Camp Situation / super hot today / slight aftershock early evening

Interesting to see how people arrange themselves with the given situation: cook together, talk, walk around and create play optionen for their children. The camp is situated at the main entrance of the Royal Palace which is now a museum. The tents are located at an area that beIongs to the police. Never in my…

Nice 2 min. line up / Chizang Magic:)

Close to my guest house yesterday afternoon. Life is going on.  If you ask me, he is not doing that for the first time. As a German  I can only say: impressive, fantastical and it works!  Hmmmmmmmmm I guess you have to have that special something.  ðŸ˜‰         

You will not believe that / hipster-like  Monk 

I  see a lot of “new genaration monks” here with mobile devices, cool sneakers and fashionable arrangements (jackets, sneakers and bags, backpacks)  within their colour palette & designs, which are of limited nature as we know. But as we can see has some room for interpretation 🙂 Today I actually saw my FIRST TIME EVER…

Rebuild in Action / “Tomorrow?” “Yes.”

I leave the guest house at about 9 and come back 6:30 pm. Everyday I can see some progress which amazes me.  In this area they start fixing the stupa (Baudha). I also see many many more people here and much more shops are opening up.            

Some Key Facts / around 9.000 to 10.000 orphans

About 5000 schools are totally damaged. People are glad, that the earthquake didn’t happen on a regular school day. Just think about it. Schools are still closed….. As per goverment – so I have been told – they should be operating again already, but the issue is: they don’t exist anymore. The country has around…

Blog feedback / spam 

hi, I just noticed that I missed a few very nice and positive responses to my blog. They were covered up in many spam responses on skin care and other strange remarks.  Thanks for reaching out and I will get back to you. Also really nice for me to read that you like what you…

Breakfast / changed & maintained routine / 9

I found this little restaurant around the corner from where I stay. Super friendly and the food is good. It is called Cheflink. Wifi works perfectly. So I come here on a regular basis and Raju is always happy to see me. The other day I ordered a beer and I shared it with him….

Reality Overkill / One Gorkha please 

Today has been a very impactful day in many ways. Met a lot of very interesting people who do great things over here and who want to connect with me. I got introduced to more and more and more “needs”, new people and organizations. “Do you want to join? I am now driving to the…

Bavaria Rocks / NAVIS Schnelle Hilfe Ohne Grenzen

Raj and Arjun took me to Bhaktapur yesterday. On our way to see the temples we passed by a rescue camps. I spoke to the people from NAVIS. It’s an all volunteer organisation from Bavaria. The volunteers come for 2 weeks. They work in crisis areas. Their team consists of specialists: doctors, engineers, technitions,  They…