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Tharepati Downward: Pleasant Walk [Helambu Trek Day 5 of 6]
A girl with carries things in a doko. The things, she wouldn’t say what, were sent by her grandfather, a hotelier at the top of the hill, to her grandmother, a hotelier at the down! The granddaughter was working as a messenger between the old couple! 23 October [Thangune Bhyanjyang]: It was a long day.…
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A Boy of Melamchi Khola and His Back!
22 October: I didn’t notice it at first but, when I noticed, I couldn’t stop myself taking out camera and taking the photo. This small boy was playing in front of me. He was occasionally looking at me and when responding to my questions that ranged from his home and the roadside hotel where we…
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At Thare Pati After Tough Uphill [Helambu Trek Day 4 of 6]
Wagle.com.np at Thare Pati. Inspecting the mountains 22 October [Thare Pati]: We started early but in the morning I was feeling slightly exhausted and feeble. I wasn’t able to walk properly; legs were going out of my control. They weren’t really holding me up. After walking down the hill trail for about two hours, we…
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Timbu to Tarke Gyang [Helambu Trek Day 3 of 6]
Ashika Lama, with her two little sisters, had lied about her name and didn’t want to be photographed at the later stage of our conversation though she slightly flirted with us in the beginning. She was waiving hands at us as we started climbing upward. 21 October [Tarke Gyang]: We started late, walked really slow…
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A Dangerous Suspension Bridge Near Keyul
20 October (Timbu): A few minutes after we left the village of Keyul and Maya the girl behind, we came across a suspension bridge over Melamchi khola that we didn’t have to cross. But we wanted go over it. The first sight of the bridge reminded me of Wanda Vivequin and the amazing bridge over…
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CDMA Phone Revolution in Nepali Villages
A hotelier in Timbu village of Helambu region holds the pre-paid CDMA phone set for better signal from Kathmandu valley while a customer talks. (Click to enlarge the photo and sketch.) 21 October (Timbu): With the introduction of CDMA-based phone systems by Nepal Telecom, Nepali villages have experienced a revolution in communication. Even in some…
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The Man Who Rescued Kanak Mani Dixit
20 October (Timbu): One of the best things about staying in trailside guest houses is that you meet so many people (Nepali and foreigners) who have so many stories to tell. You learn from then and you also share your experience with them. I was waiting for food in the evening listening to the guys…
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Riding, Walking and Playing [Day 2 of 6]
These girls were heading to their home for the Dashain vacation. They had reserved the bus because no vehicles were plying on the 9th day of Dashain. 20 October (Timbu): We started walking on the unpaved road from Kunta Beshi in the morning: the target was Melamchi Bazaar where the administrative site offices of the…
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Faces of a Little Lady in Timbu. We Ate Potatoes in Her House!
Her name is Tenzen Angmu Lama, 6. She studies at grade 1 in a local school (Kakani Primary Schoo). When we reached her home in search of food on the second day of the trip, she was playing with herself. Her mother kindly agreed to boil potatoes for us after we requested and told her…
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A Hindu Festival in a Buddhist Monastery
An example of religious harmony in Nepal. [But some people want to differ. That is why this post has an update below on 28 October.] This Padmasambhava idol of lord Buddha is taken out of the Tarke Gyang monastery only once in a year, on the day of Dashami (10th and most important day of…
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