to read everything. Scroll through the headings of each day and see what you like. At least have a look at all the stunning pictures! This Everest Region is just awesome!!! I could look at these beautiful mountains forever :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Before I started off on my trek I left a
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to look for a trekking companion as the route from Jiri to Lukla wasn't so well trekked. A few people responded, but the timing
matched only with one - an American guy called Steve, 60 years old. I met him
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Sun.
23rd Sept. – Day 2 “Tough going on the 1<sup>st</sup> trekking day!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Jiri – Shivalaya – Deurali (1995m – 1790m –
2705m) – 9h</span></div>
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shower :) Food
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<span lang="EN-GB">After a lovely, tasty breakfast we started
off. Only after 10 min we met a local woman, who was on her way to Mali so we
walked with her. I had a lovely long chat with her – she was 26, got married
with 17, has two kids 5 and 7years old and she is a teacher at the local
school. I walked about 2hours with her. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The trail was pretty steep at parts and
not very clear at all, but we didn’t get lost. It was nice to have her around
until we reached her school. We waved goodbye and headed to Shivalaya, where we
had lunch at a small cosy cute place, where I ate my first Dal Bhat. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had to
register at the police checkpoint and made our way up to Sangbadanda. From the
lunch spot until our final destination we had to ascent 1000m!!!! Yes, it was
exhausting – especially for the first day. The last hour I could really feel my
backpack and I was so happy when we finally reached Deurali at 4pm! Long day
and especially the last two hours of the hike were on difficult terrain, lots
of gravel and uneven surface.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">We met the Spanish couple again, which had been on the same bus and we had a
lovely, chatty evening. They lived for 12 years in the UK and
quit their jobs and are travelling since nine months. It was funny as they
had trekked Annapurna and Langtang this year as well like myself :)</span></div>
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24th Sept. – Day 3 “Met new likeminded trekkers!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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was a big portion but not tasty. I ate it anyway as I needed some strength. We descended down to Bhandar for an hour, which was a nice walk through
beautiful scenery and landscape. They are growing corn, tomatoes and cabbage here. </span></span></div>
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waterfalls. It was boiling hot and the sun was blazing down! </span></span></div>
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beautiful sunrise this morning and we saw snow-capped mountains for the first
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<span lang="EN-GB">I met a few locals on the way, some porters
who walked to Lukla to pick up some tourists there. They are
running up & down these trails, it’s amazing really! They do two days in
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<span lang="EN-GB">I reached Kinja around 11 and met a German couple from Berlin. We got
chatting and agreed to see each other in Sete to stay there overnight. I had
some tasty potato roesti for lunch and a good rest. The guy from this lodge was
lovely. He was even able to speak some German ;) </span></div>
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up to Chimbu. OMG was that steep. I had to stop several times to catch my
breath and to rest. After 1.5 hours I finally reached a small lodge, met the
German couple again and had a break there to gain some energy for the next
hours to come. Finally - the last climb for today up to Sete! The path was
full of gravel all along and really hard to trek on. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I felt so happy when I saw the four guesthouses up the hill! Sete, I’m coming ;) I checked all
of them, none had a proper shower, but the first one was newly built and looked
really nice. It wasn’t completely finished yet, but the two brothers running it
were working on the last bits and pieces. They just installed the electricity
to have some light in the dining area and offered me a hot bucket, which I
kindly accepted! A bit later Steve arrived and the German couple. We all had a
lovely chatty evening and the German couple Sina & Raffael and I decided to
start walking together tomorrow. So happy about it! Steve said he would take
his time and go later. Fine with me! The rooms were lovely, new wooden built
and I had a good night sleep.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Tue.
25th Sept. – Day 4 “Best lodge ever!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sete – Lamjura Pass - Junbesi (2520m –
3560m – 2680m) – 7 1/2h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Apple Garden Guesthouse warm
shower :) Food
:)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had some curd with apples before we
started off at 6.30am. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was a steep uphill trek to Dagchu, which
was a tiny village with some farmhouses. We saw small cows, baby goats and
took a little rest there. The weather was clear and sunny, so we were able to
see some beautiful snow-capped mountains again. Very beautiful! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We trekked further up through gorgeous
enchanting forests, which reminded me about the Robin Hood movie! There was
even a small pond and a lot of rhododendron. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ascending further to Goyom (3060m) we
saw lots of goats and porters carrying up food and clothes. We had a lovely
view onto the white-tipped peaks of the Rolwaling area like Dragnag Ri 6801m. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Finally at 11am we reached the Lamjura
Pass, which was a pile of stones wrapped with prayer flags and just beforehand
was a beautiful stupa. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This is the highest point on the trek between Jiri –
Namche Bazar! We heard and saw at least 30-40 planes flying in and out of Lukla!
Oh god, it might get crowded very soon on the path! But first we will enjoy our
time towards Namche and then we take it from there. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From the pass it was a long descent to the
bottom of the valley through a fir and rhododendron forest. We passed some
deserted small houses, some Mani walls and coloured mantras carved into a rock
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<span lang="EN-GB">We were looking for a lunch place, but we couldn’t find anything. So we
decided to press on towards Junbesi and have lunch there. I was so tired that I
dropped my hiking stick 3 times! Not a good idea to trek without a lunch break ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Finally we arrived in Junbesi. It was a
cute little village in a valley. We saw the Apple Garden lodge and decided
that will be our place for tonight. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The lodge was gorgeous looking inside, with
real proper wooden floor and the rooms were really spacious! Really beautiful! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My gorgeous room</td></tr>
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I also visited the gompa “Thashi Thongmon”. An older Nepali man just opened it up and I was able to have a look inside. It was beautiful!</div>
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another guy from the UK, who stayed in our guesthouse for a few days, as he got
sick, but he is planning to walk 2morrow as well. Steve arrived later
on and we all had dinner together in our lodge. The lodge owner had dried apple
slices in the kitchen and I tasted some! Mmhh, delicious ;) </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Wed.
26th Sept. – Day 5 “Our 2<sup>nd</sup> pass!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Junbesi – Ringmo – Trakshindu La Pass - Nunthala
(2680m – 2720m – 3071m – 2220m) – 8h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This morning we had a great view onto
Numbur 6959m! After some tasty apple momo’s we started off walking uphill. We
met the porters again from yesterday and walked a while with them. The trail
was looping in and out of side valleys and it was beautiful to walk there. The
scenery was stunning and reminded me about the Alps :) Finally we reached
Phurteng 2900m, where we had our first real glimpse onto peaks like Thamserku
6608m, Kantega 6685m, Kyashar 6770m and Kusum Kangru 6367m. Unfortunately Mera Peak and Everest were hiding behind the clouds.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After a descent through pines over a large
suspension bridge we had a steep climb for about 30min to Ringmo.
It was a small village with a magnificent view onto Numbur 6959m! </span></div>
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We had reached 3071m and we decided to have lunch there. In the meanwhile a lot of mules arrived to cross the pass.</div>
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of mules, which were surprisingly even slower than we!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The descent was a trail of mud and rocks;
it felt like you were walking through a stone quarry. But it wasn’t too
difficult overall and I managed to pass by the mules and finally walked freely
to our final destination for today called Nunthala. The owner of on lodge was
open to negotiate the price, so we stayed there. Just after I had showered it
started to rain. Perfect timing :) There were a few more trekkers coming in,
two guys from Israel and an Austrian & German guy. We had a lovely chatty evening
and I ate Pizza with local mushrooms! They tasted delicious!</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Thu.
27th Sept. – Day 6 “2<sup>nd</sup> cosy lodge!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Nunthala –
Jubing – Khari Khola - Bupsa (2220m–1680m–2010m–2360m) – 6 1/2h</span></div>
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shower :) Food
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise in Nunthala</td></tr>
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with homemade jam - we started off descending down to 1400m! So happy that my
knees were ok, no pain at all so far :) We reached the 109m Suspension bridge
to cross over to the other valley. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">After a short walk we came to a gorgeous village called Jubing. Lots of flowers, banana trees, cute houses and very idyllic!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From there many mules were hiking up to
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<span lang="EN-GB">This was another steep climb with a gorgeous view over the valley. The
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looking for the Sundup Lodge (The pink one!) as the sister of the Apple Garden Lodge in Junbesi
runs this one. She gave me a good deal and the rooms were very cosy, spacious
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The weather was beautiful! </span></div>
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several peaks incl. Mt. Everest, mountains in Pakistan and he’s right now leading
an expedition to Dhaulagiri 7661m. Amazing pictures decorated the wall in the
dining room about him and he’s just 26 years! Dinner was really tasty, I had
some Spaghetti and as dessert a Mars bar, which was fried in some tasty dough!
I was so hungry – I guess I burned so many calories already ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Bupsa – Kari
La Pass – Paiya – Surkhe - Chheplung (2360m-3145m-2730m-2290m-2660m-2840m)– 8h</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The trail continued descending through enchanting forests with lots of oak trees, dzopkyo (mixture of bull/yak) and mules flocking the trail. I followed some herd of mules for almost an hour today and the dzopkyo are massive animals and even a bit scary.</span></div>
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We passed a small village called Paiya with some cute little guesthouses and followed the trail towards Surkhe. We had to walk pretty careful, as there were many loose stones on the edge. It felt like a mules trail as they were just everywhere ;) the mules are carrying rice up to the villages or even as far as Namche.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We had lunch in Surkhe and then I continued by myself to Lukla. I wanted to stop there to buy some tea and some more chocolate bars. It felt like a never-ending walk, which went up, and downhill but mostly uphill. </span></div>
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Finally at 2.30pm I saw a sign saying Chheplung 3min! I was irritated as I thought I had reached Lukla. I had even asked many local people on the way if that is the right trail to Lukla and everybody nodded. Well I should know better, Asian people always say yes, even if they don’t know ;) Oh well, here I was in Chheplung, 45 min past Lukla. I decided to find a lodge for the night, drop my bag and walk into Lukla.<br />
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selling tea and chocolate bars. Perfect! So I stocked up and walked back to
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<span lang="EN-GB">At my lodge I saw the two Israeli guys coming up towards the
village. I waved at them and they came to the lodge and decided to stay here. It was nice to have company again as I had lost the German couple. The
man from the guesthouse was very nice. We had some really tasty dinner -
Spaghetti and real tomatoes with it! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Afterwards we discussed some trekking routes
with the lodge owner and he recommended going over the Renjo La Pass to Gokyo.
He also told us that a plane crashed this morning from Kathmandu to Lukla and
all 19 people died. Apparently an eagle flew into the turbine and the plane
went down and burned out. Scary! Maybe I will walk all the way back to Jiri.
Let’s see ;)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Sat.
29th Sept. – Day 8 “Tourists & bakeries!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Chheplung –
Namche Bazar (2840m – 3440m)–
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<span lang="EN-GB">The lodge in Chheplung last night used Solar Energy only, so we had no light in our rooms. I got up at 5.30am and it was
still dark outside, so I used my headlamp to rearrange and pack up my stuff. After a
tasty apple pancake I made my way towards Namche. I passed by many villages and
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For the 1<sup>st</sup> time I saw much more trekkers than for the last six days ;) Not too many so! After a village called Ghat I passed a lovely stupa, mani walls and prayer wheels.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I met a local woman and we walked together for a while. I asked her about the plane crash and she told me that her brother in law was actually on the plane!!! He was just 41 years old :( She was on her way to Khumjung to take care of her sisters’ kids, while her sister had to fly to Kathmandu. Shocking, if you suddenly meet and talk to a person who is straight away affected by the crash!!!!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I passed Phakding, which was horribly touristy, Toktok, Bengkar, Chumoa and Monjo and reached the checkpoint for the Sagarmatha National Park. A bit further on I passed the last village before Namche called Jorsale. Apparently you should have lunch here, but it was only 10am, so I decided to go on. I passed another Police checkpoint before I crossed a suspension bridge.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">From there you follow the riverbank over gravel & boulders before trekking back into the forest. From here the hard part starts!!! I crossed another suspension bridge, which I shared with a herd of mules and other trekkers. I had to hold onto my hat as the wind was blowing strongly! The climb was a torturous ascent, zigzagging through a pine forest for at least 1.5hours. I almost couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the first sign saying Namche!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So relieved and happy to have reached the police checkpoint! The guys were very nice there and even offered me a chair while waiting ;) They showed me a certificate, which you can get, after you come down again. So funny! But of course it is not for free!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I headed straight for the lodge on the top of the hill, which I got recommended and agreed a price with the owner! The prices are sky-high, but nothing I can do about it. Well, I guess it is the Everest Trek after all!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After a hot shower I checked out Namche for
a bit, checked the prices of chocolate bars and the local bakeries! Pretty
expensive the stuff in the bakeries, but the chocolate bars were cheap ;) I
bumped into the Austrian & German guy and the Israelis as well. Namche
itself is touristy, but not as bad as I expected and not too crowded yet. </span></div>
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Africa again and it was such a cool coincidence that they stayed actually in
the same lodge! The dinner was really tasty and the lodge was pretty packed. We
had trekkers from the US, China and all were organized groups. The small little
girl from the lodge was so cute, she wasn’t shy at all and we had a great time.
The South African couple and myself chatted for a long time and we had a great
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Sun.
30th Sept. – Day 9 “Acclimatisation Day!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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– Everest View Hotel – Khumjung – Namche</span></div>
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had trouble to sleep already. Seems like my body needs to adjust to the height,
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<span lang="EN-GB">At 7am I walked down to the bakery to
buy some cinnamon bread for breakfast! So tasty! It’s so nice to eat something
different. It was so foggy, so I decided to wait a while before going on my
half-day acclimatisation trek. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I started with a steep ascent of the ridge on a zigzagging path towards the airfield of Shyangboche. The grass airstrip was previously built to serve the Everest View Hotel. However no airline currently has planes that can land on this lofty altitude. Only helicopters can! In my eyes it wouldn’t make sense anyway as it is far too high up to fly into and I’m sure lots of people would get altitude sick straight away.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I hiked up further to the next visible lodge, where I asked the owner for directions to the “Everest View Hotel”. He told me it’s only 25min from here following a straight path around the ridge! Cool, I was pleased even if it was still unbelievably foggy and no view whatsoever! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I went onto the terrace, where I met a group of Chinese with a trekking guide. They were very friendly and took a picture of me. </span></div>
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There were two other mountains visible to the right covered in snow, but no idea what their names were.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I headed down to Khumjung 3780m, a small village with a Primary/Secondary school established by Sir Edmund Hillary.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After a stroll through the village I made my way back to Namche passing Shangboche and just before Namche I visited a small cute monastery with a lot of old books. It reminded me about the one in Manang at the Annapurna circuit.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">At noon I was back in my guesthouse and
decided to go for a small shopping stroll to buy some gloves. Then I treated
myself for a cafe latte and a marble cake in the German bakery “Herman
Helmers”. They have a really cosy area to sit at. Then I met up with Elaine
from the UK, the girl who first wanted to go trekking with me, but she decided
to fly into Lukla and to get a guide and a porter. She had just arrived in Namche and dropped me a text! So we met in the Everest
Bakery and had an apple pie :) So tasty! Yummy! We had a good chat and when I
returned to my guesthouse it was almost time to eat. The couple from SA was
there as well, so we had an enjoyable chatty eve and we all ordered Pizza! We
exchanged phone no. so we can meet up in Gokyo again as I decided to walk over
the Renjo La Pass.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Mo.
1st Oct. – Day 10 “West coast of Ireland in Nepal?!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Namche Bazar
– Thamo – Thame (3440m - 3440m – 3820m) – 4h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sunshine Lodge Western
toilet – no shower :| Food
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<span lang="EN-GB">I started off uphill, passing the monastery
and all the mani boulders entering into a pine forest. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I reached Phurte with a
white stupa at the beginning of the village and a stunning view onto the
Himalaya’s with prayer flags surrounding the stupa. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">At the end of the village I
passed a tree nursery and then the trail climbed around a ridge, where I saw a
sign “Laudo Gumpa”! Oh, this is the meditation retreat Daniel & Henrik (the
German and Austrian guy I had met earlier on the trek) are joining for two
weeks. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The trek towards Thame was beautiful. Stunning scenery, a few local houses and just a pleasure to walk on.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Am I not cool?!</td></tr>
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I reached Thamo, a small village of scattered stone houses with the ruins of the old Khumbu Bijuli hydroelectric projects destroyed in 1985 floods. There were a few cute guesthouses there and at the top end of the village was a nun monastery, which I stopped at.<br />
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They were just building a new gompa and the nuns were even painting the ornaments by hand. It will look beautiful when it’s finished. All the nuns living there are from Tibet and none of them could speak English. A pity really!<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The next village was Somde, where I stopped at the Sunshine View Lodge to admire the amazing view onto Kongde Ri and Parchamo, which both have exactly the same height - 6187m.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After another steep climb the trail dives down to the river. Suddenly I saw the famous national bird of Nepal called “danfe”. I had only seen it on pictures or kids drawings so far, but now I finally saw it live! Beautiful bird!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Crossing a bridge I met a Yak herd, the first real Yaks I have seen since in the Khumbu region. They are massive! Unreal ;)</span></div>
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The weather was beautiful until now. Clear blue skies, but it was supposed to change. I already saw the thick clouds coming up from the valley and in a few minutes the whole landscape was covered in fog! I followed the steep trail up to Thame, where I reached a gate. After 10 min or so I saw the village with scattered stone houses. Thame was tiny, with a lot of stonewalls. It reminded me instantly about the West Coast of Ireland. Just the sheep were missing!<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I looked at two lodges, but the
prices were too high or the owners not very friendly. So I kept on looking and
ended up in the Sunshine Lodge, which was run by a cute lady. She was ready to
negotiate and she cooked me lunch :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I decided to go for a short stroll around
the village in the afternoon even as the fog was hanging in there. I met
another woman from Berlin, which was also trekking by herself and we got
chatting for a bit. We had a cup of tea in her lodge and then went for a small
walk. I showed her my lodge and she decided to come over and stay there for the
night. OMG, I’ve seldom met a woman who was talking so much! It was unreal! She
had funny stories to tell about her travels – she was 53 years and a carpenter.
However I was so relieved that she would not trek up towards the pass. Instead
she will return to Namche. The worst thing was, that she decided to drink Rum
and I mean a lot if it. She emptied 2 small bottles, which was at least over
half a litre and that’s at an altitude of 3800m! You actually shouldn’t drink
any alcohol! I was more than happy to go to bed around 8.30pm to get some
peace! My dinner was very tasty – Dal Bhat with refill! Energy for tomorrow ;)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Tue.
