We picked up Eva in Thamel and then we went to pick up Leya at school. Leya was so happy to see Eva again.
They are truly sisters and best friends.
5/13/2014
NepalSisters
Last weekend it was the last Sunday in the Nepalese month of Baishakh, so Leya and Eva were free from school both Saturday and Sunday.
We picked up Eva in Thamel and then we went to pick up Leya at school. Leya was so happy to see Eva again.
They are truly sisters and best friends.
Sunday we went to Fun Park for a fun day.
New friends who wanted to take a photo with NepalSisters.
We picked up Eva in Thamel and then we went to pick up Leya at school. Leya was so happy to see Eva again.
They are truly sisters and best friends.
5/08/2014
A rat in the kitchen
Since we are trying to get my mother-in-law to move to Nepal, Nicholas didn't want me to post this picture, but I can't help myself since the ratsie was so cute.
If you are able to ignore the wormy tail, that is.
It's only the second rat we've had in this house and the first one Angel took care of like the expert rat killer she is.
We caught the rat on the kitchen counter after we've seen her run there like the speed of lightning a few times.
She apparently liked honey dipped bread and she was so cute that Leya wanted to keep her.
Well, she wasn't that cute to Nicholas and I, so I let her go on an empty field not too far from our house.
So, now she is someone elses problem.
If you are able to ignore the wormy tail, that is.
It's only the second rat we've had in this house and the first one Angel took care of like the expert rat killer she is.
We caught the rat on the kitchen counter after we've seen her run there like the speed of lightning a few times.
She apparently liked honey dipped bread and she was so cute that Leya wanted to keep her.
Well, she wasn't that cute to Nicholas and I, so I let her go on an empty field not too far from our house.
So, now she is someone elses problem.
5/05/2014
The Guru mystery
I promised to get back to you when I had investegated about the mysterious disapperance of the Guru who was supposed to perform the 24/7 puja in our house.
It wasn't that mysterious after all.
He died of age, 82 years, the day before it all was supposed to begin.
I must admit we hoped for something to happen to prevent this event from taking place, but we never wished for this old man to die.
But, nature has it's cause and this puja too apparently.
They are just waiting for another date and another Guru and we have to move out for a week so we don't get insane.
I don't think those Pashupatinath sadhus, holy men, will attend this puja, but they are crazy cool.
It wasn't that mysterious after all.
He died of age, 82 years, the day before it all was supposed to begin.
I must admit we hoped for something to happen to prevent this event from taking place, but we never wished for this old man to die.
But, nature has it's cause and this puja too apparently.
They are just waiting for another date and another Guru and we have to move out for a week so we don't get insane.
I don't think those Pashupatinath sadhus, holy men, will attend this puja, but they are crazy cool.
5/04/2014
Lizzie in Thamel
Nowadays I bring Lizzie evertime I'm going to Thamel for work.
She just falls asleep where ever I stop and is just happy to be with me.
Today I bought 10 kg saris for a customer and of course I just happened to buy some for myself.
Lizzie enjoyed the good energies flowing from all the vintage saris.
She just falls asleep where ever I stop and is just happy to be with me.
Today I bought 10 kg saris for a customer and of course I just happened to buy some for myself.
Lizzie enjoyed the good energies flowing from all the vintage saris.
5/03/2014
Order from Asianet
Finally things are moving with Asianet and the teleshop video with our Prana nail mat.
We are told the video will be dubbed in Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada and be shown in the states Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka, covering approx 200 miljon people.
This is breathtaking and we can only dream of what this will do for our future.
The first order is only 25 mats, but this is just the beginning.
Soon you can find Prana nail mat here. Yiippee!
We are told the video will be dubbed in Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada and be shown in the states Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka, covering approx 200 miljon people.
This is breathtaking and we can only dream of what this will do for our future.
The first order is only 25 mats, but this is just the beginning.
Soon you can find Prana nail mat here. Yiippee!
4/25/2014
No petrol, no power, no water
It's a shortage of a lot of essential things right now.
No petrol, which means very long queues to the petrol stations, leaving people stuck for hours just waiting.
It also prevents companies to work properly since many factories are run by generators during the power cuts.
The next shortage is power and that is something we all suffer from.
Normally this time of year the power breaks would be down to 4-6 hours a day, but it's still about 12 hours.
People say it's because it hasn't rained, but that is not the case.
This time of year it almost never rains, but the summer is delayed at least a month and that means the snow and ice on the mountains are not melting to fill up the rivers.
