Insights in Nepal

Great Culture, Friendly People

Nepal is a great place to visit! It is very rich in culture. The people here are very friendly and helpful and they live simple lives.

Healthy People and Preserved Culture

One thing I noticed is that I haven’t seen any much obese Nepalese person yet. I am amazed and I think I know why. Nepal’s culture is well preserved. You can see it in the architecture and the way people live. It is not modernized unlike its neighboring countries. Their capital Kathmandu doesn’t have tall skyscrapers which I appreciate.

And since they don’t have much Western Influence, they don’t have any fast food chains around, not even in the airport!

Vegetables and organic food. You can see it when you visit the market. Nepal also has a rich land, rich nutrients and the crops and animals benefit from it which in turn, benefits its people. Not much of food processing he and they eat lots of vegetables!

Also, I bet walking along the Himalayas gives them a great deal of exercise.

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This is how they carry vegetables they sell around. Strong people. Wow!

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Just a normal day in Nepal

Religion, Exercise and Health

I have learned from our tour guide Prakas of Himalayas Experience travel agency that The people here live in prayer – daily. They walk around the Boudha Stupa and walk around 3 or more times. It would take 1.5 – 2 km to do this.

Some people who wish for a big thing even go around the circle doing something similar to the exercise “burpees” where you repetitively go up and pray then go down and lie on the floor face down in a sliding motion and then push back up, and repeat.

I walked around the stupa more than 3 times maybe and it was a very relaxing experience.

The energy of the people in prayer is so positive that it can’t help but affect my energy in a very positive way too!

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Boudha Stupa in Kathmandu

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People walk clockwise and say their prayers, wishes and mantra.

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Burpees? Nope. It is actually a form of prayer, and most of them do it 365 times.

Not a lot of Filipino Tourists

I’ve seen a few Malay, Chinese and Singaporeans. There are a lot of European and Westerners here, but not a lot of Filipinos.

They don’t even exchange your Peso. Not anywhere! So you need to have it exchanged or use your USD instead or other major currency.

Second day in Nepal

This is just my second day being here in Nepal, and yet I am enlightened in so many ways. I am writing this inside the local airport, ready to board the plane Buddha Air to Pokhara as arranged for us by Himalayan Experience.


Pancha Kosha Spa by The Dwarika’s Hotel
Pancha means 5. Kosha means “layers” (of the body)

We feel refreshed after getting a Nepalese massage at our hotel Dwarika’s. It cost us NYR 3000 or PHP 1500. Not bad for a great service at a 5 star hotel.

It was a pleasant stay for us. We tried the 6 course Nepalese meal during dinner and it was an experience. Lots of vegetables and sauce andwe tried new things. I will list down in detail on my next posts.

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Til the next blog post…

Namaste.

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Read more about Nepal

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Touchdown Nepal: Important Reminders

Boudha Stupa Kathmandu Nepal

Dwarika’s Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal – Indulging in the Nepali Culture

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7 comments

  1. Agoda is really the best hehe. I’m glad that you’re writing about your trip on a daily basis. At least I have an idea now about the place. I have to admit na wala akong masyadong idea about Nepal lol. Ingat dyan and regards to Ron and Vince 😀

  2. Yeah. For free.Mind you, the Chinese have a different rehitaonslip to plastics than we. It doesn’t have this sense of cheap and rubbish and environmentally problematic about it. In Taiwan, it is perfectly okay to have children’s toys, jewellery and even furniture made out of pvc, or to wear fashion of 100% polyester.People are very uncompromising about cleanliness within their own premises; for example, you may never wear shoes inside an appartment. It is also common to use one-way cutlery inside a restaurant (plastic) cups, dishes and chop-sticks are not re-used, because of fear about hygiene (mind you, the rest of the place where you sit, like table, floor, toilets and kitchen may be totally appalling). Or the fact that people normally use plastic straws for all of their drinks, nobody would put their mouth on a can or a cup. Everything is one-way.On the other hand, whatever goes on OUTSIDE their own little premises, is nobody’s responsibility. Oil spilling out of a scooter-engine is no reason to be upset about. An entire highriser’s collection of waste may simply be dumped in a field next door. Factories blow their acid and smelly exhaust into the air, right next to a kindergarden.Buildings have zero isolation against heat or cold, yet the aircon is usually on full power all the time.If you walk through town, your eyes sometimes start tearing from the polluted air, yet the government has recently just announced the construction of several new coal-plants to meet the ever growing power demand.When you talk to Taiwanese colleagues about environmental protection, they are either amazed (never heard of it), or they tell you it is a waste of money . Chinese arrogance will then go on to let you know that, anyway, as a non-Taiwanese you know nothing about the Chinese world, so stay out of what is none of your business (packed in very friendly and courteous, yet unmisunderstandable sentences).So umbrella-covers just go in line with anything else. Made in Taiwan.

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