2nd Oct. – Day 11 “Where the heck is Lungden?!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thame -
Lungden (3820m – 4380m) – 4h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lungden View Lodge toilett
:| food
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<span lang="EN-GB">I decided to start later today as it was
supposed to be only a 4-5 hour walk up to Lungden. So I got up at 6.30, had
breakfast at 7 and then started off on my trek. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Only a short walk brought me to
Thame Ting, a small little village where a landslide went down previously and I
had to walk a little bit of a detour to get back on the main trail. </span></div>
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family with 3 Yaks and I walked with them for quiet a bit. I had a chat with
the man and his little son was riding all the way on the Yak! Pretty cool I
have to say – the kid wasn’t older than 2 years. The scenery had completely
changed into a kind of volcano lunar landscape.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It reminded me actually of the Mustang
area in the Annapurna region. It was lovely to walk between the Yaks with the
locals. After 2.5 hours I had reached Marulung, where I met a group of people
who just came down from the pass.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">They told me the views are gorgeous and the
trail is in good condition. So no snow and save to cross! That sounded good and
it was a relief. </span></div>
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continued climbing up a field of stones where no clear path was visible. Finally
I saw a big stone with an arrow pointing down to the left saying Lungden. So I
decided to leave the vague trail and to go down to the other one to follow the
signpost. After walking for more than an hour I was really wondering if that
was the right path. I did pass mani boulders and it was a clear trail, but I
couldn’t see any village whatsoever! So I stopped, had a look onto my map and
at least I was on the right side of the river ;) I turned around and tried to figure
out if I had missed anything. In the far distance I could possible see a roof
of a big house or lodge where the sun was reflected. I was wondering if that
was the place I was looking for. Then I saw an upper trail and decided to turn
around. I was even thinking if I couldn’t find the village I could always walk
back to Marulung where I came from. Walking back on a narrow trail around
ridges I was seriously wondering if that is the correct way. But suddenly in a
distance I saw a proper house!!! OMG, hopefully that’s the place! I kept on walking uphill and finally saw a little, tiny village with maybe
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asked me if I need a room I agreed and ordered lunch. I was so relieved, that I
had found Lungden after all!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There were two Americans staying
there, which had arrived the day before and I was curious who else would
arrive. I ate Spaghetti and set down in the sun next to the owner. The lady was
lovely and we chatted for a while. Around 2pm finally another trekker arrived,
a Russian guy. A bit later an Israeli couple came as well, but they decided to
stay in another lodge. The two Americans had a guide and a porter and I can
actually walk with them over the pass tomorrow :) Very happy and relieved as I
don’t want to loose my way!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I’m excited to be in Gokyo 2morrow!
Apparently the lakes are stunning and the views from the pass as well. Let’s
see!!!! I had a lovely chatty evening with the Russian man called Michael. He
actually lives in Munich and could speak German!</span></div>
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clicked straight away. He is 57years old and carries his own backpack!</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Wed.
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lungden –
Renjo La Pass - Gokyo (4380m – 5360m – 4790m) – 8h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got up at 5am, packed my stuff and had
breakfast. The food was really the worst I had eaten on any trek so far :( Oh
well, anyway I waited for the America couple, guide and porter to start the
trek and we finally left at 6.15am! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the lodge before we started</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The trek started off really steep and I had
serious problems to breathe properly. I also think the guide was walking a way
too quick as the couple couldn’t keep up and they were not even carrying any
luggage. So I found my own speed, the Russian guy as well and soon I overtook
them. I followed the path and finally reached a plateau and the scenery was
very unique!</span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">A pretty stunning lunar landscape and the sand on the ground was frozen! I had never seen something like that before.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The trail went </span>pretty flat for a while, which was nice to catch your breath. Then the pass went around a ridge and soon I saw the first lake from a distance. It looked very nice and the mountains mirrored in it.</div>
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From far away I thought I saw some more trekkers further up the hill but I wasn’t sure. I passed the lake and the trail went steep once again, very steep actually! After half an hour I caught up with the other trekkers. It was a guide and an older American woman. I passed them and the trail went on and soon I reached the 2<sup>nd</sup> lake. <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
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There I met the American husband and the porter. We had a lovely chat and I hiked up the step path. They actually started at 4am in the morning! OMG, seems like I’m not so slow as I thought I am!<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I saw a lot of high peaks surrounding us, but couldn’t figure out where the pass was! The guide from the American couple told me it would be at least another hour. OMG, if it will continue as steep as that, I might never reach the pass!!!! It was the hardest part of any trek so far indeed! The trail went over lots of gravel, big massive loose stones and you really had to concentrate where to put your next step. This trail was challenging by any means! </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Finally we reached some stone steps, which were a bit easier to walk on but pretty steep nevertheless. The path went zigzag and for the first time I was able to see the pass from a distance!!! OMG, that was still a good bit to go! It was nice to see a goal but it seemed to take ages until I got any closer. Finally I saw some people coming down. The 1</span><sup style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">st</sup><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> one’s today! They told me it’s a stunning view and I need to be quick before the clouds come in! OMG, how should I become even faster?! I was already at my limit! I had difficulties to breathe as the steps were so steep and the altitude didn’t help either. I looked at my watch- 9.30am. So I told myself to be at the pass at 10am! Well, I still felt like walking like a snail. Finally I had only 20 steps or so </span>to go<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> to reach the prayer flags. I got excited how the view might look like.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I finally stepped on the small plateau on
the pass and OMG!!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes! That view was breathtaking,
awesome, gorgeous, impressive and almost too good to be true! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Please have a look on part 2 of my blog - this one ran out of capacity ;) Too many pictures!!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">One month ago I actually finished
teaching my 2 classes at the ALC here in Kathmandu. It was a really fun time
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an eagle flying above Pokhara Lake. How stunning it would have even been if you
could have seen the full Annapurna Range. I cannot even imagine how impressive
that must be ;) Maybe another time! We flew around 30min and the guy I flew
with was from Rumania. He definitely had experience and I felt really safe. We
did an amazing landing on our feet, no falling around or any other incidences.
Stunning, I loved it!</span></div>
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Well and the real reason why I came down to
Pokhara was that I actually registered myself for a 10 days Vipassana course in
Begnas Thal, 18km outside of Pokhara. I have done some meditation in Plum
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Marketing, the Diploma in FM in Ireland, the IBM Sales School, the CELTA
Certificate – this wasn’t a challenge compare to what I went through these 10
days, well actually almost 12 days! If you were wondering if I wanted to leave
– YES, I was asking this myself a few times. People, who know me know, that I
am a fighter! Usually I never give up. But these 10 days showed me my personal
boundaries. I’m not made or the purpose in my life is not to live like a nun or
be kept like a prisoner. I need the possibility to walk, go, run and move –
just being free! Exercise wherever or how often or whenever I want!</span></div>
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day and the second day in the morning it cleared up and you should have seen
that Panorama! This was even better than on any postcard! I have done 3 Treks
now in Nepal, but this was the best view I had onto the Himalaya’s by far!
Beautiful, gorgeous, breathtaking, inspiring, lovely, fantastic! We had a break
between breakfast & the 2<sup>nd</sup> meditation, so I sat on a bench and
glowing in amazement at these mountains! These pictures will stay in my head
forever. Unfortunately I cannot share it with you, as we weren’t allowed to
keep our cameras.</span></div>
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check-in and we were allowed to talk to the other students for a bit. This was
nice, as we got to know each other at least a little bit until the noble
silence was starting. I chatted to a lovely girl from Holland and another woman
from France. We were a really multi-cultural group, which felt nice. Men and
women were strictly separated for 10 days. We were 30 people in total, 13 women
and 17 men. The men were half Nepali and half Western. The woman were 80%
Western and only 20% Nepali!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I shared a room with a French girl called
Amandine. We got Dal Baht for lunch (typical Nepalese food for lunch and dinner),
which consists of rice, lentil with some sauce and vegetables and a tiny dinner
this evening. Then the first meditation started and bedtime was at 9.15pm –
lights off at 9.30pm.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Day
1 – Starting with the actual course at 4am</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yes, we had to get up at 4am and the first
Group Meditation sitting was at 4.30am for 2 hours. Then we got breakfast at
6.30 and had time to rest until 8am.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Another 3 hours of meditation until 11am,
when it was time for lunch!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Some more time to rest until 1pm and then
4h of meditation until 5pm. This was the hardest time for me indeed. I missed
my Café Latte to stay awake for sure!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Dinner at 5pm and they officially called it
tea break, which was maybe a better description! We got a tiny little bowl of
dry rice crisps (no milk or anything to add) and 3 tiny slices of Mango! This
was all :( I was starving every single evening, as I was just not used to eat
almost nothing. I usually have my main meal in the eve! At 6pm another
meditation for one hour and then we were allowed to listen to some DVD Dharma
talks for one hour! That was almost my highlight of the day!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">You cannot imagine how often I was asking
myself that day if I should maybe just leave. I had problems to sit for so long
in one position. I felt uncomfortable to not move, exercise or walk for a
longer distance.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our meditation hall</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Day
2 – Dutch girl left</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The timetable was the same for every single
day. However today around noon, the place next to me in our dining area was
empty. The Dutch girl, whom I was chatting to just 2 days ago, had left. I felt
awkward as she was even sitting directly in front of me in the meditation hall.
This made it even more difficult to stay. But today I felt a bit better and
thought I will give it a go until day 3!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The meditation technique of Vipassana
actually starts only on day 4. The first 3 days are just used to focus on your
breath! Yes, you read correctly! You do nothing else all day than focusing and
concentrating on your breath. It changes a little bit day by day, but not
significantly really!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Day
3 – Serious struggle<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Everything felt just uncomfortable today
really. Too much sitting, I felt like I was locked up behind bars! Yes, it did
feel like you were in prison. I think the only thing, which kept me there was
curiosity. They told us Vipassana would start on Day 4, so I thought I would
give it a try! My roommate struggled as well. She even talked to the teacher
about leaving. I thought, if she is going I’m going with her. Thank god she
stayed!</span></div>
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4 – Another person left<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This day was a bit more exciting I have to
say as we finally started to practise Vipassana. You need to observe all your
sensation throughout your body by not judging them. It sounds easy, but it
isn’t I can tell you ;) You should think or judge that they are good or bad.
Imagine you have serious pain in your legs as you were sitting in a meditation
position for hours and you are not allowed to judge the pain that it is bad or
feels bad?! Difficult thing I can tell you.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This afternoon another person left, the
French girl I was chatting to on the first day and I liked her. Pity really,
and it always affects you, when people are leaving.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Day
5 – Yoga & Misery<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Memories were starting to come up and ideas
about the future! I actually went through lots of happy memories, not really
bad one’s. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Another beautiful view onto Macchapuchhre
(Fishtail in English)! My favourite mountain so far in Nepal :) When I was
looking at Fishtail a thought came into my head! Imagine having a Yoga Studio
with a view like that onto Fishtail. Even a name popped into my head! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishtail - so beautiful!!!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">However the whole day the Vipassana
Meditation was about misery and I don’t like to be miserable. I’m a very
positive and happy person in general and thinking and listening to these CD’s
where they were always talking about misery was a bit annoying really. That’s
why I was actually close to leave even on the 5<sup>th</sup> day! But then I
thought it is almost half time and I decided to stay on more day ;)</span></div>
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6 – First serious meditation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Nothing major happened on Day 6 except that
I had my first serious meditation, where I was able to concentrate for a full
hour not moving any parts of my body. I was impressed an a bit proud of myself
that I was finally able to do it. Maybe this gave me the strength not wanting
to leave!</span></div>
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7 – Homesick “Irish flashbacks”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Wow, what a day really! Can you believe it,
but I actually felt homesick!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I meditated from 4.30am until 9pm this
day I had millions of flashbacks about my life back in Ireland. This day was
somehow devoted to Ireland and it just didn’t seem to stop. I was simply and
clearly homesick that particular day! Missing the beautiful West Coast,
Donegal, Westport, Achill Island, beautiful white sandy rocky beaches,
Clontarf, Howth, the tasty food in the Sand Bar, Cottages, the blowing wind,
wearing woollen hats, my apartment, friends, colleagues, neighbours, favourite
coffee places, a run in Phoenix Park, a swim in Portmarnock, my favourite Irish
ring, which I had to give up going into this course.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">If you think this stopped on the eights
day, no it didn’t. Only slowly in the afternoon of the 8<sup>th</sup> day it
started to get weaker…what an experience really! Not sure what to make out of
this, but seems like Ireland has made quite an impression on me!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Day
8 – Another 2 men left<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Nothing major happened on that day except
that after lunch 2 more men were gone and our two so called servers as well! I
couldn’t believe it really! Why would you leave 2 days before the course is
over when you already made it to Day8?!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the course had finished I heard, that
these guys were actually caught smoking and speaking, so it seems like they
were asked to leave!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Day
9 – Thoughts about the future<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It seems like that day was devoted to think
about the future. Things I wanted to do or accomplish or experience.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first thing, which came up, was I really
wanted to volunteer for Room to Read to teach the staff there. I already
prepared my lessons in my head, which I was supposed to teach for Room to Read.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I was having the craving to do more
Yoga – so maybe 2 more months in India somewhere.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Before that I still would like to trek the
Everest Base Camp as I’m still here in Nepal, but I need to wait until the
monsoon is over! Only one more month to go :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Finally surprise surprise, my deepest
desire for years and years came up – to finally travel to Australia & New
Zealand! So I was thinking about finally celebrating New Years Eve in Sydney
with a view onto the Harbour Bridge to celebrate into 2013!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I could travel onwards to New Zealand.
Maybe some fruit picking in-between ;)</span></div>
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10 – First words spoken again<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Noble Silence was over at 10am! We were
finally able to talk after 10 days. But you know what, it actually felt so
difficult. I guess it took a while to find your own voice again. As female and
male were strictly separated throughout the entire course, today was the first
day they opened one specific small area to meet up altogether and to talk to
each other. As we didn’t know much about each other it was a bit of an awkward
situation at first, and some people were more hesitant to share their
experiences or thoughts than others.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had a bar of Milka chocolate in my
backpack, even if we were not allowed to bring any food. But just in case I
thought for emergency situations ;) I didn’t touch it until the 10<sup>th</sup>
day, when the noble silence was over I opened the bar of chocolate and ate it
with Fiona and Amandine! We all enjoyed every bit so much!!!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Day
11 - Day to leave ;) <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">I’m
a free again!!!</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This is the website if you want to find out
more about Vipassana Meditation:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.dhamma.org/">http://www.dhamma.org/</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">They are having Vipassana centres all over
the world.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When in our life’s are we really given the
opportunity to stay with ourselves for 10 days? I certainly never before had
been with just myself for 10 days, not being able to talk to anyone, no reading
or writing and just meditating.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Now even after finishing the course I
didn’t have an urgent need to talk to people somehow for the first 2 days. It
felt completely ok to stay just within myself. Very interesting observation I
think!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It is a good experience, but if you think
that it is a walk in the park, think again! It isn’t really, at least not if
you take it seriously!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Back
in Kathmandu<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After another week of relaxation in Pokhara
and reflection on my Vipassana experience I decided to come back to Kathmandu.
I love Pokhara, but it was just not the right time to stay there any longer.
Even if I loved my AM/PM coffee place and the locals there, it was time to move
on. Lovely people and greatly missed here in KTM. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you about my Leeches attack!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Leeches
bites</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">One morning in Pokhara I decided to walk up
towards the World Peace Pagoda. As I didn’t want to take a boat again over the
lake I decided to walk the other way from Damside. A local Nepalese showed me
the way a day beforehand where I could start. So I did and I walk a small
little trail in the middle of the forest. After around 30 min unfortunately the
trail was not a trail anymore and you really didn’t know where the right way
was to walk towards the Peace Pagoda. I always found some smaller paths and
thought it would be fine. There was always the like kind of visible through the
trees to my right, so I wasn’t lost. After an hour I had to admit to myself,
that there was no trail anymore at all and I was in the middle of the forest,
with only monkeys on top of tree. I decided I need to get out of there and I
saw a boat with a local at the lake. I tried to make my way towards the shore.
I finally was there and I waved at the local over on the left side. But then
another boat came to my right, with two tourists in it. They were so kind to
pick me up! I got onto the boat and shortly I realized that there was something
inside my sandals….Oh no! Then it hit me! There might be leeches! I forgot all
about them. Well I removed my left sandal and you should have seen my foot! I
tried to get them off, at least 10 of them and threw them into the lake. Then I
removed my right sandal –OMG, so many leeches! It was disgusting, but nothing I
could do about it, I just kept on removing them as well as I could. The right
foot was much worse, at least 20 of them!!! Anyway, the Italian people on the
boat and the boatman were very nice and brought me to the small restaurant
where the trek to the World Peace Pagoda usually starts. I set down there and
got some salt to put it on my wounds. Apparently it will help to stop the
bleeding. If you remove leeches, the wounds are bleeding for a while and yes
they did!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Almost 2 weeks later you can still see the
red dots on my feet and I finally decided to get some cream from the pharmacy
here in Kathmandu! It seems like they get better slowly but surely! What a
stupid adventure that was in the end ;) But anyway, sometimes we have to learn
some lessons and that was one for me. So I decided to only go trekking after
the monsoon has stopped, as I don’t want to have more leeches on my body
anytime soon!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">1:1 English
student<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After being back in KTM for 2 days, the
American Language Center rang me and offered me to teach a 1:1 student for 4-5
weeks. I had exactly 4 hours to decide what to do and I decided to go for it!
It is only Mo/Wed/Fr for 2 hours, but I like the new challenge and experience.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I actually started today, and it is a woman
from Tajikistan. She can hardly speak any English, but we had a good start. I’m
looking forward to help her to get more confident and fluent :)</span></div>
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will the future bring?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well, in 4-5 weeks time I’ll finish teaching my private student. It will be almost End of September and the right
time to finally trek the Everest Base Camp!!! </span></div>
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you have any tips for Australia and New Zealand, how to travel on a budget, cheap
accommodation, where to go to and if it is possible to find some work even
without a work visa it would be greatly appreciated!</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> As I’m already 39 years old, it’s not possible to apply for a
Working Holiday Visa – this is only valid until 31 :( Pity really, but let’s
see if anything else might come up!</span></div>
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Leaving Pokhara and my favourite AM/PM coffee place was really tough! They have the best cafe latte, banana lassies and apple muffins for reasonable prices :)<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">After leaving Pokhara I arrived in Kathmandu
and went straight to Boudha, with the Danish girl I met on the bus. We shared a
cab and therefore it wasn’t expensive. But it was a challenge to find an
affordable room in Boudha. Lot’s of monasteries were booked out or had no
single rooms at all. All the twin rooms we were offered were really expensive!