This means there is a water shortage which you can see from this photo taken a few days ago at the river at Pashupatinath where they cremate the dead and shovel the ashes into the water.
The cows are lying on the riverbed and I have no clue what they are doing with the remains of the dead bodies.
It's warm now during the days, but the nights are not as warm as usual and I wonder what will happen in the long run.
The other day I shared a taxi with strangers going the same way and that is a good solution in times of crisis.
We've had water shortage at home too, but that apparently had to do with the redoing of the road outside of the house.
They seem to have taken water from our pipe and therefor cut the supply to us.
The Nepalese people don't seem too upset, so we just have to go with the flow. As usual!
No petrol, which means very long queues to the petrol stations, leaving people stuck for hours just waiting.
It also prevents companies to work properly since many factories are run by generators during the power cuts.
The next shortage is power and that is something we all suffer from.
Normally this time of year the power breaks would be down to 4-6 hours a day, but it's still about 12 hours.
People say it's because it hasn't rained, but that is not the case.
This time of year it almost never rains, but the summer is delayed at least a month and that means the snow and ice on the mountains are not melting to fill up the rivers.
This means there is a water shortage which you can see from this photo taken a few days ago at the river at Pashupatinath where they cremate the dead and shovel the ashes into the water.
The cows are lying on the riverbed and I have no clue what they are doing with the remains of the dead bodies.
It's warm now during the days, but the nights are not as warm as usual and I wonder what will happen in the long run.
They seem to have taken water from our pipe and therefor cut the supply to us.
The Nepalese people don't seem too upset, so we just have to go with the flow. As usual!
4/23/2014
Julia and Lisa
We have visiters from Sweden again!
Sweet Julia and Lisa are here to manufacture their own collection of clothes and doing some cultural exploration.
Yesterday we visited both Pashupatinath and Boudhanath.
On Friday they are going for a few days to Pokhara for some well deserved vacation.
Here they are swimming in a room full of vintage saris.
Sweet Julia and Lisa are here to manufacture their own collection of clothes and doing some cultural exploration.
Yesterday we visited both Pashupatinath and Boudhanath.
On Friday they are going for a few days to Pokhara for some well deserved vacation.
Here they are swimming in a room full of vintage saris.
4/21/2014
The guru is gone!
We have dreaded this Monday for a month now.
Six months ago our neighbors had the 24/7, very load puja, religious ceremony, and we had to leave the house before we got insane of all the singing and talking in the speakers.
This time it was our landlords who were to host this event and we knew we had to flee yet again.
For the last week they had been redoing the driveway for all priests and guests and we were prepared for the worst.
But, we woke up this morning and there were no load sounds out of the ordinary. Strange!
We soon got the answer. The puja was cancelled because the guru was gone.
I wonder what happened. I think we have to investigate this further. Not because we are sad, more of curiousity.
In fact we are more grateful than ever to our God Brahma, who we think had something to do with this guru's mysterious disappearance.
They even built this one meter deep hole for the puja. Someone told Leya it was ment for a man to sit there and collect money, but someone told me that they would keep a fire there.
Only God knows what traditions pop up in this exciting society.
I hope they will fill the hole soon since it's on the spot where we use to have our outdoor furniture.
Six months ago our neighbors had the 24/7, very load puja, religious ceremony, and we had to leave the house before we got insane of all the singing and talking in the speakers.
This time it was our landlords who were to host this event and we knew we had to flee yet again.
For the last week they had been redoing the driveway for all priests and guests and we were prepared for the worst.
But, we woke up this morning and there were no load sounds out of the ordinary. Strange!
We soon got the answer. The puja was cancelled because the guru was gone.
I wonder what happened. I think we have to investigate this further. Not because we are sad, more of curiousity.
In fact we are more grateful than ever to our God Brahma, who we think had something to do with this guru's mysterious disappearance.
They even built this one meter deep hole for the puja. Someone told Leya it was ment for a man to sit there and collect money, but someone told me that they would keep a fire there.
Only God knows what traditions pop up in this exciting society.
I hope they will fill the hole soon since it's on the spot where we use to have our outdoor furniture.
4/18/2014
Lizzie
We have come to terms with that Nani is not coming back home, so we have adopted a little girl from a street from the same block as we are living.
When we take our short dog walks around the neighborhood, we use to stay for a while where Lizzie use to live with her mom, dad and two sisters.
