Amanda S's Blog – February 2011 Archive (2)

Swasthani Purnima at Sankhu

The Swasthani Purnima comes to an end today at Sankhu, 16 km from Kathmandu. After a month of fasting, worship and bathing in the frigid…

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Added by Amanda S on February 18, 2011 at 3:30pm — No Comments

(Nearly) Trekking in the Kathmandu Valley...

Two of my friends decided to accompany me on my first trek in Nepal. We had picked out a two day trek in the Kathmandu Valley but it didn’t exactly go to plan.

Our guide was an hour late. We were starting to think maybe we wouldn’t be going at all. We’d even started discussing what we should do with our day instead; Clean the apartment, go back to work, go back to bed?

When the guide arrived it seemed there had been a misunderstanding about the times. It also…

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Added by Amanda S on February 11, 2011 at 2:00pm — 6 Comments