So we ended up sharing a room for one night. </span></div>
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So impressive, nice and peaceful to walk around it (doing the chorus), turning
the prayer wheels and chanting at the same time.</span></div>
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around the Stupa, had breakfast and then took a taxi back to Paknajol, Thamel
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<span lang="EN-GB">I found a lovely room in a nice small
guesthouse called “Nirwana Peace Guesthouse” for an affordable prize :) It felt
so good to have a kind of homely place to stay again. There is a lovely garden
in the front in a quiet one-way street and a roof terrace on top. My room has a
small balcony, where I can even dry my clothes :) perfect!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I met Bikram for dinner and we had a really
good time laughing so much :) The next day I organized my bus tickets and TIM
Card for my next hike! Yes I already posted about that ;) </span></div>
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Lovely afternoon I have to say and Patan is like a suburb. It was good to see
another part of Kathmandu and Durbar Square is beautiful as well. </span><br />
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Australian woman called Susi. They just initiated a NGO here in Nepal to help victims
especially girls or women who were affected by trafficking. She gave me a
contact in KTM and I texted him and I will meet him when I am back from my
Trek. Let’s see, there might be more opportunities I could discover. Ron was
talking about a German company called GIZ, who is pretty big. I just need to
network when I am back and let’s see what might come up. You never know :)
Maybe I can say and get some work here ;)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I came back to Kathmandu on Friday, 8<sup>th</sup>
from my Langtang Trek and settled back into my cosy guesthouse. Went to see a
movie in the evening with Bikram and his friends. First cinema I have seen in
Nepal. Reminded me about Danang and the Big C. It is also located in a shopping
center here on the top floor.</span></div>
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Kathmandu at Druk Amitabha Mountain with Bikram on his motorbike! It was a lovely trip, the monastery was
stunning – really big and the huge meditation hall was just breathtaking! Very
special feeling to spend time there :)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View onto Kathmandu Valley from the monastery!</td></tr>
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World Peace Organization<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">One evening when I visited Susan in Boudha,
we met a really nice man who is running a World Peace program in Nepal. We got
chatting and I asked if it was possible to meet his team. So I did a few days
afterwards – 20 young teenagers who were all eager to deliver that program to
local school in Boudha.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We met that afternoon to practise the
program and it was fun, also really basic ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The following week I was able to join them
to go with them to a local school and deliver the program. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">That was a lovely
experience; also the way it was delivered was very poor! I almost felt sorry
for them I have to say. They would need proper training, how to do it really
effectively, but there is no money available and it seems like also nobody is
aware of it or doesn’t bother.</span></div>
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and dancing with them! Very precious experience :)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">23.6.
– First time teaching English in Nepal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">If you believe it or not, but I’ll start
teaching tomorrow in the American Language Center in Thapathali! Yes, short notice,
completely unexpected – but that’s how it is! Not much money at all, but it
will pay for the guesthouse and a café latte :)</span></div>
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– Impressions of teaching in Nepal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was my 3<sup>rd</sup> teaching day today
and the students are really nice. A lot of things remind me about Vietnam.
However some things are very different. The students are not used to pair work
or any kind of brainstorming, but they are getting used to it ;) I even have
two monks in my class!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The school I started teaching at has almost
no resources. Not even a CD player! Can you imagine? I do all the listening
exercised on tapes. So, if I want to play any songs, I need to bring my laptop.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Due to regular power cuts, at least twice
per day, the school usually doesn’t do any printing or copying during that
period, as the generator doesn’t have a big capacity. Thank god the tape
recorder runs with batteries ;)</span></div>
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life in Kathmandu<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I did observe a lot of things during the
last weeks living in Kathmandu. There are many people begging on the street, not
just in the touristy area, also on my way to work, where I never see any
foreigners really. Some people are disabled and some are homeless. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Most of the Nepalese people are really
poor, but still they all seem so relaxed. If you are outside of Thamel (the
tourist area), then all is good. Nobody bothers you! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I try to adapt to the locals and use the so-called
“micro vans” to get to work or I walk. It is a really special feeling to sit really
cramped in a micro van (minibus) where there is usually space for 10 people,
but we are in general at least 25-30! You sit on top of each other and body
contact is just normal and unavoidable! It is humid and hot, as the monsoon has
started. Some people are even spitting out of the open bus window!!! That’s
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<span lang="EN-GB">Everybody was eagerly waiting for the rainy
season to start, as the power cuts would go down. I have to say; yes the power
cuts got less. But imagine people have to live here with daily power cuts – in
the dry season from around 8-12hours per day and in the rainy season for maybe
6hours per day!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I thought Vietnam has a lot of power cuts –
well that was only twice per week for 12h!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Compare to Nepal that is nothing ;) But I
got used to it and you just work around it somehow!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">If you thought the roads during rainy
season in Vietnam are bad – well you might be proven wrong! The roads here in
Kathmandu are just treacherous. Really massive deep holes everywhere on major
roads, and now as the monsoon has started it gets even worse. If you walk on
these roads, which are extremely muddy, no asphalt there whatsoever you have to
have a shower afterwards and wash your entire clothes! You also need to be
really careful, that you don’t slip and fall into that mud ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It might sound crazy to some of you, but
somehow I like this madness!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Petrol
shortage<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On my way to work I recognized a lot of
vehicles queuing beside the main road, but no drivers in there. Lot’s of
busses, taxis and also private cars! First I didn’t realized what was going on,
but then around the corner I saw a petrol station! Yes, if you believe it or
not but Nepalese have to queue for petrol! There is a petrol shortage most of
the time and sometimes petrol stations even have to shut down completely for a
few days!</span></div>
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cleared for government officials<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Two days ago I wanted to catch the micro
van from Ratnapark and was already wondering, why so many people were walking
on the pedestrian walk. Very unusual for Nepal, as all Nepalese take busses or
motorbikes to go from A to B. Approaching Ratnapark I saw lots of police men in
the middle of the road, on the sidewalks, they were everywhere! At the official
bus stops, they didn’t allow any minivan to stop. They all had to pass by and
thousands of people were stranded there including myself! I decided to walk
towards my guesthouse and they had even blocked the road completely further on.
Police officers everywhere and finally, after a while, there were an escort of
police cars passing by and 2 big Mercedes Benz in-between. I am sure they were
some government officials! But imagine – blogging entire roads off, letting
people not getting onto busses at all for almost an hour! Unreal! That’s a very
different experience so!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Susan
had to leave<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had spent lovely times in Boudha,
attending lectures with Buddhist monks and having coffees & cake in
Flavor’s the last weeks.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Susan just came back from Vipassana (10
days meditation course) and we met up in Thamel as she was going home soon. The
people from the course were all really nice! What a cool bunch of people. I met
a nice German woman teaching English in Mallorca and a lovely Irish girl called
Caroline. She gave me quite a few details about the student visa, which I could
get and I wrote everything down.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The next day it was Susan’s last night in
Nepal, so I went to Boudha after work to see her! We had some lovely dinner
together and we did a few more rounds around the beautiful stupa! It was so
hard to say goodbye to her! We had met while trekking the Annapurna Circuit and
since then spend some time together exploring Nepal and having a fabulous time!
She’s flying back to Australia after 5 years of living abroad and travelling
since 19 months! I’m sure I will see her again! She became such a good friend
:)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Student
Visa in Nepal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">My first experience with a Nepalese
Language school, which can help people to get Student Visa’s in Nepal, was
interesting shall we say! Officially run as an International Language school, unofficially
the place in Kathmandu to get a legally valid student visa!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The building was really old; almost falling
apart and there was a strange atmosphere in there. It took me a while until I
found the correct room. The two women sitting there were not friendly at all
and didn’t like what they were doing. I asked to get some information about the
Nepali classes and the Student Visa. “Student Visa – yes – 300Rp Application
form!” What???? Could I please get some information about the classes? How many
times per week, what time etc.? “We don’t know yet!” Ok, and how much is the
Tuition fee? 400US$ for 6 months, but you are late for enrolling so an extra
100US$! You need to go to Nabil bank and pay the tuition fee there! Wow!!! So
much money and on top of that the actual Visa fee, which is another 360US$ for
6 months! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There was another woman behind me, waiting
to get some information as well. So we got chatting and decided to go for a
drink afterwards. She is French and lived in the Netherlands for 10 years
before she came to Nepal. We chatted about the Student Visa, the strange
institution we had just left and I invited her to the InterNations meeting for
the next evening!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back in my guesthouse, I read through the checklist,
which needs to be completed and my stomach almost turned upside down! It
reminded me about the Vietnamese processes to get a work permit. On top of that
the costs are outrageous really and you even need to pay for the application form!
That’s more than a rip-off!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">But “what to do” as the Nepalese would say,
if you have fallen in love with a country?!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">“InterNations”
meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I recently became a member of InterNations,
thanks to Denis who actually invited me! It’s is a great idea to meet other
expats in the city you have chosen to live!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Most of the people were all expats who were
send to Nepal from their home countries – basically they are all spoiled, earn
heaps of money and don’t really have an interest in Nepal. Most of them have
never even been trekking!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I told them that I’m here since 2.5
months and was trekking for 30 days they almost collapsed. And you carried your
own backpack??? OMG!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">But I met one lovely woman from Australia
who was fun. We might go for a run on Saturday with a group called HHHH.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Raissa, the girl I met the day before at
the Nepali school called me: “ The trekking girl with 3 dresses in town!” They
were all amazed that I just stayed here with my backpack and even started
teaching. Well, what do they expect?!!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">My
visit at the German embassy</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The embassy opens at 9am, so I just arrived
on time and I almost didn’t believe my eyes!! There were so many people waiting
in front of it – and all Nepalese. I was no. 36 and I was the only German
person! Thank god they did let me through as no. 5 or so, I guess, as I was a
German citizen. It took me in total 1.5hours to get a no objection letter to
study in Nepal, but only because I convinced the woman who was helping me to
actually issue it on the same day. Usually you need to come back another day!
But I had to work every afternoon and the embassy was actually a one-hour walk
away from my guesthouse! So glad she was so kind and helped me out!</span></div>
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a bank account in Nepal:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the embassy visit I went straight to
Nabil bank to open a Nepalese Bank account! This is another requirement to
obtain a student visa!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well, this is what you actually need:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">- 1x Passport photo – yes, not sure for
what really ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">- Write your Grandfather’s name on the
application form. I asked which one, mother’s or father’s side. Strange looks
and the answer was: “Of course your father’s side!” Wow, I was almost offended
because I loved them both!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">- Draw a map from the bank to your
residential address! I was confused and clarified what I need to do. The staff
told me: “Draw a map from where you live to the bank!” I couldn’t believe my
ears really. Well, but that’s what needs to be done. The lady at the bank was
so nice to help me to draw it! OMG! What an experience ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">- But I managed after one hour, to walk out
of the bank with an open bank account in my name :)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">My first wedding in Nepal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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I actually got invited through the trekking guide Ganish from the Danish girls I was trekking with in Langtang. A relative from the trekking company got married and we all got invited. I was curious if it would be similar to a Vietnamese wedding, and it was indeed. The dinner was in a big hall with finger food and buffet incl. the local Nepali Dish Dhal Bhat! For dessert we had really tasty Vanilla Ice-cream and cones ;)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Shocking
Saturday in Lazimpat<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Saturday is like Sunday in the West! All
schools, offices and most of the shops are closed. It’s usually a very quiet
and peaceful day. However, this Saturday was completely different! I was on my
way to view an apartment in Lazimpart, another part of Kathmandu. I discovered
that morning that the government had decided to widen the roads! They had
informed the resident people and there were also protests going on earlier in
the month, but the decision was made: Streets will be widened, but you cannot
imagine how!!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The main road was blocked and lots of
Nepalese police around. People had to knock down their houses, staircases,
shops, restaurant entrances and hotel driveways! The whole street was a mess! Destroyed
& demolished bricks lying around everywhere, in-between cut down branches
from trees. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It looked like a war zone!</b>
Imagine the government tells you, you have to remove your staircase leading to
your front door because they decided to widen the street! Unbelievable!!! It
was shocking to see what I have seen that day! I didn’t take pictures, as I
thought it wasn’t appropriate! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">At
the Post office</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">If you think bureaucracy is mad in Vietnam,
come to Nepal ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had decided to get all my remaining
clothes shipped from Vietnam to Nepal. So lovely Trang back in Vietnam helped
me to get 2 boxes shipped by normal post. I thought it will take at least up to
4 weeks, but to my surprise it took only one week!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So I had to go to the main post office at
Ratnapark, Room No.29! Oh well, first of all there is only one entrance for the
entire huge area, where the post office is located and that means you need to
walk around the entire area to find the main entrance, which is actually
located on a side street and not visible at all if you don’t know where it is
;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Anyhow, I was finally in the right area.
The 2 buildings are divided in National and International Post offices. I
finally reached room 29, where I was send into another room. There we found a
piece of paper where it said that there had one parcel arrived from Vietnam. I
tried to explain, that I’m expecting two, but that was difficult to get across.
But finally the Nepalese post officer got another “log book”, handwritten all
parcels which reached the post office, noted down when they arrived and where
they were from. There it said: 2 parcels from Vietnam! Thank god! Ok, he then
kept looking for the 2<sup>nd</sup> paper and finally he found it! With both
papers I had to go back to room 29. No problem. Then I had to sign the back of
the paper (who knows why?!) and then I got another form to fill in – all
written in Nepali ;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had no idea what to fill in really. Thank god there was
Nepalese man waiting for his parcel and was able to speak English. He helped me
and explained to me what I had to fill in! Ok, done that I was told to go to
room no. 32. When I arrived there I had to get a stamp, it had to be registered
in another book and then I had to go to room 30 to pay a fee – 20Rp! Ok, no
idea why but I just did what I was told. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Next, back to room 29! Then the guy
finally brought my two parcels and I was already so happy to imagine how it
would be to wear my lovely clothes again! But not yet!!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Now I had to go into another room and ask
for Miss XXX to come with me. I did so and a woman got up and followed me. Then
both of my parcels where unwrapped and the woman looked through my entire
staff. I tried to explain to her, that these are my personal belongings, but
she didn’t speak English. Ok, I thought you better be patient and just wait
what is going to happen. She filled in a lot of information on a form and asked
me to follow her! Back in room no. 32 I was asked to wait and then I had to pay
tax! Thank god it was only 5US$! I had heard stories from other expats who were
asked to pay over 200US$! Finally with my receipt in hand I made my way back to
room 29, where my two parcels were waiting for me! But it was still not enough.
I had to sign another paper, pay another 20Rp (Nobody knows for what!) and then
I was finally able to collect my two wonderful parcels with so precious things
inside!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I took a cab back to my guesthouse as I had
already spent 1.5hours in the post office and I actually had to teach in an
hour! What an unforgettable visit!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Likeminded
friends<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Since I’m in Nepal I have met so many
likeminded people, it is amazing, fascinating and I really appreciate it. It
feels so good to chat with people who are thinking alike, share similar
interests and you can have proper and enriching conversations. Lot’s of people
inspired me and I also found that people help each other here on the way! I
love it! Reminds me about Dublin :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">That’s one of the main reasons, why I’m so
tempted to stay here as well as the beautiful mountains and the relaxed Nepali
people!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The
big question<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Should I get a business or a student visa
and stay in Nepal? Should I move on to India and deepen my Yoga practice?<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">What’s
next? What will the future bring?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well, first I’ll be finishing my four weeks
teaching experience on Friday.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I might head down to Pokhara to think
about what will be next as I love this place. It’s just so peaceful and
inspiring!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From the 1<sup>st</sup> of August I will be
attending a 10 days Meditation course called Vipassana also known as silent
retreat.</span></div>
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30<sup>th</sup> May – Day 1 “Adventurous bus ride!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Kathmandu – Syabru Bensi (1470m) – 7 1/2h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Today I’m starting my Langtang Trek by
myself. Got up at 5.30am, took the microbus, which is a small Minivan, where
you can get from A to B for 15Rp (20c) – great institution! At 7am I got on the
main bus. The state of the bus was similar then the bus from Sunauli (Indian
boarder) and we had at least the same amount of people on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bus was packed, frankly speaking ;)</span></div>
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Kathmandu. That was the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">worst and
scariest bus</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ride</b> I had so far.
The first 3 hours were extremely curvy, big holes everywhere and it was getting
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<span lang="EN-GB">During the whole trip people were climbing
onto the top of the bus to sit there instead, but as soon as we came to a
police or army checkpoint they all had to get back inside the bus. This
repeated itself at least 7 times or so today ;) Unreal, and at the same time a
bit funny :) The 2<sup>nd</sup> part of the bus ride was a bit smoother, at
least not so many holes anymore, but now we drove a really winding, narrow road
uphill and on our left side was a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">really
steep gradient</b> of at least a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">few
hundred meters. Very scary!!!</b> Hopefully the bus driver knows what he’s
doing ;) We passed a few parts where landslides came down previously, so it was
still hard for the bus to cross these parts. After a really adventures bus ride
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31<sup>th</sup> May – Day 2 “ Steep uphill climb + Dal Bhat”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Syabru, the old village. I should have stayed there instead. So cute houses,
much better then the bus drop-off point. I continued crossing another bridge so
I was walking on the right side of the river, which continued apparently for
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<span lang="EN-GB">I passed Doman and Landslide, where a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">cute little girl chitchatted with me</b>.