Lizzie is the smallest of them all and love to sit in my lap. I just felt that she could be the kind of dog I've been longing for.
Angel is so big and always alert, guarding us and I have been wanting a dog who will sleep next to me in the bed all night and would stay relaxed in my lap for a longer time than 30 sec.
Everything has worked better than expected. When we are working in town she is going back to her old street and when we get home we simply go there and pick her up.
She hears my ancle bells and come running.
She is tiny, but has long legs and is so cute. But. She is not cute to anyone else than us, so she is hardly going to be kidnapped.
When she was a puppy someone faught with her so her right ear is perfectly split into two ears.
So we have a dog with three ears and she will be my baby for the rest of her life.
When we take our short dog walks around the neighborhood, we use to stay for a while where Lizzie use to live with her mom, dad and two sisters.
Lizzie is the smallest of them all and love to sit in my lap. I just felt that she could be the kind of dog I've been longing for.
Angel is so big and always alert, guarding us and I have been wanting a dog who will sleep next to me in the bed all night and would stay relaxed in my lap for a longer time than 30 sec.
Everything has worked better than expected. When we are working in town she is going back to her old street and when we get home we simply go there and pick her up.
She hears my ancle bells and come running.
She is tiny, but has long legs and is so cute. But. She is not cute to anyone else than us, so she is hardly going to be kidnapped.
When she was a puppy someone faught with her so her right ear is perfectly split into two ears.
So we have a dog with three ears and she will be my baby for the rest of her life.
4/14/2014
4/07/2014
4/05/2014
Hospital in Pokhara
I promised the doctor in Kathmandu that I would go to a hospital in Pokhara for my last two doses of antibiotics.
As soon as we arrived, after an eight hour long, bumpy bus ride, I took a taxi to the nearest hospital.
Day 1:
As always I took the emergency entrance, that is the easiest way to approach any new hospital here in Nepal, and I thought it would be a walk in the park.
One prick, waiting for ten minutes for the IV to run through and back in a taxi to the family who was sitting at the hotel restaurant.
But, no no. Nothing is simple when you expect it to be.
The desk person informed me that I needed one person to sign in and monitor that I didn't get an allergy during the IV.
I was tired in to my bones and got a bit angry. I'd had the same medicin for the last five days and there was no sign of allergy.
It didn't matter. Hospital rules!
I called Nicholas and they had just ordered food so they couldn't come right away and I really, really wanted to get it over with.
I went outside, to the line of taxis waiting and tried to explain that I needed someone to come with me, but no one understood what I meant.
I sat down on a bench and felt more tired than ever. Next to me sat a an older woman and I took a shot.
I don't think she understood, but she saw my tired face and came with me the reception. When they wanted her to sign for my health she hesitated and there was a bit of an argument between her and the doctor.
She looked at them and me, back and forth and to my relif she finally signed. Piuh!
Then I had to go to the pharmacy and buy everything from medicine, to syringe and tube.
The lady come running with a ticket that I had to pay at another counter. I paid and thought I finally was ready, but when I came back to the emergency they noticed that the pharmacy had given me the wrong medicin. Back to the pharmacy and the non-exicting queue.
Back to the emergency and I must say they are effective in Nepal. No waiting at all. In Sweden you can waiting at the emergency, in the waiting room, for six-seven-eight hours before you even see a doctor.
First he gave me a very painful shot in the left arm. It was an allergy test and we had to wait another 15 minutes to see that I didn't react, but Hey! Come on! I had the same antibiotics for the last five days!
Hospital rules! Stupid hospital rules.
Finally the doctor started searching for a vein. He looked and looked, squezed and made me flex my hand over and over again.
I had to remove my complicated wrap bracelet, that is put on not to be removed until it's ready to be cut of for the dust bin. Mamma Mia!
He finally got the needle in place and I prepared myself for a bit of rest while the fluids slowly slowly trickled down the tube.
Suddenly a man appeared on the bed next to me. He was either very sick or very drunk because he started vimiting towards me. It felt like as if I was stuck in a horror movie before the staff run up to him and closed the curtain between us.
That didn't keep me hearing he puke for the next 20 minutes. So much for a well deserved rest.
The woman, who had helped me out with her sign, disappeared in the middle of everthing without saying good bye, but I figured I'd run into her again. Which I of course did the next day.
Day 2:
The doctor from the day before told me to come between 1 and 7 pm. Then he'd be working and since he knew I wasn't allergic to the antibiotics he could give it to me without a person signing for me.
