Month: May 2018

After a good break­fast we set off tog­e­ther with a Swiss fami­ly and our gui­de, who is also a wai­ter in our hotel, to visit a vil­la­ge about 2.5 hours away.

The first ascent is not far off and I rea­li­ze after only 30 meters that the decis­i­on not to show­er this mor­ning was

Why Indonesia?

Indo­ne­sia, the lar­gest island sta­te in the world, has a lot to offer. Tro­pi­cal jungles, end­an­ge­red ani­mal spe­ci­es, acti­ve vol­ca­noes, beau­tiful bea­ches, metro­po­li­ses of mil­li­ons, open and fri­end­ly peo­p­le and the most beau­tiful sce­n­ery for sun­ri­ses. With so many options,

The Bot­wa­na Rou­te pre­sen­ted me with some chal­lenges in my plan­ning. Which rou­te is the best in March, how long does it take us to get from A to B, can we even dri­ve in the More­mi Natio­nal Park and whe­re is the best place to start?

Until I had sor­ted out which place in this

Ear­ly in the mor­ning we tra­vel on to Ban­di­pur, a small slee­py vil­la­ge in the midd­le of not­hing. The dri­ve takes 6 long hours and leads exclu­si­ve­ly through ser­pen­ti­nes. No won­der, con­side­ring that Nepal has the hig­hest moun­ta­ins in the world.

Even if this is not surprising,

The next mor­ning starts with hea­vy rain show­ers and a power cut. No won­der, as rela­tively many non-insu­la­ted cable ends gather on our bal­c­o­ny. It’s almost a mira­cle that the who­le buil­ding does­n’t burn down in the rain. But when else do you have the chan­ce to show­er with

The Kath­man­du val­ley is home to the capi­tal and the dis­tricts of Patan and Bhak­ta­pur, whe­re you can see various cul­tu­ral cities that are part of the UNESCO World Heri­ta­ge. Of cour­se, the two loca­ti­ons should not be miss­ing on our list.

After a good hour’s dri­ve we start

Today we want to visit all important temp­les in Kath­man­du and we meet at 9 o’clock with our new gui­de and our dri­ver. The first stop of our jour­ney is Dur­bar Squa­re, the squa­re in front of the old roy­al palace. Sin­ce Nepal was never occu­p­ied by other count­ries, the­re is