Daal Bhat is what I consumed sometimes twice a day during my trek in Nepal. It is nutritious, healthy and delicious. For some Nepali it is all they will ever eat - twice a day, every day, for the rest of their lives....
When I researched on adventures in Nepal, I was at first a bit hesitant to do one of the many treks offered as I thought I was not physically fit enough to do one. One would have thought, growing up in Switzerland would make me a hiking / trekking fanatic....
Month 1 was by far the toughest – that I can tell you. I am completely new to this whole ‘travelling perpetually’ experience and there were some hard lessons to learn along the way, but so far it has been absolutely mind-blowing! I still cannot believe that I packed my...
Either I will be hospitalised for about 5 days where I will get antibiotics intravenously or we try the oral method first and if this does not work we proceed to the IV option....
One song is stuck in my head for a long time – I don't understand the words but the music is beautiful. I can just feel the emotion in the way the words are pronounced even if I don't understand a word....
The stones sink into the water never to be seen again and Ganesh suggests to take off our socks and shoes and to cross the river barefoot rolling up our trousers up to our knees....
The drops to the right of us are frightening. One wrong turn and all of us would not survive the steep fall. We giggle and laugh as we are all being pulled off our seats once in while....
Great. Can't puke. Can't crap. Is there ANYTHING else I CAN'T do properly to make this morning even more miserable? I thought to myself. All my Zen-like calmness disappeared that morning....
Then you doze for another 2 trying to ignore the fact that you need to go to the loo but you are dreading to unzip the sleeping bag to waddle out into the cold to the toilet (hoping not to wake up everyone around you – the walls and doors...
Like the Tibetan prayer flags, we are united and representing our individual elements – all of them different but none existent without the other....