First I got the ticket and what to buy for the IV at the emergency. The non-exicting queue at the pharmacy was pretty much the same as before and the same went for the ticket counter. But this time I knew how to tackle it and made my way, just like the others.
The doctor had left the needle in my hand so he could use it again and it had been really painful walking around and sleeping with it.
When he tried to push the antibiotics through it was blocked and it burned like hell in my hand. I screamed from the pain, but it didn't stop him from trying for at least another 10 minutes.
Then he said to me, like I was a 2-year old: "Have you moved your arm?"
Of course I had moved my arm during the 24 hour I was out of hospital. What did he think?
In the middle of everything my phone rang and it was Suresh, my little brother and our freight guy, who was helping me to buy tusk pendants for our customer Sarah in France. He was in the shop and needed answers about different designs.
The doctor removed the needle from my right hand, the needle I had to put up with totally in vain.
He moved to the other side and I tried to keep my focus on Suresh talking about black with dots and blue mosaic.
Since I had silk wrap bracelet on my left arm too, about 2 meters long tangled with some bead bracelets, I let the doctor be busy removing that while I was sorting out the order in the other end of the phone.
My question was: Where the hell were the nurses? On strike? Doctors are not very good at removing braclets or putting needles in ones arms.
Next accusation: "You have such a tiny veins!"
Well, I left my big veins at home just to make your life difficult! Finally he found the vein and I could relax with my sound book, a new experience to me, the true book worm and finally I could relax to the thought of not returning to this hospital for, hopefully, a long time, if ever.
When I took a taxi back to the hotel I saw the woman for yesterday standing next to the road waiting so I stopped the taxi and gave her a ride hom.
"I help you. You help me", she said.
"Yes, you help me. I help you."
The end!
As soon as we arrived, after an eight hour long, bumpy bus ride, I took a taxi to the nearest hospital.
Day 1:
As always I took the emergency entrance, that is the easiest way to approach any new hospital here in Nepal, and I thought it would be a walk in the park.
One prick, waiting for ten minutes for the IV to run through and back in a taxi to the family who was sitting at the hotel restaurant.
But, no no. Nothing is simple when you expect it to be.
The desk person informed me that I needed one person to sign in and monitor that I didn't get an allergy during the IV.
I was tired in to my bones and got a bit angry. I'd had the same medicin for the last five days and there was no sign of allergy.
It didn't matter. Hospital rules!
I called Nicholas and they had just ordered food so they couldn't come right away and I really, really wanted to get it over with.
I went outside, to the line of taxis waiting and tried to explain that I needed someone to come with me, but no one understood what I meant.
I sat down on a bench and felt more tired than ever. Next to me sat a an older woman and I took a shot.
I don't think she understood, but she saw my tired face and came with me the reception. When they wanted her to sign for my health she hesitated and there was a bit of an argument between her and the doctor.
She looked at them and me, back and forth and to my relif she finally signed. Piuh!
Then I had to go to the pharmacy and buy everything from medicine, to syringe and tube.
The lady come running with a ticket that I had to pay at another counter. I paid and thought I finally was ready, but when I came back to the emergency they noticed that the pharmacy had given me the wrong medicin. Back to the pharmacy and the non-exicting queue.
Back to the emergency and I must say they are effective in Nepal. No waiting at all. In Sweden you can waiting at the emergency, in the waiting room, for six-seven-eight hours before you even see a doctor.
First he gave me a very painful shot in the left arm. It was an allergy test and we had to wait another 15 minutes to see that I didn't react, but Hey! Come on! I had the same antibiotics for the last five days!
Hospital rules! Stupid hospital rules.
Finally the doctor started searching for a vein. He looked and looked, squezed and made me flex my hand over and over again.
I had to remove my complicated wrap bracelet, that is put on not to be removed until it's ready to be cut of for the dust bin. Mamma Mia!
He finally got the needle in place and I prepared myself for a bit of rest while the fluids slowly slowly trickled down the tube.
Suddenly a man appeared on the bed next to me. He was either very sick or very drunk because he started vimiting towards me. It felt like as if I was stuck in a horror movie before the staff run up to him and closed the curtain between us.
That didn't keep me hearing he puke for the next 20 minutes. So much for a well deserved rest.
The woman, who had helped me out with her sign, disappeared in the middle of everthing without saying good bye, but I figured I'd run into her again. Which I of course did the next day.