They had a really cute lodge called Namaste lodge and maybe I can stop there on
my way back. I continued following the trail, which got steeper. After 3 hours
I arrived at Bamboo where I had some rest. A lodge owner joined me and we
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water. But the scenery was lovely – I walked through another <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">enchanting forest</b> – beautiful. Finally
I saw some prayer flags and a lodge :) I had reached Rimche at 11.15am and
decided to have lunch as I was starving! There were two girls sitting up there
and invited me to stay with them. So nice, I had company for lunch :) They were
from Denmark and we had a lovely chat. I had Potatoe Roesti and started to walk
at 12 again towards Ghoda Tabela. I passed by Riverside, where I had a short
rest and then continued. It was a steep enough trek and I was looking forward
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they actually stay in the same lodge. What a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lovely coincidence</b>!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During my trek today I was amazed that no
matter how fast the trail seemed to gain elevation the river seemed to never
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Momo with Marie, the Danish girl. Mmhh, was that good :)</span></div>
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1<sup>st</sup> June – Day 3 “Lovely view onto snow-capped peaks”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ghoda Tabela – Kyanjin Gumba (3008m – 3800m)
– 4h – 800m altitudes!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Hot shower :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The weather was really nice this morning,
not cold at all and just a few clouds. After half an hour I already started to
sweat! Unreal, but it was also a steep climb up. I stopped several times to
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<span lang="EN-GB">The scenery got more beautiful by the minute! The Langtang
valley opened up and I had some stunning view onto the snow-capped mountains.
That’s why I love trekking! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">As soon as
you can see the snow-capped mountains all effort was worthwhile!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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all closed :( Low season I guess! I met a few tourists and they all told me how
nice it was up there :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got a few recommendations of guesthouses
on the way, so I did a small guesthouse tour. It turned out, that the “Yala
Peak” was the best one with hot shower and a Western toilet ;) The room was for
free and gorgeous with wood all around a view to the mountains! It can’t be
better!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Unfortunately the bakery in town was closed
since over two weeks now </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"> Sad news!!! I so was looking forward to an apple pie. But my lady
from the guesthouse told me she can make Apple & Mars momo’s! Oh well,
that’s it then! </span></div>
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my clothes. It was a lovely sunny day! So nice :) The Danish girls arrived in
the afternoon and stayed in the same lodge! I explored the little village a
bit, ate some chocolate/apple momo in a different guesthouse and met some other
trekkers from Belgium and US. We chatted for a little while about Nepal and
India. In the evening I had my 2<sup>nd</sup> Dal Bhat! </span></div>
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Ri (4984m) tomorrow starting at 4am!</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Kyanjin Gumba – Tsergo Ri - Kyanjin Gumba
(3800m – 4984m - 3800m) – 6h – 1184m altitudes!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">That was my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">earliest start</b> so far during trekking in Nepal! Got up at 3.45am
and ready to trek <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">at 4am</b> :)It had
been raining during the night and we didn’t know if we could go up to the peak
or not. But we started walking, the three of us, with our headlamps until 4.30
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<span lang="EN-GB">When we slowly hiked up the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">steep trail</b> it was great to see the
surrounding landscape. Stunning snow capped and green mountains, a glacier, a
valley in clouds and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">we were on top of
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altitude and the high amount of meters we go up! However the view was
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<span lang="EN-GB">Unfortunately, when we were hiking further
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could only see a few meters by now and we still had another 30 minutes to the
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reach the peak! We finally did at 7.45am after 4 hours of steep uphill
climbing! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">view
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<span lang="EN-GB">Now it meant going downhill all that way!
Marie and I decided to go slowly, as she had problems with her ankles and
myself with my right knee! A slower pace felt much better for my knee, it did
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We saw beautiful flowers on the way down as well as wild Yak's!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ganesh saw some branches of a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fir tree</b> and wanted to take some for his
mother, as it is good for making <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">incense</b>.
The branches were so strong that he wasn’t able to collect any. Suddenly I
remembered, that I had my small <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Swiss
knife</b> with me, which my parents had bought for me a long time ago. I always
carry it with me when travelling. Now it was used and Ganesh was so happy :) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Big thank you to my parents!!!</b></span></div>
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The clouds travelled down with us - that's at least how it felt ;)<br />
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Back at our guesthouse we had a lazy relaxing afternoon & evening! The sun was shining down here through the clouds ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yala Peak Guesthouse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yak in front of our guesthouse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local Cheese Factory</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a look at the cheese, but were unable to buy some - not ready yet :(</td></tr>
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3<sup>rd</sup> June – Day 5 “ Going down…”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Kyanjin Gumba – Landslide (3800m – 1800m) –
73/4h – 2070m descend!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Food :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I didn’t sleep very well as there were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rats or mice</b> running on the attic above
my room and the noise they made was just not pleasant.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So I decided to start early and left the
lodge at 6am! The weather was beautiful :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Blue, clear sky, perfect view and brilliant
pictures! It couldn’t have been better. But I had to be careful with my face
and neck today as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I got pretty sunburned</b>
yesterday up on 3800m and didn’t realize it of course that the sun was so
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was a really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">gorgeous walk</b> down to Langtang. I don’t know how often I stopped to
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<span lang="EN-GB">You could even see the clouds moving up the mountains. Incredible close!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I wanted to check out the Cheese/Bread
factory in Langtang, dreaming of some pastries. But the place was deserted
unfortunately, I guess because it was low season. So I decided to press on to
another small village where I had met a woman on my way up and she had offered
me fresh Yak curd. I promised her to stop on my way down. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So I kept on walking,
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<span lang="EN-GB">I finally reached the little guesthouse, where I ate <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">some fresh Yak curd</b> (yoghurt) – my
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<span lang="EN-GB">The portion was a little small, so I had another idea. I could stop
at Ghoda Tabela, where I had slept on the way up and eat <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">an apple momo</b> there. I continued walking and at 10am I had my 2<sup>nd</sup>
breakfast. Very tasty :) I just need more food when I am trekking! That’s it ;)
Now I was ready to descend even further also my knee a little bit of a hard
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<span lang="EN-GB">So I slowed down and reached Rimche by noon, where I decided to break for
lunch, as there was a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mobile reception</b>
for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">first time</b> after a few days
of trekking! I send some text and it was good to have some contact with the
outside world ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Finally at almost 3pm I reached the Namaste lodge at
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Maya. It was about time, as 20 minutes after I reached the lodge it started
thundering and lashing down! Good timing ;)</span></div>
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freezing cold, but it felt still good :) I hope, that the Danish girls will
still make it and hadn’t decided to stop earlier. After 4pm the girls arrived
and it actually had stopped raining! But it soon started to pour down again. We
had a really tasty dinner and huge portions, which were actually needed as I
was starving!</span></div>
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lodge was next to a huge river and the sound of the river felt like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">music in my ears</b> ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Landslide – Sing Gomba (1800m – 3250m) – 6h
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<span lang="EN-GB">I started at 6.30am and I already had some
challenges in the first half an hour to find the right trail to Thulo Syafru.
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Thulo Syrafru was a lovely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">cute
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<span lang="EN-GB">I headed up to the top of the village past
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There were a few moments, where I wasn’t sure where to go. The trail seems to split up into 2 or more directions sometimes. An hour after I had left Thulo Syrafru <b>I didn’t know where to walk anymore!!!</b> No signs, only a few empty houses and many <b>barley fields.</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I followed one trail, but had a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">strange feeling</b> that this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wasn’t the right way</b>. Finally I saw a
local woman in the far distance, so I speeded up and caught her, asking for
directions. She had <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">no English at all</b>
:( OMG, well so I took out my small piece of paper, which I had prepared in
Kathmandu with some useful Nepalese expressions. I read out in Nepalese “Where
is the way to Singh Gomba” and she pointed back the way I came from and up the
hill! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OMG, I was lost</b> and I had <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">walked quite a bit in the wrong direction</b>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ok, so I walked back towards Thulo Syrafru and as soon
as I could see another house I walked towards it and shouted: “Namaste” a few
times. Finally an older woman appeared and she spoke English :) She told me the
trail is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">straight up the</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mountain! “Big trail! Walk straight!”</b>
Ok, I thought, straight up was steep, no trail, lots of greenery and forest! So
I started and was thinking: “Be careful, don’t strain your ankle or fall!” It
was tough, and I was really worried that I wouldn’t be able to find the trail.
It was already 11am and I had <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">no clue
where this big trail</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">should be</b>.
Another thought I had was: “Ok Kerstin, don’t panic. You have enough water
purification tablets with you and enough chocolate, which would last for days
;)” – So I had <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">enough food and water</b>
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bushes and trees, praying to find the trail. 15 minutes later I had found it!!!
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OMG that looked like the trail!</b> I
could hardly believe my eyes! I sat down, took off my backpack and ate a
“Twix”! I was starving and I needed some chocolate after this excitement to
calm down my nerves! </span></div>
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the hill should be a teahouse. So I got up and started walking steeply uphill
again. Finally I saw a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">local Nepalese
man</b> going down. So glad, I was able to meet another person and confirm the
path. I spoke to him and he reassured me, that this was the right trail and
another 45 min uphill to reach the teahouse! OMG, thank God for that! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The right trail!!!</b> I was relieved! But
it was steep and I had spent quite some energy beforehand to find the right
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Danda :) I walked in and the owner came up to me. I asked him if there had been
two Danish girls with a guide and porter here and he told me that they had just
left 10min ago towards Sing Gumba! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OMG,
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continue and try to catch them. I increased my speed, even when <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I was already exhausted</b>. It was a trail
through the woods, uphill in-between and it was pretty hard to keep going!
Finally I heard some voices. Around the next corner I saw some people, but not
the right ones! Two Nepalese guys and a couple! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I was so disappointed</b>! But after 30 minutes already I had reached
Sing Gomba, which usually takes an hour! I must have been running!!!! I didn’t
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there and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">bought 500g of Yak cheese</b>
for 335Rp (4US$)! Wow! So tasty :) We ordered some Tibetan bread and ate some
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<span lang="EN-GB">Tomorrow I won’t meet the Danish as I will
trek up to Gosakund and they will stay lower because of the altitude. A bid sad
about it, but they will anyway not go over the pass, so at some stage we had to
say goodbye. But we’ll meet in Kathmandu again, as they are still around for
another four weeks :)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Tue.
5<sup>th</sup> June – Day 7 “Beautiful lakes & reaching the pass”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sing Gomba – Gosainkund lakes – Lauribina
Pass – Gosainkund lakes (3250m – 4380m – 4610m – 4380m) – 4h + 2h – 1360m
ascend!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I started at 6.30am as usual and headed
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<span lang="EN-GB">The trail was beautiful through the forest
and some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stunning views onto Langtang
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<span lang="EN-GB">After one hour I already reached Chalongpati. I had
a quick rest and chatted with the guesthouse owner there. Very cute place to
stay! </span></div>
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was a steep uphill climb with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lots of
rocks</b> on the trail. After another hour I reached the guesthouse in Laurebina
that had a big area outside as a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">viewpoint</b>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lovely view, but unfortunately there were
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<span lang="EN-GB">A quick water break and I continued hiking
up – very steep trails with lots of rocks, but there <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">was a goal</b>: the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">stupa on the
top</b>! It got colder and windier and I put my jacket on. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After getting to the top of the ridge the
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amazing and beautiful scenery I have seen in Nepal so far.</b> I just loved it!
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<span lang="EN-GB">The trail is relatively wide, however it
goes steep down into the valley on one side and I was more than careful where I
placed my next foot on that path. I’m actually afraid of heights, but I managed
to walk as closely as possible towards the mountainside. I think I was so
impressed with the scenery that I all forgot about the height! ;)</span></div>
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guesthouse to the left invited me to have a seat outside in the sun first of
all. I ordered some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Tatopani”</b> (hot
water) and met a Nepalese couple, which had just arrived as well. We talked a
little bit and then I had a look at the rooms in both guesthouses. The Namaste
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<span lang="EN-GB">First I ordered some Tibetan bread, I
unwrapped my Yak cheese and had a lovely snack. All the day hikers had left at
noon and I decided to walk a little bit up the hill towards the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pilgrimage site</b>, which was surrounded
by prayer flags. Then I kept going, as the view onto the lakes got better by
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<span lang="EN-GB">The whole landscape reminded me of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">West coast of Ireland</b> – just stunning!
After a while I passed some more lakes and thought I just might continue
walking. The sun was out and it was such a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">peaceful
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<span lang="EN-GB">So I had another idea. Maybe I walk towards
the Danish girls 2morrow morning, hike up with them and stay one more night at
Gosainkund lakes with them. The view might be even more stunning walking down
to Laurebina Yak in the early morning! I could walk down with them to Dhunche
and share the Jeep if possible. Well, let’s see! There is still lots of time to
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looking <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">onto the lake</b>. The Nepalese
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time my gloves went missing. Well, but I won’t walk back today – maybe
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<span lang="EN-GB">I decided to have something to eat and just
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oven in the dining room at 4pm :) Thank god as it was freezing cold! We were
all sitting in the Dining room around the oven ;) The only place you could
really be! I got talking with the French couple and they were on their
honeymoon. They taught me a Swiss Card game and we played until <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dal Bhat</b> was ready! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Gosainkund lakes – Lauribina Yak –
Gosainkund lakes – Cholang Pati (4380m – 3900m - 4380m – 3584m) 7h –</span></div>
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Yak at 6.15am to pick up the Danish girls. It only took me one hour to go down
compare to the 2hours going up. I took a lot of pics on the way as the view in
the mornings is stunning and I so <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">enjoyed
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together, but they had changed their planes as well and didn’t sleep at the
lakes, instead they’ll walk down to Cholang Pati so the descend isn’t too much
for the next day. Makes actually a lot of sense. We arrived at my guesthouse, I
had some breakfast with fresh Yak cheese and then we kept <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">walking around the lake</b>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Beautiful and as the lakes are actually
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<span lang="EN-GB">After 11am we decided to walk down
together. So I will sleep in Cholang Pati as well. It’s much easier on my knee!
The weather got cloudier and it even looked like rain up at the lakes. We
arrived at 1.30pm in Cholang Pati where we stayed in the “Langtang Lerong View
Guesthouse”. I had a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lukewarm bucket
shower</b>, I didn’t care, but I needed one!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had such a relaxing afternoon, sitting
in front of our guesthouse on the wooden benches in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lovely sunshine reading a book</b> :) Life couldn’t be better! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Beautiful mountains & friendly Nepalese
people surrounded us.</b> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The guesthouse was very basic, but the
people were so nice. The food was good and we had an oven in the dining area,
where we were all able to sit around and eat together. Very cosy!</span></div>
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7<sup>th</sup> June – Day 9 “Going down”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cholang Pati – Dhunche (3584m – 2030m) 3
3/4h – 1550m descend</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The view this morning from the lodge was
impressive onto the snow-capped mountains. We even had <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">breakfast</b> outside <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">in the
sunshine</b>. Brilliant!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I didn’t look forward to today, as we had
to descend 1500m! Oh my knee! So we started at 7ish and stopped at Sing Gomba
again to buy some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fresh Yak cheese</b>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I already felt my knee. From there we
walked a different way, down to Deurali, which was a really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">steep descend</b>. Marie and myself walked
slowly. We hiked through beautiful forests with lots of shade, chirping birds
and bamboo trees. But I hate going down :( We stopped for a quick rest at
Deurali (2600m) and then continued to Dhunche. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We arrived at 11am and settled
in our guesthouse. I had a Vegi Burger and a lovely shower :) I felt like a new
person! We strolled a little bit through Dhunche, bought some Pringles and had
some Coke! Finally affordable again ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We passed by a local bank, which had open
wooden counters to the front of the building – I have never seen anything like
that ;) Very funny!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then we all had a rest before dinner. I
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8<sup>th</sup> June – Day 10 “Back in Kathmandu ”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was able to get a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lift in the Jeep</b> from the Danish girls. That was luxury for sure,
compare to spending 7 hours or more on a packed bus on these treacherous roads.
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<span lang="EN-GB">Do you know how the children go to school close to Dhunche ? Have a look - isn't that cool? I'm sure all of us would have enjoyed going to school on the back of a truck ;)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Sat. 28<sup>th</sup> April – Day 1 “Strong winds”</span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I only slept 3 or 4 hours as I finished my
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<span lang="EN-GB">I met the boss from the Trekking Company at
6am and he drove me with his motorbike to the Tourist Bus Station. What a great
start – a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lift on a Nepalese</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">motorbike</b> :) That was exactly my cup of
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<span lang="EN-GB">My Nepalese female guide called Hira was
already waiting for me there. We had an instant connection and my gut feeling
told me that this would be a lovely trek. Well, what I didn’t know was, how <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">horrendous</b> this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">bus trip</b> would turn out! It took us 6 hours with an average speed
of 20km/h, gravel roads everywhere and the bus driver drove most of the time in
the 1<sup>st</sup> or 2<sup>nd</sup> gear! Unreal in what treacherous conditions
these roads were and how old the bus was!</span></div>
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water stations directly next to the road – Naked kids, women washing their hair
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was so relieved, when we finally arrived
at Besi Sahar, where our trek started! As it was already 12.30, we decided to
have lunch first and finally started to walk at 1pm. We were supposed to reach
our teahouse by 5pm, but at 3pm we took a quick Coke break and at 3.45pm we
already reached our guesthouse for the night. I think Hira and myself have the
same hiking speed. Brilliant!</span></div>
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particularly scary, made out of wood and very high above the river floating
underneath. I was thinking about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hazel</b>
how she would have felt to cross these bridges. They were indeed scarier then
the once we crossed on our 3-day hike! </span></div>
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which was pretty odd! They kind of ignored us and were not interested to talk.
Oh well, never mind! There was another couple there and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Australian girl</b> was really nice and
chatty. She was even wearing the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">same
Nepalese trousers</b> as me, just in a different colour ;) After some tea we
ordered dinner and then it started to rain with thunder and lightning. It
didn’t stop when we went to bed. So fingers crossed it will stop overnight and
we’ll have a gorgeous day tomorrow :)</span></div>
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she is married, has 2 children – one 12-year-old boy and a 8 year old girl, who
live with her sister (32y) when she is trekking. Hira herself is 33 years old.
She got divorced from her husband as she wanted freedom – he apparently was
drinking a lot and all the rest! I really respected her, that she had the
courage to get divorced in Nepal – she lost her property and has to look after
her children without any support of her Ex-husband.</span></div>
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could trek together. Hira told me, that most of the Nepalese men are very
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<span lang="EN-GB">The students were so keen to explain everything to me and they
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was really good; he was maybe around 13. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I couldn’t believe my eyes! Colleagues, who
worked within my team in IBM and close friends know the name <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John
Wood</b>, the founder of “Room to Read”, who wrote a book about himself called
“Leaving Microsoft to Change the World”!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There is also a really interesting short video about him on You Tube:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got so inspired by reading his book, that
I found the courage to take a Leave of Absence from IBM. His book talks about
his previous job in Microsoft as an Executive, where days were filled with
conf. calls, endless meetings and no time for friends or family.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During a trekking trip in Nepal, he got
attached to local people and the help they needed, especially their children’s education.
