Monks, meditation and mantras at the monastery
Date: 19 May Location: Breakfast table, Kathmandu Guest House, Thamel. Bit over the 'buff' sausages. Notable sightings: a Monday I don't hate! Up at Neydo Monastery, waking up to observe […]
Tag Archives: buddhism
Oh, c’est la vie / Maybe something’s wrong with me
Date: 17 May Location: Fat Camp. Ok, actually yoga camp in the Neydo Monastry in the Kathmandu hills — but it really should be fat camp given how much I've […]
“Welcome to sky”
Date: 16 May Location: waiting for my turn to paraglide, the second highest peak above the Kathmandu Valley Notable sightings: the Himalayas We so like to snicker at all the […]
Through the vortex and into the land of silence and smiles
Date: 11 May, Mothers' Day. Location: on the road again, between Lumbini and Chitwan, Nepal. Notable sightings: the most chilled immigration imaginable; peace in the birthplace of Buddha, Lumbini, Nepal. […]
Out with the Kingfisher, in with the Everest
Date: 10 May Location: on the road trip from hell, somewhere between Varanasi and the Nepalese border. Notable sightings: urgh, too tired and hot to care. Hours driven: 9 Hours […]
Burning bodies in the City of Silk, the City of Light
Date: 9 May Location: trapped in Hotel Haifa, Varanasi. Notable sightings: my first up-close corpse. On any day, Varanasi hits like a hot assault. Today, in high summer, in the […]
An unsettlingly big place 