Day 2:
The doctor from the day before told me to come between 1 and 7 pm. Then he'd be working and since he knew I wasn't allergic to the antibiotics he could give it to me without a person signing for me.
First I got the ticket and what to buy for the IV at the emergency. The non-exicting queue at the pharmacy was pretty much the same as before and the same went for the ticket counter. But this time I knew how to tackle it and made my way, just like the others.
The doctor had left the needle in my hand so he could use it again and it had been really painful walking around and sleeping with it.
When he tried to push the antibiotics through it was blocked and it burned like hell in my hand. I screamed from the pain, but it didn't stop him from trying for at least another 10 minutes.
Then he said to me, like I was a 2-year old: "Have you moved your arm?"
Of course I had moved my arm during the 24 hour I was out of hospital. What did he think?
In the middle of everything my phone rang and it was Suresh, my little brother and our freight guy, who was helping me to buy tusk pendants for our customer Sarah in France. He was in the shop and needed answers about different designs.
The doctor removed the needle from my right hand, the needle I had to put up with totally in vain.
He moved to the other side and I tried to keep my focus on Suresh talking about black with dots and blue mosaic.
Since I had silk wrap bracelet on my left arm too, about 2 meters long tangled with some bead bracelets, I let the doctor be busy removing that while I was sorting out the order in the other end of the phone.
My question was: Where the hell were the nurses? On strike? Doctors are not very good at removing braclets or putting needles in ones arms.
Next accusation: "You have such a tiny veins!"
Well, I left my big veins at home just to make your life difficult! Finally he found the vein and I could relax with my sound book, a new experience to me, the true book worm and finally I could relax to the thought of not returning to this hospital for, hopefully, a long time, if ever.
When I took a taxi back to the hotel I saw the woman for yesterday standing next to the road waiting so I stopped the taxi and gave her a ride hom.
"I help you. You help me", she said.
"Yes, you help me. I help you."
The end!
4/01/2014
Infection
For the last week I've had a nasty infection in my face.
It started with a pimple in my nose and spread to the lip and left cheek.
It was so painful! I couldn't sleep at night and had no apetite.
First I went to the local pharmacy for antibiotics, but it didn't help so I went to a local hospital, but the aggressive antibiotics I got there didn't help either.
Finally I went to a hospital we know is good and knows how to handle international insurances and there I got three different anitbiotics intravenously, at the same time, for two days.
Then the infection finally gave up.
I came home yesterday and are still eating medicine.
Today I'm going on a check up and we hope everything is fine because we are going on vacation to Pokhara tomorrow.
After this painful experience I just have to warn you about squezing pimples in the nose area.
It started with a pimple in my nose and spread to the lip and left cheek.
It was so painful! I couldn't sleep at night and had no apetite.
First I went to the local pharmacy for antibiotics, but it didn't help so I went to a local hospital, but the aggressive antibiotics I got there didn't help either.
Finally I went to a hospital we know is good and knows how to handle international insurances and there I got three different anitbiotics intravenously, at the same time, for two days.
Then the infection finally gave up.
I came home yesterday and are still eating medicine.
Today I'm going on a check up and we hope everything is fine because we are going on vacation to Pokhara tomorrow.
After this painful experience I just have to warn you about squezing pimples in the nose area.
3/26/2014
Winter coat
The day before Marianne left she had a super down coat custom made.
Super nice and one of a kind!
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Super nice and one of a kind!
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3/22/2014
Marianne is back!
Our friend Marianne has returned back to us for her last days in Nepal this year.
She is absolutely crazy inspiring for everyone who is the tiniest bit adventurous.
Paragliding in Pokhara. I know my mom would love to do that.
Annapurna base camp. I know our friend Christer is planning this trek for next year.
I'm happy doing short city trekkings. On the gound!
She is absolutely crazy inspiring for everyone who is the tiniest bit adventurous.
Paragliding in Pokhara. I know my mom would love to do that.
3/21/2014
Thunder
This summer has started with heavy rain, storm, thunder and lightning.
Since I love rain, when I can stay indoors, I don't mind.
Since I love rain, when I can stay indoors, I don't mind.
3/19/2014
Dinner at Prem's house
Prem is our dear friend. He has his own taxi and is an excellent trekking guide and the other day we were invited to his home for dinner.
We had a great time. Laughing and eating good typical Nepalese food.
Prem's mom is 95 and happy sitting in her armchair. She is so cute with a "fish" hanging from her nose.