A Nepalese man he met one evening in his guesthouse showed him the library of a
local school – there was nothing in it then a few traveller novels but nothing
suitable for children’s education.</span></div>
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with books for that village in Nepal called Bahundanda! Back in the US he
decided to write an email to all his friends, family, colleagues etc. and ask
them to post any children books they wouldn’t need anymore to him so he could
bring them back to Nepal. The outcome was overwhelming and John Wood came back
with his father and delivered the books with donkeys to that local school!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
was stunned! </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">It was real – <b>I am standing in the
library</b> sponsored by John Wood and that’s by pure coincidence, while trekking
the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Maybe
that’s destiny or a sign! </b>It brought back memories, how I admired him for
what he did and the courage he had!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was so happy that I had the opportunity
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Unfortunately we had to leave after one hour, as we had to continue trekking.
Schools in Nepal start at 10am and we were unfortunately too early to
participate in any class. <b>But I was grateful for what I had seen.</b></span></div>
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English numbers with them :) So funny! They repeated it chorally like I would
be their teacher. I loved it! </span></div>
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kids really seemed to like their school.</b> What a day! 2 Nepalese schools – I was
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had interested conversations with Hira
today. We talked about teacher salaries in Nepal, which are around 10.000Rp
(120US$)/month for government schoolteachers. She is sending her kids to a
private school, so the fee is 1.600Rp/mth (20US$) for each child.</span></div>
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arrived from Kathmandu and joined us at the dinner table. They had 2 guides
with them and 5 porters ;) Wow! I talked a little bit with them and listened to
their French. I was even able to understand bits and pieces. It was nice to
have some more trekkers around and on top of that they invited us to eat some
food with them. We got <b>Yak cheese</b> and some tasty lemon cake! Merci beaucoup!!!
The dinner in our guesthouse was delicious. I had Swiss Roesti and it actually
tasted like a Bavarian homemade dumpling (Klos)!!!</span> </div>
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30<sup>th</sup> April – Day 3 “Dynamite blasting, rain & coldness”</span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Jagat – Danaque (1300 - 2300m) – 19km – 7h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We started hiking at 7am after heavy
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further and we passed the place, with the big hole from the blast! You could
even still smell the dynamite! </span></div>
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refill your 1litre water bottle for just 40Rp (50 cents). In the teahouses they
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me, but I preferred to drink pure water if possible. We hiked further to
Dharapani, where we had some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Irish
drizzle</b> on the way. The trail got steep, I mean seriously steep! We met
another guide, which Hira had known from previous trainings. He didn’t feel too
good, so he continued hiking with us for a while. We passed beautiful
waterfalls, one really long swinging and swaying bridge and continued with
another steep uphill hike. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Hira and myself got hungry, so we had a Mars bar and
some biscuits, which helped to keep moving. We finally reached the lunch place
at 1pm! I needed some energy to keep going, so I ordered a vegi lasagne. You
should have seen it ;) I actually had to smirk! That was an interesting dish.
It looked like Tagliatelle with some green vegetables in it and some Yak cheese
on top. But you know what? I couldn’t care less as I was so hungry – I just
needed to eat! I ate the full portion :) I felt much better!</span></div>
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started to rain. We unwrapped our rain ponchos, covered our backpacks with rain
covers and continued walking. The rain got stronger and we found a little
stable where we had shelter until it only drizzled. We continued walking as we
wanted to reach the guesthouse for the night. Lashing rain and we actually had
to cross a few <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mud fields</b>! Yes, mud
fields; there was mud everywhere!!! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Annette
& John</b>, you read correct – mud everywhere, far worse than Fansipan! You
would have both loved every minute, or not?! ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was a hard and long day indeed – the altitude
difference summed 1000 meters. OMG, we are a bit mad, hopefully I can still
walk tomorrow ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first thing I did was having a hot
shower! Oh felt that good! But it was really cold with all that rain! I was
wondering <b>how cold it would get at 4000m</b>, when I am already freezing at 2300m.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We might change the route and visit
Tilichio Lake (4900m) as it looks so beautiful on all the pics. That would take
us 3 more days – well let’s see, nothing decided yet. Hira wasn’t sure if it’s
save to hike there, as she has never been there. However I would be able to
borrow a dune jacket from the friend of Hira’s at Chame, but I need to decide
tomorrow. Let’s see. What I have decided is <b>to buy a hat &</b> <b>gloves</b> at Chame
from some local Tibetans. This is urgently needed!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We were the only guests in the lodge and
after dinner we asked if we could sit in the kitchen at the open fire. Finally
I felt warmer! From the kitchen window we could even see that it <b>was snowing</b>
<b>further up</b>. OMG, what did I get myself into!!!</span></div>
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but it’s shocking how much stuff some people bring. Or in other words how much
some porters need to carry! We saw people with 55l, 65l and even with 85l backpacks!
I carry a 28l one and my guide 40l. The only things I’m not carrying myself is
my sleeping bag (pretty bulky) and my sandals for the evening. My guide agreed
beforehand to take it. Everything else fits in my small bag. Even with 15
different chocolate bars – one for each day and some Haribo as they get so
expensive further up – Mars bar 70Rp in Pokhara, today 225Rp in our lodge!!!</span></div>
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guesthouses seemed to be run by men in this area; there were not even any women
in the kitchen at all. Totally different experience compared to the Landruk
area, where we hiked for 3 days beforehand. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Tue.
1<sup>st</sup> May – Day 4 “Shopping & Annapurna Conservation Office” </span></b></h4>
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We had a quick tea break and continued walking through a pine forest. This <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">landscape reminded me of Germany</b> or
Austria - the Alps! It was beautiful! </span></div>
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no way it dried last night after that pouring rain! We met almost no Western
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checkpoint, where every tourist had to register and then we continued to Chame,
which took only 30min. That meant we had a short day and could rest for a bit!
Lovely :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">First a shower, afterwards some shopping –
yes you read correct – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">shopping</b>! I
bought a woollen hat + gloves and 2 Mars Bars as Hira negotiated a good price
for them, almost the same price as in Pokhara! We also met Hira’s friend again
who is working in Chame for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Annapurna
Conservation Office</b>. They showed us around and I discovered some
interesting facts about the tourists on the circuit. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The people who trek the circuit most are Israelis, 2<sup>nd</sup>
French and 3<sup>rd</sup> Germans ;)</b> The bussiest month is October,
followed by November and March. April and especially May, where we are in right
now are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">low season</b>! Good for us as
there are always rooms available in every village and prices are lower :) The
friend of Hira was so nice to lend me his Dune jacket as I decided it would be
good to have one when we go further up. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It
was already only 9 degrees at 2700m and -1 at night. </b>And it will get worse
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some other guide + porter and the women who were running the guesthouse outside
in the sunshine :) My mobile phone was working for the first time so I did send
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<span lang="EN-GB">Before dinner I sat down with Hira to
discuss the trekking route and days needed. I always had to push her to do it,
otherwise she wasn’t interested – a bit strange for a trekking guide, isn’t
it?! I wonder sometimes <b>if she likes her job</b> or is passionate about it. Maybe
she is just doing it to earn money. That’s the impression I am getting.</span></div>
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explained to me, that it is possible to take a bus or jeep after the pass down
to Tatopani. That might be an option if we do the lake beforehand, which will
take 3 extra nights. From Tatopani we could trek up to Poonhill and then finish
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as usual. Trekking is making me really hungry. The two French guys who stayed
in the guesthouse as well acted really strange. It didn’t seem like they were
interested in any conversation. I only found out that they were from Toulouse.
Well, I wasn’t surprised really as Toulouse wasn’t my cup of tea, was it?!</span></div>
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guy for hours, ignored me completely – I had to eat dinner all by myself which
was not so much fun really. Seemed like she didn’t even care about this or
wasn’t aware of it at all. I felt a bit sad and lonely and so I decided to say
something to her. She completely misunderstood the whole point and freaked out!
Oh well, tomorrow is another day :)</span></div>
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<b>views onto the Himalaya’s were stunning today</b>. Lovely pics taken and no rain at
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2nd May – Day 5 “Beautiful village and monastery” </span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Chame –Lower/Upper Pisang (2700m – 3200m - 3310m) – 19km – 5h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The day didn’t start too well. My guide
wasn’t talking to me – she behaved like a stubborn child, she is 33 years old.
Anyway, we started off at 7am, but she didn’t like the idea to walk with the
French group. She was only talking as much as necessary. She even wanted to
return the dune jacket, which we had borrowed yesterday from her friend. This
was more than childish – it reminded me about situations in IBM. I talked to
her for 5 min on the street of Chame to persuade her that we keep the jacket.
She was even saying to me that she had called her office already and from now
on we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">only follow the itinerary</b>.
What a joke, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">we don’t even have one</b>,
as she didn’t want to come into the office one day before we started trekking.
But I ignored all of this and finally we kept the jacket and started walking.
It was a very quiet walk as you can imagine! I was glad we met a few old trekker
faces so I could have a chat now and then ;)</span></div>
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tea break. The first 2 hours were very steep uphill when we hiked through a
pinewood forest. We even saw a lot of pinecones, which really reminded me about
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lunch at the scenic village of Dhukur Pokhari, where the French guys had just
arrived. We had lunch together, but continued walking separately after lunch.
Stunning views from the lunch place onto Annapurna II! From there it was only
one hour until Lower Pisang and we had a lovely view onto Swarga Dwar (The
Gateway to heaven ;)!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We arrived a 1pm already at our lovely
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<span lang="EN-GB">It turned out that the French guys stayed here as well, and
3 Russians. I had a lukewarm shower and then walked up to Upper Pisang without
any backpack! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Just by myself</b> as my
guide said she was tired and needed to sleep! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">That suited me just fine :)</b> I needed some “me” time for sure after
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on top a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">small monastery</b>. I took
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<span lang="EN-GB">On my way back to the guesthouse I walked
through the village instead and the guide from the big French group (6 people,
which we met a few </span><span lang="EN-GB">days ago) waved at me from the balcony and asked me if I
wanna come up for a cup of tea! </span>So I did :) </div>
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We had a lovely chat. He is 52
years old, his wife left him 11 years ago. We talked about salaries in Nepal
and he told me that he has a daily salary of 1600Rp (20US$)! His daughter works
in the same office and gets 20.000Rp/month (250US$). It was nice to understand
some more insights of Nepalese life and living conditions. It felt very good
talking to him, as my guide was not very communicative these days!</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back in our guesthouse the 2 French guys,
their porter + guide and my guide played cards. So I joined them and we had a
good time. After dinner I chatted to the 3 Russian people, who stayed there as
well. We chatted about different places and routes and I really enjoyed it.
Very down to earth, lovely people!</span></div>
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3rd May – Day 6 “Village of bakeries + cakes” </span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lower Pisang - Manang (3200m - 3540m) –
15km – 41/2h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was the first night I actually was too hot
in my sleeping bag that I woke up and had to take some clothes off! Lovely
guesthouse + the best isolation so far! The breakfast was also tasty for the
first time – Oat Apple Porridge, good-sized portion and it was filling as well
:)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>It was nice to walk with other Western people, to have a chat here and there</b>. I felt good today, really fit and my speed was quite fast. I was even quicker than the 2 French guy’s who work in a sports shop and do Ultra-Trails!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After 4.5 hours of trekking we already
arrived at Manang where we stayed for the night, no even 2 nights, as we needed
an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">acclimatisation day</b>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was sunny today, but from 11 onwards it
got really windy. We arrived at a big guesthouse called “Tilichio” where a lot
of trekkers stayed. The Russian couple Andrey & Luda as well as the French
guys were supposed to stay here as well, but we arrived first. I asked for the
room price and it was pretty high. So I tried to negotiate, which was a bit
hard as the man running the place was pretty arrogant. But we finally agreed a
rate :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had a hot shower first. The shower was
good, but the bathroom itself was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">freezing
cold</b> – unreal!!! That was one of the quickest showers I had so far. I tried
to dry myself quickly and get back into some warm clothes! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Russian couple also wanted to go to
Tilichio lake, but it seemed like the weather conditions were not really good.
Well, let’s see – first of all we have a rest day tomorrow. But it turned out
not to be one ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I walked with Anton, one of the
Russian guys, through Manang to look for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">new
gloves</b>. Yes, I lost mine today even when they were fixed to my backpack
with a safety pin. I was sad, as I only had them for 2 days and they were so
pretty!!! But well, nothing I can do right now. I bought some new once and they
were warm! Most important thing I would say :)</span></div>
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THEN</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> – I couldn’t believe my eyes – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">it started to snow!!! </b>Small snowflakes
fell from the sky! Unbelievable, I thought we would only see snow when crossing
the pass. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Now there is already snow at
3500m – OMG!</b> That will be an adventures trip!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Delicious, when it is snowing outside :) On
top of that it is much cheaper in the small cosy bakery than in our hotel! We
met a nice German couple from Heidelberg, who both quiet their jobs and they
now travel for one year! We had a lovely conversation and we found out, that
there is even a cinema or let’s say a small place where they show a movie! Back
in the hotel, I found the Nepalese and French guys playing cards again. So I
joined them until dinner. There was an oven in the middle of the dining room
and it was warm! At 8pm we found out that it would be too dangerous apparently
to go to Tilicho lake as it snowed too much already at the base camp <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Wingdings;">:(</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"> So no Tilicho lake this time! But I was thinking safety first! So
we’ll stay in Manang two nights and go on a day hike tomorrow. Which one, we
decide tomorrow during breakfast. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I’m actually glad we are staying 2 nights
in Manang. That means, we sleep for 2 nights in the same bed and the most
important thing is we don’t have to hike with a full backpack or all our
belongings ;) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yippie, we will be flying
up the mountain tomorrow!</b> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Do you know what I do before I go to bed
every evening? I unpack my tubes of different creams and treat my feet &
skin!!! It feels so good for sure and I need my feet to keep going :)</span></div>
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4th May – Day 7 “The mysterious Ice Lake ”</span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During breakfast we decided to walk to the
Ice lake together with the Russian couple! Even the start was a mess. Our
guides had no idea, where to go really, so we ended up climbing at least 200 meters
up until we found out we had to go back down again! Oh well, we lost an hour
for that one! Anyway, we seemed to have found the right way, passed a monastery
and a local carpenter’s shop. I have actually seen quiet a lot of them the last
days. Seems like they are popular in making window frames, doors and furniture!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had to go up a steep climb as it had
snowed yesterday, the trail was still covered in snow. The weather was
beautiful this morning – sunny and blue sky, just a bit cold ;) So I was
wearing my local Nepalese hat and gloves :) It was also the first day with a light
backpack! So nice and easy – lovely! </span></div>
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time. Some parts were really muddy and climbing uphill on a muddy surface isn’t
too much fun. However, the views were breathtaking :) We rested at some stupas
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thought this must lead to the lake. So we followed the pass for around 30min
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lake. He told us to hike up a really steep hill and then continue walking. So
we took his advice on board and hiked up, but even up there we had no idea
where the Ice lake should be. So we followed our instinct and climbed further
up. We must have reached at lest 4500m as it felt really cold! We were looking
for any signs, but couldn’t find the lake. It was already 11.30am. We had been
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go back down as it usually starts raining or snowing around 2pm and we wanted to
be save in Manang by then. But <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">our two
guides were so ambitious or stubborn to continue the search</b>. So we agreed
to wait here for them and we had some lunch – well chocolate croissant from the
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were waving at us and giving us signs to go down! I had expected that they
would return and hike down with us, but it turned out that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">they just disappeared</b>!!! That was a bit shocking and I was actually
speechless! Two different guides leave two tourists from different groups up on
the mountains by themselves! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">No comment
really</b>…I was grateful that Andrey was with me and so we decided to walk the
same way back as we came up. 15 minutes later we found <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">a sign “Ice Lake”!!!</b> I couldn’t believe my eyes. The first sign
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Manang! Of course we arrived earlier than our guides ;) Surprise, surprise! It
was 1pm and we just had done a quiet difficult hike – 1000m up and down! So I
decided to have a hot shower first. Oh felt that good :) </span></div>
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delicious groceries and cakes! So I had a cake and chatted with some other
trekkers. There was another couple who had been looking for the lake as well
today and they hadn’t been able to find it either. Well at least we were not
alone. It actually <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">started to snow again</b>
around 3pm, but this time only for an hour and the snow didn’t stay! </span></div>
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Sometimes there were some praying wheels missing, but the Nepalese had a good idea :) They replaced the missing praying wheel with a Nescafe can! It works ;)</div>
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group. Looking forward to it!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Sat.
