When doing a trek in Nepal please keep in mind that the country faces huge environmental issues. Keep these simple guidelines in mind to not further aggravate the situation....
When I pushed myself to do a 15-day trek despite being ill and walking away with the diagnosis pneumonia, I decided I needed to change things! After I had recovered, I looked into alternative treatment options. I thought Ayurvedic treatment in Nepal would be the right thing....
Tibetan Bread is a very filling breakfast dish or afternoon snack. You can eat it on its own or with Butter and Jam....
It does indeed look gross – especially once a good 30 flies start nibbling on the chunky goo glued to the bus....
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....