Posted in Nepal, tagged Kathmandu, Kumari, Living Goddess, Nepal, Video on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three-year-old Matina Shakya, daughter of a Nepalese watchmaker, has just taken her seat as the Royal Kumari (living goddess in the country’s capital, Kathmandu) on Tuesday, Oct 6.
Here is the news report of this 3-year-old kumari on NBC
Like all Kumari’s, Matina Shakya has been moved away from her family and is [...]
Posted in India, Nepal, tagged Hotels, India, Nepal, Recommendations, Restaurants, Reviews, tour guide, Transportation on May 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Based on the experience of my trip in India and Nepal, following are links to my reviews of accommodations, restaurants, and other services that I would like to recommend you to try or NOT to try.
This is just my two cents. For more reviews and suggestions, I would recommend one to check out IndiaMike.com, [...]
Posted in Nepal, tagged Nepal, Recommendation, tour guide on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tourguide: Kumar Pandey
Contact Address: POB No. 8974, CPC 251, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 0977-9841292381
Email: trekman_nepal@hotmail.com
Comment:
We didn’t have Kumar as our ABC trail trekking guide, but we met him afterwards when we were in the Durbar Square of Kathmandu. We didn’t especially want a tour guide that morning, but since Kurmar offered us an extraordinarily good deal [...]
Posted in Nepal, tagged Accomodation, Hotel, Kathmandu, Review on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hotel: Annapurna Lodge
Address: 355/26 Jhochhen Tole, KTM Durbar Square, Kathmandu 23, Nepal
Phone: 00977-1-4247684, 00977-1-4245096
Comment:
While Themal was too touristy and Bhaktapur was too out-of-the-way, Yik and I decided to take the middle ground and find a lodge in the Freak Street area. We shopped around before we chose Annapurna Lodge.
Comparing with other guesthouses, the [...]
Posted in Nepal, Vipassana Meditation, tagged 10-day course, Nepal, trekking, vipassana on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I found many similarities between my experience of the ABC trekking trip and the Vipassana 10-day course in Hong Kong .
Duration
Both the Vipassana course and the ABC trekking trip were 10 days long. Interestingly, in both of them, every day went by very slowly, so slowly that I didn’t just count the [...]
Posted in Nepal, tagged Kumari, Living Goddess, Nepal, travel on April 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is a good video on youtube about the living goddess, with much information, interesting facts, showing a better picture of the life of kumaris and ex-kumaris. It also talked about the visit to US of Sajani Shakya, the living goddess of Bhaktapur, in 2007.
In response to the concern of the goddess may have [...]
Posted in Nepal, tagged Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, Kumari, Living Goddess, Nepal, travel, Video on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Jun 2007, the living goddess of Bhaktapur – Sajani Shakya – flew to Washington DC to attend the American Film Institute’s Silverdocs film festival of a British documentary, Living Goddess, which explored this religious tradition in Nepal.
In known history, no kumari has traveled overseas like how this goddess did. She has broken centuries [...]
Posted in Nepal, tagged Kathmandu, Kumari, Living Goddess, Nepal, travel on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Among the must-see tourist attractions in Kathmandu is the Kumari Bahal (House of the Living Goddess). It is where the Kumari lives, and is situated in the Kathmandu Dubar Square. There are several living goddess in Nepal, but the one in Kathmandu is the one and only Royal Kumari. And of course, like many [...]
Posted in India, Nepal, tagged customs, dining, etiquette, India, Nepal, right hand on April 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
This is the best way to learn and experience a culture. So we started with eating using our hands.
It really isn’t as hard as you think. Don’t read those warnings, complex instructions, all the shoulds and shouldn’ts about how one is supposed to eat listed in [...]
Posted in Nepal, tagged Buddha Eyes, Buddhism, Mantra, Nepal, Om Mani Padme Hum on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Class, today we will talk about the Buddha Eyes and the most famous mantra in Buddhism – om mani padme hum. (Hehe )
The Buddha Eyes
The Buddha Eyes can be found everywhere in Nepal – in Buddhist temples, on all the stupas, and most of the shops that sell jewelry or t-shirts to [...]