5th May – Day 8 “Freezing cold night”
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<span lang="EN-GB">Today was a good day! </span>We started from Manang at 7am and reached
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<span lang="EN-GB">The food was amazing, the best one almost so far. It
was freezing outside in the afternoon, as there was lots of wind. We played
cards, had nice chats and then I ate Spaghetti with Tomato sauce. But I was so
hungry that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I had to order a 2<sup>nd</sup>
portion</b>. Usually people who get mountain sickness loose their appetite,
well seems like I’m the opposite! I need to eat for 2 :) But I guess I burned
so many calories when walking, that I need more food – energy to keep me going
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wooden shed, but the shed has only 3 wooden walls, the fours one is just a thin
sheet mounted to the other wooden walls! Can you imagine how cold that is? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re freezing your butt of for sure!</b></span></div>
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electricity at all. Glad I bought the headlamp in Pokhara! This is the first
night I slept with my woollen hat, my woollen gloves in my sleeping bag (-20</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol;">°</span><span lang="EN-GB">C) with a
thick blanket wrapped around me! Brrhh, was that cold! I couldn’t really sleep
at all. At one stage I even used my woollen gloves as extra socks!!! Madness ;)
Then I could hear a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fox or coyote</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">whining</b>! Scary really and there were
other animals running around inside or outside the room. I was so glad when it
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High Camp, to cross the pass tomorrow!!! OMG, it is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">getting really exciting now</b>! We had some rest in the sunshine for
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steepest hike so far</b>! Unreal, I felt like I moved slowly upwards like a
snail, but apparently still faster than the rest of us! </span></div>
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can you believe it, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">we could hear
avalanches</b> coming down for the last 3 days. That’s really scary – I have
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up there. We played cards for most of the afternoon with our jackets, gloves
and hats on and we were still freezing. I had Pizza for dinner, which was big
and tasty! Bedtime was at 8pm, as we had to get up at 4am. However I couldn’t sleep,
as it was just too cold up there. Even the water was frozen around the squat
toilet and it felt like you walked on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">black
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<span lang="EN-GB">When we reached the first teahouse I wasn’t
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were skiing in Austria and it was freezing cold!</b> </span></div>
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felt great having them around. They were lovely people and one guy was even
playing Nepalese music on his phone ;) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So I hiked with the porters and suddenly
one of them told me: ”From here 20min to pass!” I though I couldn’t believe my
ears! Already? Really?! Just 20 min?! Are you sure?! I checked my watch and it
was only 6.45am! Amazing, we were flying up this mountain :) </span></div>
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arrive. It took a while, but it didn’t bother me at all. I enjoyed the view up
there and just enjoyed that I made it without any sickness or any other
problems :) All went smooth and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">here I
was at 5416m!!!</b> Of course it would have been even better to have my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yen Tu</b> or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fansipan Team</b> with me. But I was thinking of all of you up there
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<span lang="EN-GB">At 8am we started to walk downhill. Uhh! People who know me
know, that I hate going down for a longer time. Today it meant <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1616m downhill</b> walking!!! Yes, I know –
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<span lang="EN-GB">We did this in 3.5 hours!!! I hope my legs; especially my knees will
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<span lang="EN-GB">So the first thing I did when arriving at our guesthouse was
ordering food. Vegi Burger! Then I had a hot shower :) That felt so good, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">washing my hair and after two days of not
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Muktinath and therefore it is a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">famous
pilgrimage site</b>. So we went up there in the afternoon and there were lots
of Indians everywhere! I felt like I was back in India!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back at my guesthouse
I was looking for Andrey and Anton. I found them and we decided to have a
stroll through the village. Both hadn’t seen the temple yet, so they went up
there and I had a look in the Bob Marley guesthouse as I was curious how it
looked like. A nice, interesting, chilled out place with good music. I spotted
Johanna, the Swedish girl we met in Manang and we had some tea. Lovely :) Back
at the guesthouse we played some cards, had dinner and afterwards we walked
back to Bob Marley again to meet up with Johanna.</span></div>
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8th May – Day 11 “A decision had to be made!” </span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Muktinath - Marpha (3800m – 2670m) 25km– 6h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The day started good as I met Andrey for
breakfast at 6.30am and he changed his plans and decided to walk with us to
Jomson. Great news! We started at 7am with our two guides. All went well except
for the road we had to walk on! They were full of gravel and sand and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">huge pebble stones</b>! It was very uncomfortable
to walk on them and the scenery looked like you were in a desert! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It felt like we were in a completely
different country all of a sudden since we crossed the pass yesterday!</b> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During a water break Andrey and myself asked our guides how far it is to
Kagbeni. The both told us we won’t go through the village; we can see it form
the road! What?! This village was supposed to be stunning! Both of us protested
and said we would like to walk through the village to take some pics. Andrey’s
guide got offensive and told him it is not on his itinerary. OMG! How flexible
is that guy?! He actually can show a foreigner his beautiful country and he is
not interested in it at all. Pretty sad I think. Can you treat customers like
that? I told my guide I would like to stop there as it is a beautiful village
and lots of trekkers recommended it. So since then, the atmosphere was tense! I
forgot to mention that Andreys guide was in a bad mood since he got up and
nobody understood why! Andrey asked him, I did as well, but no explanation.
Here we go again – no sense of communication. Andrey got really worried as his
guide acted so strange. So Andrey and myself walked ahead and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">finally reached Kagbeni</b>!</span></div>
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village, very natural and idyllic. So glad we stopped here. The pics speak for
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<span lang="EN-GB">By strolling around Kagbeni taking pictures
I bumped into Susan again, the Australian girl. She will trek to Marpha
tomorrow. So let’s see if we meet up again on the trek.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">At 10am we continued to walk down to
Jomsom. I really didn’t enjoy this day at all in regards to walking. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The road conditions were treacherous!!!</b>
I don’t even know why the let tourists walk this horrible road. There were a
lot of Jeeps driving up and down – I understand why! I would never recommend
any trekker to walk this bit; full of gravel and rocks – very dusty, sandy and
just uncomfortable to walk. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We had a quick 5 min water break and I
asked for the first time to rest a bit longer and my guide got really upset!
She talked about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">really strong winds</b>
and that we need to leave. Nobody ever said anything that we need to walk early
to Jomsom because of strong winds. Oh well, I am not surprised! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">No planning and communications from our
guides as usual.</b> If you don’t actively ask about the route or what the plan
is you will never get any information. I guess it is lack of training, but it
sucks! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">My guide should really appreciate me as a
customer as I am such a quick walker and she never has to wait for me – I
always wait for her! Oh well, the whole atmosphere between both of our guides
and us was tense. So we continued to Jomsom and the guides told us we need 2
hours! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Andrey’s guide decided to run like mad and
Andrey tried to follow him. I really gave up and walked my own speed, but Hira
fell far behind. The wind almost blew me away. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It reminded me about Ireland really</b>! So strong!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I arrived in Jomson after 1.5 hours and
tried to find Andrey and the guide as we had agreed to have lunch together.
Andrey is flying for Pokhara tomorrow morning, so <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I wanted to say goodbye</b>. But I didn’t succeed! I walked through
Jomson on the main road but couldn’t find them. So I decided to wait in front
of the police station for my guide. After 20 min I called my guide and ask
where she was. She tried to explain it, but I had now idea, as I didn’t know
Jomsom at all. So the most logical thing would have been, that she would have
come to the police station. But no!!! She wasn’t interested. I had to stop a
local man who talked to her and then he was so kind, to bring me to the
guesthouse were she was sitting outside! I fumed inside I can tell you! Imagine,
she didn’t have my phone no, wasn’t able to get in contact with me and then she
didn’t even walk towards me?! She didn’t even say “Thank you” to the man who
brought me to the guesthouse! OMG!!! Instead, she got upset and threatened me
to call her office, as she didn’t want to walk with me anymore! Can you believe
it?! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Out of the blue somebody was waving at me
from the other side of the road – it was one of the French guys! He told me
that they had just ordered lunch and I should join them. Good idea I thought! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I needed a break from my guide and the
rudeness for sure!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">My guide didn’t talk to me anymore,
apparently she also didn’t know in which guesthouse Andrey was staying and she
had no phone no. (I still don’t believe that!) from his guide. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
joined the French for lunch and it was such a tasty Lasagne!</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Good choice guy’s and cheap! I discussed the situation with the
French and their guide and all of them agreed that she needs to talk to me so
we can find an agreement. Oh well, so I went down to her and she said she
wouldn’t walk with me anymore!!! I told her, that she needs to ring her office
and I would like to talk to her boss. She was even so rude to say that I have
to use my own phone! Well, so I called her boss and discussed the situation. He
agreed that he would refund me the money of the days, which I have paid for
already if she leaves. But he said he would talk to her again. Finally after
that phone call she agreed to walk to Marpha, where we were actually supposed
to stay for the night. All the way down to Marpha she didn’t talk to me, she
didn’t show me the way, instead she walked behind me. Then it started to rain!
Well that was actually appropriate for the situation I thought! It turned out
to be a thunderstorm, lots of wind and rain. But I had my Vietnamese rain coat
with me and I didn’t really care! We finally arrived at the guesthouse at 3pm!
I got a room and had a lukewarm shower first. I decided to ring Hira’s boss and
to cancel the service. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I would like to
enjoy my trekking and if she doesn’t want to walk with me anymore, then that’s
fine with me.</b> I will finish the trek by myself then. So I rang him and we
agreed, that I would get the last 3 days refunded. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
felt much better, even when I was really sad that it didn’t work out with my guide.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">But you know, sometimes you
need to leave things behind and have a fresh start. So I did!</b> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It rained all afternoon so I wasn’t able to
explore the town. Maybe I will take a later bus tomorrow to do it in the
morning. Let’s see, all will be ok again, I just would like some peace!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Let’s see if I can meet up with the other
trekkers. Susan is in Kagbeni and Anton as well for the night, but they both
should come through Marpha tomorrow. I think I decide tomorrow what to do.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">There are many similarities between
Nepalese and Vietnamese people, the way men and women are interacting with each
other, how arrogant some men can behave towards women, the way of saying yes
all the time even if they have no idea! But one difference, which I discovered
so far, is that some Nepalese are not flexible at all and that’s a big plus for
Vietnamese people as this still fascinates and impresses me :) However, there
might be a lot of flexible people in Nepal, I just haven’t met them yet ;)
Actually, the owner of the guesthouse in Pokhara is pretty flexible, so maybe I
just met the wrong people, especially trekking guides ;)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Somehow
I feel relieved to be honest to trek by myself.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> It
will be more adventures and exciting to find my way and to pick guesthouses.
The toughest and most dangerous part is done – the pass :) I’m grateful for not
getting any altitude sickness! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I
actually feel blessed that it went so smooth!</b> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">It
was an experience of a lifetime and good memories will be kept.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> I met a lot of interesting and kind people on the way – the
Russian’s, the French guide, the French porters, Johanna- the Swedish girl,
Susan - the Australian woman and so on. I’m sure I will be meeting even more on
the way to Poonhill :) Fingers crossed!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I had the fall-out this lunchtime with
my guide I was actually asking her to care about her customer and listen to me
as I actually pay for a service, she replied to me: “You’re not paying enough!”
Wow, this sentence somehow is stuck in my head. I pay an average rate of
15US$/day to the agency. Does she have any idea, that this might also be a lot
of money for me? I guess she has a lot of issues in her life and they come out
now and again. I remembered what Phu, the nice French guide actually said to me
during a cup of tea in Lower Pisang: “You know, you don’t need any education to
become a trekking guide.” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Well, it
sounds very harsh, but I guess there is some truth in it and it causes
problems.</b> The guides are not educated at all how to treat customers in
general and especially Westerners. They unfortunately don’t know how important
it is to listen to your customer to try to understand them!!! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Oh well I close the chapter “trekking
guide” here and now and move on!</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Marpha (2670m)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I woke up really early, as the guy who had
the room next to me was snoring and wooden planks only separated the rooms. But
I decided to rest in my sleeping bag. That was the first morning since I
started trekking, where I didn’t really had to get up ;) My Ex guide knocked on
my door and asked if I am ready! I told her that I talked to her boss yesterday
and as she didn’t want to walk with me anymore I decided to trek by myself. She
turned away, said ok and was gone! She is a bit of a character for sure!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I got up, washed my trousers from the dusty
road yesterday as the sun came out already and we had blue sky!</span></div>
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I treated myself with some homemade apple crumble and a natural apple juice.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The little town <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Marpha</b> I am staying in is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">famous
for their apple products</b>: pies, juice and crumbles as they have lots of
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love apples!</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> My favourite fruit, and Marpha is so
far my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">favourite town on the trek</b>. A
small sleepy little town with good food! Perfect for my taste ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I decided to go for a walk through the
village to take some photos, but I didn’t get far. Already at the next
guesthouse <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I met the French guides and
porters</b>. They invited me for a cup of tea. It felt so nice :) I told them a
short story what had happened with my guide and Phu, the French guide said he
can help me to buy the bus ticket. So nice of him! </span></div>
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visited the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">monastery</b> and took some
pics. We agreed to meet up at around lunchtime to buy the ticket. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the meanwhile I explored the surrounding
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chatting and another couple came down the road towards us. It turned out to be
the New Zealand couple, which I had met in Manang. So we all chatted for a
while, walked together for a bit until the bridge, where I turned around then
as they were heading off to the next town.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well I got back and decided to change
guesthouses. I needed a new place to start from scratch.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I went back into the place I had tea this
morning with the French guide and porters as it looked very cosy and the woman
was very welcoming. We agreed 100Rp and I moved my staff. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">That felt good :)</b> They had a lovely Sun Terrace and a Winter garden.
Really lovely spot and people were very friendly and smiley. Exactly the
surrounding I needed right now. </span></div>
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walking past my guesthouse. She trekked alone, but she wanted to move as fast
as possible today and had no interest to stay or rest. Oh well, that’s ok. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was on my way to the Save Drinking Water
Station, when I bumped into Susan, the Australian girl I had met yesterday. We
got talking and she decided to have lunch in my guesthouse. After some time she
decided to stay in Marpha for a night and we decided to walk together tomorrow.
We shared the room for the night, so we saved some money for more apple crumble
;) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It was nice to have such lovely
company!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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blister on the outside of my left foot. It needed to heel a bit before trekking
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<span lang="EN-GB">The woman who runs the lodge had just baked a chocolate
cake so we tried it! Mmhhh, so tasty!!! Nothing more exciting happened, but all
3 of us will walk together tomorrow :) I’m happy and relieved
actually. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I feel free without my guide
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Thu.
10th May – Day 13 “A lovely day” </span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Marpha - Lete (2670m – 2535m) 17km – 6 1/4h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After some apple pie & apple juice for
breakfast, Susan, Anton and myself started trekking at 7am. We thought we’d
have a relaxed walk in front of us. The trail was actually nice, through lovely
landscape surrounded by mountains, a lot of flowers and apple trees. </span></div>
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hour we continued walking through a lot of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pine
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the road? Anton, waiting for us :)</b> He showed us his guesthouse and we
decided to stay there as well. It was a small little family place at the end of
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through the village. We had tea and apple pie and later on some tasty dinner in
our guesthouse. I offered to do some babysitting, so the woman was able to cook
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<span lang="EN-GB">She gratefully accepted and we had some entertainment to do with the 7
month old ;) All went well and the kids were fascinated with Susan’s camera!
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<span lang="EN-GB">We decided to get up early tomorrow as we
had a long day ahead. So 5am is wake-up time! We would like to reach Tatopani
tomorrow, but it is 7.5-hour walk. Let’s see how it goes. There is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">a hot spring</b> there and that’s what will
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11th May – Day 14 “Hot Spring” </span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lete - Tatopani (2535m – 1200m) 20km – 6
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have a big day in front of us. We walked for 1.5 hours on the main road, but we
were lucky as there were only three cars coming towards us, as it was so early
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lunch in Dana. It was a really small village but a nice place to rest. The
whole walk was really lovely as the scenery was green, lots of forest, flowers,
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<span lang="EN-GB">We finally arrived in Tatopani at 1.15pm.
Puhh! What a hard day – 1300 meters downhill was enough really! It took us a
while until we decided in which guesthouse we gonna stay, but beforehand we had
a tasty chocolate cake!!!</span></div>
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afternoon and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">it felt so good</b>. I
enjoyed every minute of it. I felt totally clean for the first time since 14
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the supermarket and had dinner. Yes, you read correctly – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I decided to continue trekking with Susan and to do the Annapurna Base
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<span lang="EN-GB"> We met a really lovely American-Korean man Chae and I
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speak fluently Vietnamese! Wow!! It was nice talking to him :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We got up at 5.30am and left our guesthouse
at 6am to find a breakfast place. This is the first time the guesthouse didn’t
agree to serve breakfast so early. But we found a nice local shop and the apple
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<span lang="EN-GB">It felt good to rest for a bit! I needed
some more energy before continuing going uphill again ;) Potatoe Roesti + Coke
will help to get the last 500m uphill done for the day!!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The scenery on the way was beautiful –
green forests, Rhododendron, lots of small tiny local houses, local people
everywhere and just wonderful to walk through! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We finally arrived in Ghorepani, just
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<span lang="EN-GB">We were even allowed to
dry our clothes there! Wonderful! The women, who were running it were charming
and they had a shop downstairs. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You
should have seen my eyes when I saw Milka chocolate and Haribo!</b> I felt like
I was in heaven! The first time after 15 days we had access to lovely sweets,
not just chocolate bars ;) And the prices where not expensive! After debating
with myself if I should by some or not, I ended up buying one Milka chocolate
(which I will keep for the ABC) and one package of Haribo, which we actually
opened straight away! Why not?! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We
walked for 15 days, our trousers got looser by the day, so we can easily spoil
ourselves today I think ;)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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thought was given to details. Lots of hooks on the walls in the bathroom,
bedroom, pictures on the walls and we got some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">beautiful duvets with small little roses</b> on the bed covers. It was
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nice conversations over dinner and we all decided to get up at 4am to hike up
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13th May – Day 16 “What a stunning sunrise & ladybird day!” </span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We got up at 4am and started walking up to
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we were sweating a lot. But it was all worthwhile! We were not more than maybe
25 people up there. We heard from others that at peak time there are 500 people
watching the sunrise! I am so glad we are trekking of season ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We walked back to our guesthouse and had
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had to be really careful where we placed our feet so we wouldn’t step on any.
They were so cute; they were even sitting on our shirts, shoulders and in my
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was unreal; I have never seen something
like that! Amazing! We stopped for a really quick lunch as we met some other
trekkers who just came down from Chomrong and they advised us to hike up there
today. They recommended even a guesthouse with the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">best chocolate cake and Pizza</b>. So I was on for that of course and
Susan as well. It was another hard long day.</span></div>
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with them and a nice evening! We don’t really know how far we will walk
tomorrow, but let’s see how we are doing on the way. We’ll take some groceries
from the bakery and we have some veg. fried rice with us! Let’s see if we can
make the MBC!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Mo.
14th May – Day 17 “Sleeping at Fishtail Base Camp”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Chomrong – Machhapuchhre/Fish
Tail Base Camp (2140m – 3700m) 16km – 8 1/2h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Our day started at 5.30am, breakfast at 6
and we started trekking at 6.30am! We got some tasty “Challah”, plaited milk
bread or simply called “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hefezopf</b>” in
Germany from the bakery and we had breakfast with some chocolate cake!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We were the first hikers on the trail
(surprise, surprise ;) and we had lots of steps to go down and up again in the
beginning. We passed some lovely small villages and guesthouses in Sinuwa with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">beautiful flowerpots</b> outside and all
was well kept! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then we reached an area called <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bamboo</b>. It was gorgeous as we walked
through a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">beautiful, enchanted forest</b>
for at least 3 hours. I loved it! It felt like we were part of a fairytale.