Prem's wife is so sweet! I just had to hug her.
The kids played different chants and had a great time.
What Western kids would accept no computers or TV for a couple of hours, entertaining themselves?
No power has it's advantages sometimes.
What Western kids would accept no computers or TV for a couple of hours, entertaining themselves?
No power has it's advantages sometimes.
3/14/2014
Crisis
Something is happening here in Nepal.
The last few weeks we have noticed a dramatic change. It's like the whole society has given up.
We rarely have no power and the telecom system is just working from time to time, which is very frustrating when you are depending on internet to work.
We've also realised that it's the workers market here in Nepal.
The workers have suddenly started to decide whether or not they want to work.
When it's wedding season, like it has been for the last two months, we know it can be difficult to have things made in the factories, but now the workers also seem to decide what they want to do and not do.
We have a customer from Russia who has been waiting for a jacket for almost two months now and another in US has waited pretty much the same time for some knitted wool socks.
The owners are just as frustrated as we are. A strange situation I must say.
We are actually a bit worried.
Let's see if the life spirits return with the summer that will arrive on Sunday with the Holi festival of colors.
The last few weeks we have noticed a dramatic change. It's like the whole society has given up.
We rarely have no power and the telecom system is just working from time to time, which is very frustrating when you are depending on internet to work.
We've also realised that it's the workers market here in Nepal.
The workers have suddenly started to decide whether or not they want to work.
When it's wedding season, like it has been for the last two months, we know it can be difficult to have things made in the factories, but now the workers also seem to decide what they want to do and not do.
We have a customer from Russia who has been waiting for a jacket for almost two months now and another in US has waited pretty much the same time for some knitted wool socks.
The owners are just as frustrated as we are. A strange situation I must say.
We are actually a bit worried.
Let's see if the life spirits return with the summer that will arrive on Sunday with the Holi festival of colors.
3/11/2014
Busy, busy
The last two weeks we have been so busy that I feel my strenght has left me behind.
We are so happy for all the work coming our way and the sweet, sweet customers coming to Nepal, but with my weak health I'm grateful we got two days at home.
Naho left for Thailand today and Susanne and Kjell-Rune are up in the mountains in Nagarkot for a few days.
We are so happy for all the work coming our way and the sweet, sweet customers coming to Nepal, but with my weak health I'm grateful we got two days at home.
Naho left for Thailand today and Susanne and Kjell-Rune are up in the mountains in Nagarkot for a few days.
3/07/2014
Susanne and Kjell-Rune
Our Swedish customers Susanne and Kjell-Rune booked a last minute trip and came to Kathmandu yesterday.
They arrived after travelling for 28 hours, the last flight was delayed 2,5 hours so they arrived in the middle of the night. Poor guys!
But that didn't stop them.
They went, all by them self by foot, to the Buddhist temple Swayambhunath, also called the Monkey temple, and Kjell-Rune got hit by a stone in the head thrown by an angry monkey.
That's the reason we haven't been there yet. Monekys are not our favorite animals.
We ate a fab dinner and talked and talked. It's amazing to meet all these great people!
Tomorrow the shopping begins. Susanne has a meditation studio and is going to open a shop, located in Båstad, in the south of Sweden, in April.
They arrived after travelling for 28 hours, the last flight was delayed 2,5 hours so they arrived in the middle of the night. Poor guys!
But that didn't stop them.
They went, all by them self by foot, to the Buddhist temple Swayambhunath, also called the Monkey temple, and Kjell-Rune got hit by a stone in the head thrown by an angry monkey.
That's the reason we haven't been there yet. Monekys are not our favorite animals.
We ate a fab dinner and talked and talked. It's amazing to meet all these great people!
Tomorrow the shopping begins. Susanne has a meditation studio and is going to open a shop, located in Båstad, in the south of Sweden, in April.
3/05/2014
Leya and Alina
Leya has gone to her big sister Alina's home for a couple of days.
I think we all need that break from each other and Leya is so happy to be pampered with make up, fancy clothes and hairstyles.
Things I'm not particulary interested in.
I think we all need that break from each other and Leya is so happy to be pampered with make up, fancy clothes and hairstyles.
Things I'm not particulary interested in.
3/04/2014
Tibetan New Year
Now we are in the middle of a 15 days Tibetan Lhosar, new year, celebrations.
We haven't been to Boudhanath since it started, but we'll go there one day and see the festivities.
