• John Woodrow
  • John Woodrow

Trip to Nepal

On a five week trip to Nepal starts today Read more
  • Trip start
    May 2, 2023
  • Day after the festival

    May 4, 2023 in Nepal

    Staying in the village today. There was a big festival yesterday. Part of the festival was sacrificing 200 goat.
    There was traditional music and dancing and not forgetting the hospitality
    So we are eating goat for breakfast lunch and dinnerRead more

  • Nagadaha -2 giddae, Sujam’s village

    May 4, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    We arrived at the village eventually the four-wheel-drive, needed a repair, putting use behind by two hours. then because of the heavy rain the four-wheel-drive got stuck in the mud so we ended up having to walk up a hill.
    With me being the first tourist in the village there was a small ceremony.
    They really know how to make you welcome
    And on the way I had my first momos here in Nepal
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  • Kathmandu

    May 8, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    I went to the old part of Kathmandu, and also, the palace there is so much to see to take in
    this is going to be a short message I’m tired I’m ready to go to bed I may add a little bit more tomorro but here are some photos of where we went todayRead more

  • Another day in Kathmandu

    May 9, 2023 in Nepal

    Today in Kathmandu, on a very dusty and got day, we went to Patan, Seayambhu temple and Monkey temple
    Not to many people at each place but the traffic was horrendous

  • Chandragiri Hill

    May 12, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Went up to Chandragiri Hill via cable car. Went to temple
    Hoping to get a good view of Kathmandu, but with the pollution we could not see anything. So no photos today

  • Another day in Katmandu

    May 13, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    A hot polluted day walking around Kathmandu, went to the Pashupatinath temple today. It's where the Hindu bodies are cremated. It is massive.
    apparently when Nepal had covid the army had to put 3 or 4 bodies on top of each other to burn, there were so many.
    Then went for some momos
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  • Nothing to report today

    May 14, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    We are having another day not doing much, having a rest before our trip start on Tuesday
    We are having a big storm just now. At lest this raine will dampen the dust

  • Off we go on 14 day trip

    May 16, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Off we go on our first day of our 14 day trip around Nepal.
    Our first stop was Manakamana temple. Which was on top of a mountain 1 hour up and another 1 hour back. On an of road track.
    But we'll worth it
    We are now at a place called Bandipur, for our overnight stop. And tomorrow we go to Pokhara
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  • Pokhara

    May 17, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    We are now at Pokhara, sorry to say it's raining .but it's still a beautiful place
    So we are hoping that tomorrow we have clear blue skys

  • Ghandruk

    May 18, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    We are now at a place called Ghandruk. We are here to get some really good views of some snow caped mountains.
    But I'm sorry to say there is low cloud and raining. We are hoping the the weather is better tomorrow.
    Getting to this village was a hard job. The road was blocked of due to an avalanche. So we had a very hard 3/4 hour walk
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  • Mustang

    May 20, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    We are now her Mustang, I think today's car ride was the hardest. There was also a landslide which up us behind again.
    Mustang is almost dessert, so it's very dusty

  • Mustang day two

    May 21, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

    Was such a beautiful clear day with lots of mountains around the valley with snow. we went up to a Mukti Kshetra, which literally means the 'liberation arena' (moksha) temple over 3830 metres high and it was also a long walk to the temple.
    on the way back there was yet another landslide had to wait almost 2 hours for it to be cleared then when we got down the car broke down. A very interesting day
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  • Butwal

    May 22, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    Just arrived at Butwal. It was a very long journey.
    Because the car broke down before we got to Pokhara.
    the journey took almost 12 hours.
    So there are no photos today

  • Lumbini

    May 23, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C

    Went to Lumbinī today. The Birthplace of the Lord Buddha. Is a Buddhist pilgrimage site , to have a look at the numerous Buddhist temples from around the world