There were many bamboo plants everywhere and we were both wishing two princes
would come along to pick us up ;) Well dreaming is allowed, isn’t it?! ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had to fill up my water bottle, so we
stopped at a river with a small waterfall. I tried to get the freshest running
water and by doing this, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">slipped of a
stone</b> and my whole <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">right foot was
soaked in water</b>! I laughed out loud :) The boots were not waterproof ;)
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<span lang="EN-GB">We stopped for lunch before 12 and ate our
fried rice we had brought with us (well Susan actually had it in her bag in a
Tupperware box as she had the bigger backpack and more space ;). Lucky me, I
know!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We kept on walking toward Deurali when it <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">started to rai</b>n. Pretty heavy rain, but
we decided to keep on going. Susan was not so impressed really, she had no raincoat
and her jacket wasn’t waterproof anymore. I felt sorry for her.</span></div>
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were soon soaked</b> – well Hiking boots from Nepal are indeed not waterproof,
but I guess that would be to much to ask for if you think about the prize. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was once more glad for my Vietnamese
raincoat as at least that kept me dry. We met a lovely older woman from
Slovakia, who was on her way down. She really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">encouraged us</b> that we still <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">can
make the MBC</b> (Machhapuchhre Base Camp) today. After a while we met a
British couple and they encouraged us as well. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">So no doubt anymore, we can do that!!!</b> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We stopped in Deurali for a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hot chocolate</b> and the guy who ran the
lodge told us to sleep in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fishtail
Lodge</b> at the MBC as they had a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hot
shower</b>! Wow, that sounded perfect. After all that rain and all the wet
clothes and shoes a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hot shower</b> would
be exactly what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I was dreaming of</b>! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ok, now we were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ready for another 2 hours hike</b>! Well yes, we had a tough going!
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<span lang="EN-GB">We crossed some wide rivers without any
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how much further we could walk. But then - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I
saw a logde</b>! Still a lot of stairs to climb beforehand, but it didn’t
matter. We passed the first lodge and still had to walk for another 10min in
the pouring hail across a field to reach the Fishtail Lodge. But there was
hopefully a warm shower waiting for us. I really needed one! </span></div>
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the way up in one go, but well – we did it! And we are still <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">in one piece both of us</b> ;) We had a hot
shower at 3700m! OMG felt that good, but it was needed. My body was completely
frozen, my shoes, socks, feet completely drained! After the shower I finally
was able to feel my hands and feet again – Yippie :)</span></div>
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from 5-8pm. It was 100Rp each, but we really didn’t care. We brought all our
wet stuff into the Dining room to dry it for the next morning. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My shoes were hopeless so!</b> Put some
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exhausted, both of us. We had another early start tomorrow – getting up at
4.15am to walk up to the ABC (Annapurna Base Camp) to watch the sunrise!!! Wow,
I’m excited :)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Tue.
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<span lang="EN-GB">Machhapuchhre/Fish
Tail Base Camp – ABC/Annapurna Base Camp – Chomrong</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">(3700 - 4130m
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to MBC or ABC at 10am! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We passed the village called Himalaya at
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really if you think about what we hiked in the last 2.5 weeks. We stopped at a
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<span lang="EN-GB">We finally reached Sinuwa around 3ish and
had to make a decision to stay or to push on to Chomrong. If my knee had been
able to talk it would have screamed to me to stay. But I was so looking forward
to stay in Chomrong Cottage, that lovely cute guesthouse <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">with fantastic chocolate cake & Pizza</b>! I persuaded Susan to
continue. Both of us were a bit weak and my right knee did hurt quiet a lot. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So now we had to go down all the steps to
the valley, then all the steps up to Chomrong! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Believe me, these steps were insane – 2000 steps uphill and they were
pretty steep</b>. I have never hiked up so many steps beforehand. That was an
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4pm. The owner was so happy to see us again and was thrilled that we came back.
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the lodge as well asking us where we came from today. We said: ABC! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">They were staring at us like we were
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quick shower and then enjoyed the cake! So glad we walked all the way down, even
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Hot Spring Jhinu - Tolka (2140m – 1700m ) 10km – 4h</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We got up early to do some Yoga with the
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<span lang="EN-GB">We did some Yoga together and had
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some tea. We took it easy this morning. No rush as we had time! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We had done it – Thurong La & ABC!</b>
Wow, who would have thought it would come true!</span></div>
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way and we got chatting. They did the Annapurna Circuit as well and ABC, but
they were on Day 26 ;) Oh well, we were just slightly ahead of them :)</span></div>
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It was completely empty but really beautiful! Susan really liked it as well. I
had known it already as we had stopped here during our 3-day hike! But it was as
good as the last time. My muscles loved it! Even my knee got better :) </span></div>
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on called “Bandha” in Nepalese and it might be difficult to get a bus. Oh well,
we weren’t too concerned as we could always get a taxi from Phedi to Pokhara!
Well, let’s see about that – the story continues…</span></div>
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were running the lodges there. They told us that there are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">no taxis and no busses</b>! Susan and me looked at each other and
didn’t know if we should believe it or not. Oh well, we first will hike to
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<span lang="EN-GB">We finally arrived in Phedi around 11am and
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taxis or anything, which could bring us to Pokhara. </b>We met an older
Nepalese man who told us he is also on his way to Pokhara. We got different
info’s about how long it would take to walk to lakeside – one woman said 5
hours, others said 3 hours. Well, let’s see. We were still hopeful that we
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bicycles and a lot of people walking in the street. Now and again the Ambulance
cars were driving past, seemed like they were the only vehicles that were
allowed to drive today. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It was a really
interesting atmosphere to experience I have to say</b>, even when we were both
wondering if our feet would really carry us to Pokhara all the way. We soon
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<span lang="EN-GB">After a while I finally remembered where we
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was so tasty and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">we were so thirsty, hungry and exhausted – from the heat, the long
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<span lang="EN-GB">We finally arrived at Lakeside at 4pm and
headed straight to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">my favourite coffee
place AMPM</b>! It was open and they had apple muffins. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We both had some and we drank some Banana
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a treat after more than 9 hours walking!</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We both then headed to our different
guesthouses, got our rooms, had a lovely shower, changed into different clothes
after 3 weeks and met for dinner again later on that evening! We spoiled
ourselves with Pizza and Ice-Cream :) Mmhh!!! Yummy!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Who
would have thought we would walk all the way to Pokhara after 20 days of
trekking in the Himalaya’s! That was crazy :)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Leaving Varanasi at around midnight is a
bit spooky I have to say. I was so glad when I finally arrived at the train
station and my rickshaw driver dropped me of. Not that the train station was
nice, no – not at all. Millions of people where sleeping already outside as
well as inside the station and on the platforms. </span></div>
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the platform - it turned out that she was from Canada and she had just arrived
in Varanasi from Nepal! Wow, what a coincidence. So we exchanged our
experiences in that short timeframe until my train came in and I had to go. </span></div>
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be 5 Indian men; all of them really fat and none of them was very polite at
all:( They even took my bed, so I sleep on the top one, however they used all
the clean sheets in the prepared bags, even when they saw that I had non-left.
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<span lang="EN-GB">I left the station and found the busses to the boarder just down the road. They
were public one’s, no AC and really packed, but I got a seat and it was
supposed to take around 2-3 hours. Before we were on our way to leave, a couple
from the UK entered the bus and got seats directly behind me as locals had to
move. Richard & Hazel from the UK near Oxford, who had sold or their
belongings and now travelling around the world for 18 months. Wow, how cool is
that?! I’m more then impressed!</span></div>
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bumpy roads they made an awful noise while driving into millions of holes ;) </span></div>
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noon. We had to go through Indian Emigration and then walked over to the other
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Nepal
– Here I am :)</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">What a different welcome ;) You could straight away feel the warmth of Nepalese people! They were very friendly at the Immigration Office, gave you
the form to fill in for the Visa – you handed over the money and the passport + one picture
and 2 minutes later you got your Visa! Wow, very impressive and easy :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The immigration officer said to me with a
big smile on his face: “Welcome Kerstin Rieger in Nepal. You are allowed to
stay until the 5<sup>th</sup> of May and if you want to extend your stay it is
not a problem. Enjoy your time in Nepal.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Impressive! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first thought which crossed
my mind was <b>“You are in the right country Kerstin!” </b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">That’s what I like ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I walked out to find a bus to Kathmandu and
to change some money into Nepalese rupees. In less than 5 min all was sorted
and I tried to find the UK couple as the bus was leaving in 20 min towards
Kathmandu. Oh, can you believe it? Nepal has 15min time difference to India ;)
That’s really funny – I first thought the guy from the bus was joking, but no –
it is true!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Leaving the boarder at 1pm, we were
supposed to arrive in Kathmandu around 8-9pm. It wasn’t an AC bus (non
available ;) and it turned out it stopped almost at any point where people were
waiting along the road! What an adventure really! The UK couple was with me,
which was nice. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The bus was packed, people where standing
everywhere. I met a lovely Nepalese guy, who actually travelled back from Goa
to Kathmandu! What a coincidence really :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was a bus ride I won’t forget – the
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arrived in Kathmandu finally at 11pm! Bikram, the Nepalese man, organized us a
taxi to our guesthouse and the UK couple joined me and I finally met Annette,
who was waiting for me in the guesthouse. I was on the road for 24 hours and
really exhausted by now. So good to have a bed to sleep for the night ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Two days in Kathmandu were really exciting.
Our guesthouse was in Thamel, a touristy spot in the city, where you can find
millions of vendors and shops and you can buy millions of lovely items. From
presents to clothes, to praying wheels, peace flags, sandals, trekking gear, books and
bags – you name it! They had also lovely bakeries everywhere, interesting
buildings and lots to see.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first day we explored the city, walked
miles and miles – went in lots of shops, had banana lassies and some nice
pastries.</span></div>
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Monkey temple called “Swayambhunath”! Gorgeous place, where you can overlook
the city from a hill! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The temple is beautiful with so many peace flags
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<span lang="EN-GB">We also saw some monks in a small little temple chanting different mantras while walking around meditating. I was really curious to see them and it reminded me about my Yoga Teacher Training in Goa.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the evening we met Bikram for dinner
and ate some tasty Nepalese food incl. Vegetable Momos. We had a lovely time
and tomorrow we are leaving for Pokhara with the early morning bus! I will come
back to Kathmandu at a later stage as there is still so much to see and
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morning. It was successful for sure, by the time we found “the one” we had at
least looked at 20 guesthouses or so. We decided to stay at the <b>Peace Ganga
Guesthouse</b> as it was cheap, a big room and a lovely balcony just for ourselves
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<span lang="EN-GB">We found a few lovely coffee places
around town with tasty groceries - Apple Muffins, Apple Strudels, Chocolate Banana
Cakes and some fabulous coffee. Sooner or later we had two favourites: The
Himalaya Café with the tastiest Lemongrass tea and the AM/PM Organic Café with the
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different to Vietnam. They are all driving bigger bikes (125cc), so I wasn’t
sure in the beginning how that would work out. The bikes also had real clutches
and so we ended up to rent a scooter for Annette and I had a red, really pretty
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<span lang="EN-GB">What a steep ride up there and lots of gravel on
the road! But it was more than worthwhile for sure :) On the way down it
started to rain and actually to lash down. We stopped and looked for shelter.
There were some Nepalese people who waited there as well and we had a lovely
chat with that local man. When the rain slowed down, we continued with our
raincoats towards Pokhara, where we had to return the bikes. It was an
adventurous day and it was great to drive such a big bike! I loved it :)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The hike to the Pagoda wasn't too long, but pretty steep. The sun was already blazing down and I was sweating quiet a lot. However, I had just bought a new Nepalese handmade hat out of Hemp. Brilliant material, which feels like it is cooling your hat! I loved it :) </span></div>
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to decide which package tour to go for and ended up booking one, which promised
us to sleep in a lovely wooden tower for one night in the middle of the park.
Annette and myself were so excited that we booked that one – 3 nights, 4 days!
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Unfortunately it was only a so-called orientation walk and watching the sunset
by the river. Not really exciting and pretty touristy. Oh well, it didn’t
matter as we were so looking forward to our Elephant ride in the morning. </span></div>
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ride and the Elephant bathing were my personal highlights for sure :) I have
never been riding on an elephant before, but it was worth every minute.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed every second!</td></tr>
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as well. The ride took a good hour and we saw monkeys, deers and the highlight of all were 2 Rhinos! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yes, two Rhinos
and we were maybe 3 meters away from them as Rhinos are not scared of
elephants! What an adventure! I loved it :)</span></div>
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Safari in the National Park. I was actually really looking forward to it, but
as it turned out it was not so successful to spot any animals from the Jeep
really. The elephant was much better! We saw a lot of birds, monkeys and
deers – but so far no Rhinos. </span></div>
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believe it or not, but we did! We all had to get of the Jeep and slowly
walk towards the Rhino, to see it, but of course not too close.</span></div>
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like mad towards our Jeep! Scare situation for sure, but luckily enough the
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<span lang="EN-GB">We came back to our hotel and we were off
to our tower night in the Park. Annette and myself were so excited, but wait
what’s coming ;) We drove into the park for maybe 10min and we saw an old Stone
Tower in the middle of a grass land. Annette said to me: ”No, that can’t be it
– that’s not the wooden tower we saw in the brochure!” Annette was right, it
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<span lang="EN-GB">Oh well, it turned out that there were 2 French girls staying in the tower as
well and they seemed to be good company. Unfortunately it was already dark when
we arrived, so we couldn’t see any animals before we went to bed. So we decided
to get up early to watch out for them. 5am we got up and looked out for them.
No Rhinos, but herds of deers and lots of monkeys – it was worthwhile for sure
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<span lang="EN-GB">After breakfast in our hotel we were off
bird watching ;) I have never been bird watching in my life and on top of that
a father and son from the UK joined us, which were serious bird watchers with
pinocolous and telescope! Wow! During the next few hours Annette and myself got
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put on our swimsuits to go <b>Elephant Bathing</b>. We were so excited as a lot of
people told us that this is one of the highlights in Chitwan. We found out that
our hotel had their own elephant and it actually lived behind the hotel! Wow,
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<span lang="EN-GB">The UK family came with us as well and they
also joined in. We had a great time before returning to our hotel for a lovely
shower.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the afternoon there was <b>Canoieng, Jungle
walk and the Elephant Breeding centre</b> on the program. We did the canoing with at
least 15 other people in a small banana boot apparently made out of one tree trunk. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was tiny and very unstable with 15 people on it, but there we
were floating on the river, passing crocodiles – Yes, real crocodiles! </span></div>
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again!</span></div>
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But after
walking for around 45 minutes the fun started. I walked directly behind our
guide and he suddenly stopped and showed me the puhh of a Rhino – it was 2 days
old he said. Ok, I thought, two days old means the Rhino is far gone by now. We
continued walking and the guide stopped again, this time <b>he showed me a
footprint which was pretty fresh!</b> <b>It was a footprint of a Rhino! </b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">OMG, I thought
we were on a relaxed Jungle walk on the way to the elephant breeding center.
Instead we were on a Rhino hunt – but who was hunting whom there?! Our guide
good really concerned and nervous. That doesn’t really help to calm me and the
other people down. There we were in the middle of the jungle expecting to see a
Rhino every minute! I was looking around seeing what was close to climb onto
maybe. Some trees, but nothing which looked too save to be honest. Oh well, we
continued walking very slowly and carefully and after 20 minutes or so we
reached finally the Breeding Center. I was pretty relieved we didn’t see a
Rhino this time.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Elephant breeding center was
brialliant. They just had a new born baby elephant which was 2 days old!</span></div>
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saw a lot of other young and really cute elephants. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lovely spot and it was nice
to watch them eating as well. Did you know that an elephant needs to eat at
least 220kg of grass every day?!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">What an adventures day it was! I loved
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<span lang="EN-GB">Back in Pokhara we first went back to our
lovely guesthouse and I was so looking forward to eat an Apple Muffin. I think
I was dreaming about it for 2 nights ;)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Guess who we bumped into in the streets of
Pokhara – the lovely UK couple Richard & Hazel! What a coincidence! We hat
a quick chat and we told them that we were planning to go trekking for 3 days.
So we spontaneously arranged to meet for breakfast the next day to discuss the
route.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Annette & myself went into a few
agencies to find out about the route and a guide we could hire. Finally after
talking to a lot of agencies we found one, where the guide was actually there –
his name is Ray. So we discussed the route with him and it sounded like a solid
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Richard for breakfast, talked about the route and we agreed that we would all
hike together – starting Wednesday morning. I love spontaneous people and the
UK couple are one of them. There were a few things we still had to arrange:
Trekking permit, TIM Cards, Sleeping bags for rent and I had to buy hiking
boots. So I was running around Pokhara, in almost every single shop who offered
trekking boots in my size. Finally I found some, which were comfortable enough
for 50US$. I was indeed pleased with myself and so we were all excited to go.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Wow, well if that continues I was thinking, then we need to stop at
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beautiful spot with a hot shower. Well you had to pay extra for the shower, but
I didn’t care – none of us actually cared and we all had a hot shower :) I felt
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and just chatted away. Later on some other hikers arrived – 2 French girls and
an American guy. The French girls were on a 7 days Trek up to Poonhill, but
they didn’t seem to be too happy so. You should have seen how much luggage they
had, that would last for a 4 weeks vacation for sure. The poor porter, who had
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It was nice to hear about his adventures and just to chat away. He was on a
Leave of absence from Intel – another IT guy I thought ;)</span></div>
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time until we were able to cross as it seemed like that this Japanese group had
never heard of the principle to let on go from one side and then swap! We made
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river! Pretty adventures for sure – it is the longest bridge in the Annapurna
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A little teahouse, which is run by a really cute Nepalese woman. It turned out that
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really, as we hiked a bit more on the previous day. Annette and myself were
definitely sad to leave the mountain area, especially Annette as she had to fly
back to London, but she would have loved to stay to hike a bit more. I had
decided to do the Annapurna Circuit, also it might be a big challenge for sure.
Hazel & Richard did really well! They never complaint or were mouning about the millions of steps we all had to go up or that the trek was to difficult or the hike was a "stupid idea". They were so brave and impressed me a lot! I loved to trek with them and it is a pity they not come with me to do the Annapurna Circuit. I will miss all 3 of them for sure</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thanks Annette, Hazel & Richard for such a lovely hike!</span></div>
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Annette had to leave the next morning,
which was sad :( We had lovely two weeks together and I would have loved
Annette’s company for my next hike for sure.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I decided to rest in Pokhara for a week and
just enjoy life. Finally I had time to answer mails, go for a walk around the
lake and drinking Lemongrass tea or coffee latte in my two favourite coffee
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It took me just 5min to extend my Visa at the Immigration Office! That was
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was difficult, as they didn’t had any 30Rp or 35Rp stamps. As they had 20Rp and
5Rp stamps I suggested I could glue 1x20Rp and 2x5Rp or 3x5p on the postcard.