Last year, during this festival, a young Tibetan monk set him self on fire.
I think the guards will be prepared with fire extinguishers this year.
We haven't been to Boudhanath since it started, but we'll go there one day and see the festivities.
Last year, during this festival, a young Tibetan monk set him self on fire.
I think the guards will be prepared with fire extinguishers this year.
3/01/2014
Naho at Boudhanath
Yesterday we brought Naho to Boudhanath.
Nepal is not just about work. We have a lot of culture to offer too. She liked it a lot.
We passed those women who were painting thangka.
Read more about thangkas here.
Wow! They are so skilled.
When we had dinner the restaurant was invaded by Chinese people and their huge cameras.
We had to move to another table.
Nepal is not just about work. We have a lot of culture to offer too. She liked it a lot.
Read more about thangkas here.
Wow! They are so skilled.
We had to move to another table.
2/28/2014
Shivaratri
Yesterday we celebrated the Hindu god Shiva with an early dinner with Naho, Suresh and his wife Muna.
The festival Shivaratri is the only day that it's legal to smoke something else than tobacco.
It's crazy with naked, high, dancing holy men, sadhus, around the Hindu temple Pashupatinath, but I had to work so I'll go next year.
The festival Shivaratri is the only day that it's legal to smoke something else than tobacco.
It's crazy with naked, high, dancing holy men, sadhus, around the Hindu temple Pashupatinath, but I had to work so I'll go next year.
2/27/2014
Felt factories
Yesterday we went to three different felt factories to see the women working the wool in to beautiful bags, purses and shawls.
We were exhausted in the end of the day.
Here they are making the felt, from the Merino wool fibers imported from New Zealand, and the base shapes.
Here they are doing embroidery and other detail work.
Emelie and Naho.
Leya was playing outside with a daughter to one of the workers.
We were exhausted in the end of the day.
Here they are making the felt, from the Merino wool fibers imported from New Zealand, and the base shapes.
2/25/2014
Emelie and Naho
Today Leya and I met two new, wonderful friends.
Emelie is also Swedish and has decided to try to live here in Nepal and today we finally met.
She is interested in and wants to work with environment in textile production like natural dyeing, something that is not easy to find here in Nepal.
We will definitely work together in the future.
Naho is Japanese and lives in Canada since 11 years.
She is here in business, but we have already talked a lot about how it's like to live in Japan, Canada, Sweden, India and Nepal.
A huge subject we need more dinners to cover.
Tomorrow we will all visit two felt factories and I will sure remember to take photos, something I completely forgot today.
We talked and talked so the camera was left in peace in the handbag.
Emelie is also Swedish and has decided to try to live here in Nepal and today we finally met.
She is interested in and wants to work with environment in textile production like natural dyeing, something that is not easy to find here in Nepal.
We will definitely work together in the future.
Naho is Japanese and lives in Canada since 11 years.
She is here in business, but we have already talked a lot about how it's like to live in Japan, Canada, Sweden, India and Nepal.
A huge subject we need more dinners to cover.
Tomorrow we will all visit two felt factories and I will sure remember to take photos, something I completely forgot today.
We talked and talked so the camera was left in peace in the handbag.
2/23/2014
Dung
Those guys are really brave throwing dung from the truck in to our neighbor garden with their bare hands.
I'd prefer a space overall, big boots and a shovel.
I'd prefer a space overall, big boots and a shovel.
2/20/2014
Flyers
I'm so tired from all worrying for Nani.
The thought of her suffering from pain, hunger or loneliness is completely crushing my heart.
Not knowing is the worst part. She is not a tough dog who can survive in the streets.
Our landlords think she is kidnapped and what will they do when they realize that she is steralized and useless for breeding.
They will probably dump her somewhere and we'll probably never find out what happened to her.
Tomorrow we will print these flyers and walk around giving them to people in the neighbor areas.
Please help us pray for her safe return home to her family.
The thought of her suffering from pain, hunger or loneliness is completely crushing my heart.
Not knowing is the worst part. She is not a tough dog who can survive in the streets.
Our landlords think she is kidnapped and what will they do when they realize that she is steralized and useless for breeding.
They will probably dump her somewhere and we'll probably never find out what happened to her.
Tomorrow we will print these flyers and walk around giving them to people in the neighbor areas.
Please help us pray for her safe return home to her family.
Nani is missing
Our dog Nani has been missing since 7 yesterday evening.
I'm so worried I just want to cry. She would never stay away this long by herself.
