Valentine’s day started romantic, peaceful, lazy and rather luxurious. We had an amazing breakfast at the Namo Buddha Resort, where we had spent the past 2 days and 2 nights being reintroduced to the concept of fresh air. After breakfast -with the view of the Himalayas on a sunny day-, we read, sketched, and talked about the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2016
7 Things about Nepal that the books did not tell me
When we live abroad we come to challenge our understanding of normality on a daily basis. To not be able to challenge oneself in that way, actually, might be the same as missing the point of adventuring after all. Of course it takes some courage to get out of the cultural comfort zone, but it may … Continue reading
A visual account of a getaway to Namo Buddha
We have recently visited a little piece of paradise on Earth: a Tibetan Buddhist sacred place in Nepal called Namo Buddha. The peaceful aura of the place is as beautiful and soothing as the prayer flags hanging from every tree on the hikes through the pinewoods. Getting there from Kathmandu was quite an experience. We … Continue reading
The largest Stupa in Nepal. It blew my mind.
So, I’ve been postponing the moment when I sit and try to write about what I’ve been experiencing (mostly emotionally, because I am mostly an emotional person). I know this might sound cheesy, but I will embrace it: I just don’t know how to put in words the kinds of feelings I’ve been discovering here … Continue reading