Tourist money

That would be me.

Sitting and having a breakfast on a nice lakeside garden restaurants. A group of kids attacked me and begged me to buy them bread. What can you do after having a great breakfast in the sunshine?

After that buying some Tibetan handicrafts (very beautiful, though, watch out Father Christmas...) from a nice Tibetan girl of my Kaisa's age. Almost us beautiful even.

Today I will disappear for a while again, since I've committed to a 3-day meditation course here in Pokhara. Got some good recommendations for it, and off I go. I don't know how strict the schedule will be, that is, if I'm able to communicate before Monday, but don't worry - everything's great! (btw, phone there will be +977-61-522923)

Good to get rid of tourists once again. These places are not for me for a long time. The whole Lakeside exists only for tourists who spend the average monthly income of a Nepali family on a day. Of course this money indirectly goes to these people's pockets, but it also means that everything is fake. It's difficult to find the balance between an open mindset and the "no thank you, I don't want your very cheap and good room/dinner/taxi/trek/guide/hashish/whatever" attitude.

Ok, I'll be in touch latest on Monday! Have a nice weekend!

Jussi in Pokhara, Nepal

Rollin' on the River

The kayaking trip was amazing! Now, I'm really tired and going to sleep. But, alive, well and back in Pokhara.

Puss

Kayaking course day 1

Namaste dear friends!

A very brief report: today was the first day of my four-day kayaking course - superb! We stayed on the lake learning basics skills. Yes, including the eskimo-roll!

Tomorrow we head to Seti river for three days (that is, back on Thu). Really looking forward it and the company is extremely reputable and responsible, so no worries anybody!

Right now I'm sitting in a Internet cafe and listening to my new song "Another life" that Alex sent from Bonn! Thank you Alex, sounds terrific. Miss you and Evi a lot and especially our music sessions!

And now some sleep, since it's been long time since last long one. Btw, mobile isn't working, but no worries once again... :-)

Jussi