नेपाल AKA: Nepal
Average Temp in June: 66- 85F with occasional ‘night rains’
OUR ITINERARY
Population: 29,391,505 (July 2011 est.)
Geography: 56,827 sq mi (roughly the size of Arkansas)
Literacy: 48.6% (male 62.7%, female 34.9%, 2001 census)
Currency: 1USD= 7 Nepalese Rupees
Visa: $25 for 15 days
Geography: 56,827 sq mi (roughly the size of Arkansas)
Literacy: 48.6% (male 62.7%, female 34.9%, 2001 census)
Currency: 1USD= 7 Nepalese Rupees
Visa: $25 for 15 days
OUR ITINERARY
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Kathmandu |
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Gardener at Ganesh Himal Hotel |
June 21th- Kathmandu
June 22st- Kathmandu based adventures
June 23nd- head out to the WWOOFing farm in the Pokhara region. ($2-2.50 USD per day)
June 24rd- WWOOFing in Pokhara
June 25th- WWOOFing
June 26th- WWOOFing
June 27th- WWOOFing
June 28th- WWOOFing
June 29th- Leslie leaves. Keep WWOOFing
June 30th- WWOOFing
July 1st- Kathmandu based adventures
July 2nd- See Mikana off to the airport...Kathmandu
July 3rd- Kathmandu based adventures
July 4th- Shaina and Jon and then Christy leave
CURIOUS FACTS
• Sir Andrew Waugh, Surveyor General of India wished to honour his predecessor, Sir George Everest.For this, Sir Andrew pretended that there was no local name for Everest and hence named the
mountain as Mount Everest though there were two local names of the mountain. e.g. Sagarmatha in
Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet.Sir Andrew Waugh announced the name 'Mount Everest' in 1865.
• The ideal height gain per day for mountaineers is 1,000 ft above 10,000 ft.
• Nepal opened its borders to the world in 1949.
• Mallory described Mount Everest from Rongbuk as, 'a great white fang excrescent on the jawbone of
the earth'.
• Sir Edmund Hillary led an expedition to find the Yeti in 1958.
• According to Dr. George Schaller, the existence of Yeti unknown to science cannot be ruled out at
high altitude.
• Reinhold Messner climbed Everest alone.
• Tenzing buried his daughter's red and blue pencils on the top of Everest.
• Approximately 150 people have died in different expeditions of Mount Everest so far.
mountain as Mount Everest though there were two local names of the mountain. e.g. Sagarmatha in
Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet.Sir Andrew Waugh announced the name 'Mount Everest' in 1865.
• The ideal height gain per day for mountaineers is 1,000 ft above 10,000 ft.
• Nepal opened its borders to the world in 1949.
• Mallory described Mount Everest from Rongbuk as, 'a great white fang excrescent on the jawbone of
the earth'.
• Sir Edmund Hillary led an expedition to find the Yeti in 1958.
• According to Dr. George Schaller, the existence of Yeti unknown to science cannot be ruled out at
high altitude.
• Reinhold Messner climbed Everest alone.
• Tenzing buried his daughter's red and blue pencils on the top of Everest.
• Approximately 150 people have died in different expeditions of Mount Everest so far.
BASIC NEPALI
| Hello. | Namaste. |
| Good morning, good evening. | Namaste. |
| Good night. | Shubha raatri. |
| How are you? (casual) | Ke chha? |
| I am fine. | Tthik chha. |
| And you? | Timi laai? |
| How are you? (formal) | Sanchai hunu hunchha? |
| I am fine. | Sanchai chhu. |
| And you? | Tapaai~ laai? |
| Good. | Raamro. |
| Very Good. | Dherai raamro. |
| Bad. | Naraamro. |
| Yes. | Ho. |
| No. | Hoina. |
| Thank you. | Dhanya baad. |