The post officer looked at me as if I had just arrived from the moon and what
weird ideas I would bring with me. But I convinced him, that this would work so
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<span lang="EN-GB">I have decided to trek the Annapurna
Circuit – 16 days trek! I hired a female Nepalese guide and we will start on
Saturday, 28<sup>th</sup>! I am excited and a bit scared as well. But I am sure
it will be an experience of a lifetime and I am so looking forward to it :)
Himalaya’s I am coming… ;)</span></div>
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Fleece jacket, Goretex jacket, 2<sup>nd</sup> pair of trekking socks, headlamp,
2<sup>nd</sup> memory card for my camera, Haribo’s, Mars bars, Twix, Bounty’s and
renting a sleeping bag for -20 degrees & sunglasses!</span></div>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It was so true, as I found a lovely guesthouse called Shanti Guesthouse for 2 nights, with my own swing in front of the hut :) So cute!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On our way to the landmark, we passed a really exciting typically Indian (at least in my mind) shop area, where I would have loved to stay during the day and watch people. A shame I didn’t discover this area earlier - A really old street, with millions of pearl and Shari shops; Nothing seemed to be organized, it looked so cool. Maybe I will stop in Hyderabad on my way back, who knows and then I need to go back. Naveen & his family dropped me off at my guesthouse close to midnight! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What an exciting day I had, and it was so good to see Naveen again and to meet his family! Thanks Naveen :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">28h train journey: Hyderabad - Varanasi</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What an interesting train journey really!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The 3A sleeper seat wasn’t too bad at all. All the compartments were open, however you could close the curtains if you wanted to at night time.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It turned out, that once again I was the only Western person on that carriage, but I didn’t really mind. The Indian people who shared the area (6 beds) with me were nice. They helped me ordering food and even shared some of their own food. Could have been in Vietnam really. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I tried a tomato soup as everybody assured me it is not spicy ;) Hehe, it was spicy! I only ate the breadcrumbs and the rest I unfortunately couldn’t eat. However, there was a possibility to order some plain rice with some dahl. So the Indian woman helped me to do that. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">After 8pm it finally arrived. I was starving after boarding the train at 10am and the only food I really had were biscuits. So plain rice was lovely, the dahl I couldn’t eat, as it was really spicy. After dinner I went up to my sleeper bed on the top and fell asleep almost immediately. I got a good night sleep for sure and was looking forward to have some breakfast in the morning. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Some people had left the train and new faces were in our carriage. However one guy was still there and he was so kind to order breakfast for me – toast with omelette! Great :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I could really experience Indian life on the train. You could hear kids crying, loud music blurring out from a mobile phone, at least dozens of different people talking on the mobile phone. The noise level was incredible really. The guy who was sitting next to me broke the record in talking for the longest time ever on the phone on a train ride I think ;) He seriously spoke for at least half of the journey, which is 14hours! Indian men love their mobile phones, that’s at least my observation ;)</span></div><br />
When I was looking out of the window during the train ride I felt like I was in the middle of a movie. It felt actually exactly like it, as if you would watch a movie from India! It was incredible, and I enjoyed every minute of it. A lot of people were curious, as I was the only Western person on the train ;) Some asking lots of questions and wondering why somebody would take on all that hassle to travel on a train in India ;) Funny all the different perspectives! I didn’t experience it as hassle at all ;)<br />
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During the train ride I collected all my rubbish in a plastic bag and before we arrived in Varanasi I headed to the other compartment, where I wanted to throw it in the bin. The officer from this compartment took the rubbish from me and I almost didn't trust my eyes: He took my plastic bag and threw it directly through the open train door beside the tracks! I was speechless, shocked and not surprised anymore, why it actually looked so messy along the tracks. It is really sad so as the Indian people need to make an effort to get the litter problem solved. It is more then disgusting and it will destroy their country in the long run :(<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I hadn’t booked any guesthouse in advance, but I thought that shouldn’t be a problem at all as it was apparently low season. Well, the rickshaw driver stopped in the middle of small alleyways and explained to me that I need to walk from here onwards to reach the Meer Ghat, where one of the guesthouses was located. Ok, so I got my entire luggage and I was walking through the narrow streets, no idea where to go in 39 degrees. On top of that the alleyways were full of rubbish, cow shit, urine and food left over’s etc., not to mention the smell everywhere. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>Welcome to Varanasi I thought</b> <b>– now you have arrived in India! </b> </span><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">A man actually offered to show me the way to the guesthouse. I was a bit cautious, as I wasn’t sure where he would bring me to, but I didn’t really have a choice, so I followed him. I don’t need to mention, <b>that my sandal actually broke</b> and I was just walking with one shoes through these lovely clean alleyways! Needless to say, that some Indian people were carrying a dead body on a bamboo stretcher, chanting Hindi songs down to the so called “burning ghat”. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>What an experience I can tell you!!!</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We actually arrived at the guesthouse, but it was fully booked. I checked my lonely planet and picked the next one, which was apparently close by. Well, the other guy had disappeared, but there was a lovely boy outside which offered me to bring me to the place without any charge. Well I had no choice once again, and he even suggested he can show me a place where I can get my sandal fixed first :) <b>Wow, that was a good idea! I like that kid ;)</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">So I got my sandal fixed, and I already felt much better. We went to the other guesthouse, but my gut feeling told me it wasn’t the right place to stay. Finally I asked the little boy if he can bring me back to a place where I can get a rickshaw as I had decided to try another area called Assi Ghat instead, which is a bit further outside. The boy brought me there in one piece, with my entire luggage and I gave him some Rupees for it. He smiled at me and said he is hoping to meet me again. He was very kind I have to say, he didn’t expect any money, and so it felt even nicer to give him some ;)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Wow, it seems to be difficult to find a room around here I thought. But the guy at the reception was so nice, he told me I can leave my backpack here and walk around in this area to see if I can find another guesthouse. That was a relief! 12kg less to carry in that heat ;) So I walked through the area and looked at a few guesthouses, and there were actually rooms available, the question was if I felt comfortable there. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">But finally I found a lovely family run guesthouse in a quiet area, with Wifi connection and a balcony outside my room. <b>That’s it, I will stay here!</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Needless to say, that on the way to get my backpack, my other sandal broke and I had to find another man, to get it fixed. But it wasn’t too complicated this time ;) Thank god! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">On the way I bumped into a guy I actually had met on Tonsai Beach/Thailand End Of January! He also recognized me and we had a quick chat - how small is our world really :)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">So with 2 proper sandals and my backpack I walked to my new “home” and the first thing I did was to have a lovely shower. It felt like I was a new person after all ;)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I decided to try the Pizzeria which was mentioned in the lonely planet and which was supposed to be in the neighbourhood. Great idea I have to say, the Pizza was delicious. I almost felt like I was in Rome, except that Rome is much cleaner than Varanasi! But the Pizza was Italian ;) I even had a scoop of Vanilla ice cream as dessert, as I had only eaten bits and pieces on my 28h train journey and I was starving!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Back in my room I tested the wifi connection and it was actually working, even on my balcony! Wow, I got spoiled ;) Yippie! But too tired really to communicate with anybody, I went to bed. The room has just a fan on the ceiling, but I was able to leave my windows open. However, it is unbelievable hot even at night-time, so it was hard to get some proper sleep. But I rested at least ;)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I got some lovely homemade breakfast in the morning from the woman who is running the guesthouse.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">That was a great start to a new day. I decided to give the so called “Ghat’s” another try and so I walked along the river Ganges from one ghat to the next, taking pictures, watching people and just trying to grasp the atmosphere in that new city! It felt definitely better than the day before. </span><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">But knowing and seeing it is a different story. There were two funerals going on and you could see one body wrapped in white linen or silk placed on a bamboo stretcher. Two people carried the stretcher into the river Ganges and dipped it a few times into the water and the people around prepared the wood. </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The 2<sup>nd</sup> funeral was already further ahead and the body was already placed between all the logs, wrapped in white linen. After a few minutes they started to lighten the logs. I met an Indian man who apparently owned the funeral service. I’m not sure if that true or not, but it doesn’t matter in the end. He took time out to explain a lot of rituals to me. All the families have to buy at least 360kg of wood. If the body is very big or the person is taller than usual, they even have to buy up to 500kg of wood. Apparently 1kg of wood costs 300 Rupees. If you calculate that quickly, then the logs for the funeral cost at least 10.000 Rupees, which is around 200US$! Wow, a lot of money for India indeed. Not to forget, that was the cheapest option available! Sandalwood is the most expensive wood and people pay more than double for it. There are usually no women at all at the burning ghat, as Indian people think they are too emotional and the risk is too high that they will commit suicide and throw themselves into the burning fire as well to follow their husband. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The sons of the person who just died have to shave their head in a very specific way. Almost the entire head is shaved except for one small piece at the back of the head. There are people close to the burning ghat, who do nothing else than shaving people’s heads. </span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></div><span lang="EN-GB">I learned that the dead bodies of men are wrapped in white, women in orange linen. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB">Some elderly people are moving to Varanasi in a high age, to prepare to die there. It is very bizarre, disillusioning and unfamiliar of course. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">However, maybe it is actually better to handle death in a more open way than as we do it in the West. Indian people are wearing white clothes for funerals, same as in Vietnam. I actually prefer this to black ones back home!</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span lang="EN-GB">It was not too special I have to say after seeing the one in Hyderabad. But well, it doesn’t matter. I decided to get a rickshaw on the way back as I was too tired to walk another 1.5hours! What an exciting day I had really! So many impressions and there are more to come.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The next day I felt a little bit better, but still took it easy. But I had to see the ceremony they are performing every evening at 7pm at one of the Ghats. So I went and it was actually beautiful. So many Indian people watching it, some were praying, others were watching it from a boat on the river Ganges.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A lot of people bought little candles surrounded by flowers in a little basket to lighten it and let it swim in the Ganges. I also bought one from the little girl and seconds later it floated on the Ganges :)</div><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the ceremony I was hungry, so I decided to go back to the Pizza place. I met two really nice ladies, one from Ireland and the other one from Italy. We actually had dinner together and we planned to take a boat at 5.30am the next morning to watch the sunset from the river Ganges. I had also tried to arrange my train ticket directly at the train station, which wasn’t any success – so I booked it online instead and on the waiting list again ;) </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB">It was hard the next morning to get up at 5am the next morning, but I made it and the Italian woman met me at the Ghats. We hired a boat for an hour and watched the busy life of Varanasi from the boat during the sunrise. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">All these days in Varanasi I felt like being in a movie. It just didn’t feel real. I was even expecting to wake up any moment and to realize that I had only dreamt all that. But it was actually real – real life for people who live here. My bicycle rickshaw ride around town was another unforgettable moment. It reminded me about Sissi, when she was at the Cornmarket and she told her husband that the people almost tattered her dress. Not that Indian people did that, but they were staring at me when I was riding through the local markets and streets, as I guess it wasn’t a touristy area and people don’t see so many foreigners at all.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Week 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxIGeSeacETadjirjyXlgGcJJn1VGIzomObneRh3hCLrp40okuDESfcAWYwNOejjhGB9XBQIUyJJHC4YrLBzq5T8Z_sa26DZ-tG80Lq2eXpJ9TYfKfk7vcuCJyYIJqKunnAcWLk5MFMc/s1600/DSC_0501-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxIGeSeacETadjirjyXlgGcJJn1VGIzomObneRh3hCLrp40okuDESfcAWYwNOejjhGB9XBQIUyJJHC4YrLBzq5T8Z_sa26DZ-tG80Lq2eXpJ9TYfKfk7vcuCJyYIJqKunnAcWLk5MFMc/s320/DSC_0501-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">An Indian person from outside the Yoga Centre visited us to practise Yoga Nidra with us – deep relaxation. It felt brilliant, even if I cannot remember everything. I felt so refreshed afterwards. He taught us, that we have three points where all our emotions go through- the fingers, toes and lips!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Just beforehand we had our 3<sup>rd</sup> Bakti Session with Yam and I got really emotional when we were lying in Shavassana and listened to the song: “Love is a healer” During that song, Yam placed a flower on our stomach, which I didn’t even realize. We all went together to the wooden bridge, which connects Ashiyana with the beach and we dropped our flowers into the river. It was a beautiful experience and such a lovely picture.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">First I didn’t think I would like these Bakti sessions, as they were really intimidating for me. But it seems like I was able to open up and my real me came out. I enjoy chanting in a group, playing some instruments with it and dance ;) Seems like singing with my students in Vietnam really effected me positively ;)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This week just flew by! Unbelievable it is already Saturday. We did a lot this week for sure, we were teaching in groups of nine a few times. Just same small sequences, but it felt good and it was a positive and encouraging experience. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1_yG8Z-NDwrYpdvQ0JtFFfK1S6lUvO9ao4A0iHToPwXVkhXcOiJxQqXTmdZFhdJwkWESWT5CZ-Ey_ElrMvEZOsjLwp8-CY69rFkO7fQCX8ffKmyv8OIzeWQzeCyHT4-as9fu8pvP5_o/s1600/P1020292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1_yG8Z-NDwrYpdvQ0JtFFfK1S6lUvO9ao4A0iHToPwXVkhXcOiJxQqXTmdZFhdJwkWESWT5CZ-Ey_ElrMvEZOsjLwp8-CY69rFkO7fQCX8ffKmyv8OIzeWQzeCyHT4-as9fu8pvP5_o/s320/P1020292.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I even look forward to teach for 20 minutes; also it pushes me out of my comfort zone for sure. But I deliberately put some breathing exercise in my session and some Yoga mantra, as I would like to try it. Maybe even some chanting in the end ;) Let’s see if I am so adventurous.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I am so grateful and glad I picked this centre to study Yoga. It seems to be exactly the right choice for me and I feel more and more every day that I have changed so much in the last 2-3 years as a person. I am much calmer and balanced then I ever was or I could remember. And it still seems like people recognize my smile and my cheeky eyes ;) what a lovely compliment that was! I am more then grateful for this. You know, sometimes we always think about money and we need to save and be careful. Yes, I agree – we should be responsible, however sometimes we also need to spend some money to open maybe another door, another opportunity, discover something we have never experienced and which enriches us as a person and for our life. Is that not much more worth then any money in the bank account?!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We also started our Self-Practice in the 3<sup>rd</sup> week, which meant we didn’t have any guided Asana sessions anymore in the morning from 7.30 – 9.30am. Instead we were all doing Self-Practice. It was good to rehearse our 20min classes and to slowly think about the following 45min classes, which will start in the 4<sup>th</sup> week. In the beginning the Self-Practice was really challenging, but it got much better over time I have to say. However I was also looking forward to another guided class from Linda on the beach on Sunday. This was optional, because Sunday is our day off. But I love to do Yoga on the beach, so I was there ;) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPEl5iiuzu1bw_bted6-0p_EN3WN95rfkDW6XiLfC-BBF63-IXR-xhrn-eiF-YvFkTvrQ7v6veLFaCz17b1GTqNhFfkG-ZDvVbiSVTmgQCYHxAwviBBdtJOOU1tkaBUcCmFQrIHtAk-s/s1600/IMG_6343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPEl5iiuzu1bw_bted6-0p_EN3WN95rfkDW6XiLfC-BBF63-IXR-xhrn-eiF-YvFkTvrQ7v6veLFaCz17b1GTqNhFfkG-ZDvVbiSVTmgQCYHxAwviBBdtJOOU1tkaBUcCmFQrIHtAk-s/s400/IMG_6343.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On Monday our 45min teaching sessions started and I volunteered again to teach Monday afternoon. I was excited and nervous at the same time. The Yoga Teachers gave us a lot of guidelines, what had to be included in our lessons, so it felt like the 45min were even too short. This time I even planned to include a chant in it. I really fell in love with chanting I have to say. It makes me feel good! There was a lot going on in the 4<sup>th</sup> week as we also had to sit an Anatomy test and this was not my best subject really. But I decided to start 2 days beforehand with studying after I finished my 45min teaching class. Some people were studying for 3 weeks, but I didn’t stress myself. I really wanted to enjoy my time in Ashiyana and not getting stressed. I think I got that from the Irish people ;) I could have never been so relaxed without living in Ireland for 8 years! Thank you Ireland and for sure thanks to the lovely Irish people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">My teaching session went well and once more I got lovely feedback. Students told me I nailed the Sun Salutation Instructions and they loved my Spiral flow. Overall the whole lesson had a good flow :) As you can imagine, I had a big big smile on my face afterwards! One student even told me that she would pay for my lessons. Does that sound good?! Yes, it does :) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I was anxious to receive the final feedback from our Yoga teachers, but it was not planned until Saturday. Long time to go really, but I enjoyed attending all the other Yoga teacher classes from the other students. You can already see all the different styles people have and will develop over time. It is amazing & fascinating at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It seems like I have a combined more styles into my class as my Sun Salutations & Spiral flows are challenging and more powerful Yoga, but the Pranayamas and the relaxation is very mellow and soft :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I loved his approach, his name is Jai and he is from Australia. He might do an 18days workshop at Ashiyana in October this year. Let’s see, but I would love to join this one, as it appealed to me and I think he has the right approach!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Some students already got a bit distracted and some even stressed, because they were already thinking about leaving Ashiyana soon, even if it was still a few more days to go. I think or maybe better said I felt, that I was able to live much more in the present moment, instead of always thinking about the future and to plan ahead. I’m actually even a bit proud, that I am finally able to do it and even can relax ;) I feel good and hope I can even improve it over time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">All our teaching sessions were over by Thursday, followed by our Anatomy Test in the afternoon, which actually went well. To my own surprise, I scored 81%, which was really good for me :) I was pleased.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In the morning we had a Meditation session called “Kundalini”, which was so cool! </span>It was very different to any other things we had done, but I liked it. It was split in 4 parts. 15min of moving on the spot, feet hip width apart and eyes closed. Your feet shouldn’t move at all. The 2<sup>nd</sup> 15min, we were allowed to move and dance, do whatever movement felt comfortable for our body, but just don’t stop moving. Then 15min sitting on our mat in a cross-legged position and the last 15min lying in Shavassana and just relaxing :)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This evening we had to say goodbye to the first people leaving. It reminded me a bit about IBM CSC in Vietnam, however it had been much more intense during CSC times then here in Goa, thank god! We were 36 people compared to 10 in Vietnam, which made a huge difference.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Jose had to leave already as well, even if I would have loved to travel with here for a while. I am sure she would have been an awesome person to travel with ;)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">But who knows what lies in the future, maybe another time :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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