She might be kidnapped!
Please help us pray she'll be back soon, safe and sound.
I'm so worried I just want to cry. She would never stay away this long by herself.
She might be kidnapped!
Please help us pray she'll be back soon, safe and sound.
2/18/2014
Lollipops school
As you probably know Leya is not going to school right now and we have waited for the universe to send a suitable school our way.
We are tired of the high pressure, non-Nepali speaking schools with huge classes with the only focus on exams results.
The other day the principal of a new school bought paint in our landlords' paint shop and they started talking.
Our landlords' son realised that Lollipops school could be a good school for Leya and today we visited the school.
For one year they have had lower classes in the small house with the garden full of toys and coming year, the Nepalese new year starts in the middle of April, they will start with the classes 1 to 5.
They let the kids play, they are allowed to speak Nepali, they will pick Leya up right outside our house with the school van, they provide breakfast, lunch and snacks and the classes will be small, at most 12 students in each class.
For the first time in months Leya was excited to go to school and it was so nice to see her laying in the grass and throwing the basket ball in the school yard.
The first year the admission fee is free and naturally the classes will be even smaller since their school program is new.
This is good for Leya since she is in a period in her life when she feels a little insecure and don't like to be in big groups of kids.
This is the kind of small, family-like school we have been looking for and finally we found it.
We are tired of the high pressure, non-Nepali speaking schools with huge classes with the only focus on exams results.
The other day the principal of a new school bought paint in our landlords' paint shop and they started talking.
Our landlords' son realised that Lollipops school could be a good school for Leya and today we visited the school.
For one year they have had lower classes in the small house with the garden full of toys and coming year, the Nepalese new year starts in the middle of April, they will start with the classes 1 to 5.
They let the kids play, they are allowed to speak Nepali, they will pick Leya up right outside our house with the school van, they provide breakfast, lunch and snacks and the classes will be small, at most 12 students in each class.
For the first time in months Leya was excited to go to school and it was so nice to see her laying in the grass and throwing the basket ball in the school yard.
The first year the admission fee is free and naturally the classes will be even smaller since their school program is new.
This is good for Leya since she is in a period in her life when she feels a little insecure and don't like to be in big groups of kids.
This is the kind of small, family-like school we have been looking for and finally we found it.
2/17/2014
Plane crash
From an early spring to the coldest days this winter. What just happened?
Yesterday a plane crashed outside of Pokhara. The first report says it crashed because of bad weather.
All 18 people on the plane died since they had nowhere else to go but crash land in the jungle.
Since 2010 it has been six plane crashes with at least 97 people killed.
The pilots don't have adekvat education to fly in the extreme conditions you find in Nepal and many of the airports are located in narrow valleys.
I would never recommend anyone to fly domestic in Nepal.
God bless their souls!
Yesterday a plane crashed outside of Pokhara. The first report says it crashed because of bad weather.
All 18 people on the plane died since they had nowhere else to go but crash land in the jungle.
Since 2010 it has been six plane crashes with at least 97 people killed.
The pilots don't have adekvat education to fly in the extreme conditions you find in Nepal and many of the airports are located in narrow valleys.
I would never recommend anyone to fly domestic in Nepal.
God bless their souls!
2/15/2014
Rain
After a long winter and months of dry weather we finally got some rain.
I just love to fall asleep to the soothing sound of rain.
Now it's definately weather change towards warmer temperatures, even though it's rather cold right now and the heater has given up for this winter.
I just love to fall asleep to the soothing sound of rain.
Now it's definately weather change towards warmer temperatures, even though it's rather cold right now and the heater has given up for this winter.
2/13/2014
Prayer flag print
If you think that everything is made by high tech machines this will show you how most things are made here in Nepal.
I suppose you have seen the Buddhist prayer flags.
They come in thousands and thousands, especially in the area where we live around the Buddhist Boudhanath stupa.
We have found a man that is sitting in his small shop printing flags all day long and he gave me an idea.
I think the prayers are so beautiful. I have no idea what they say, but they feel soothing and peaceful.
Why not print on fabric and make, for example, cushion covers? So I cut a few pieces of old saris I had at home, I have a few as you can imagine, and went to him today.
He smiled and thought I was a complete lunitic, but he printed them for me.
First he rolled black color at the block print laying in front of him.
He put the fabric on the block print.
Then he rolled the fabric like a dough.
Voilá! Fantastic result!
Here is a print with prayers and LungTa, the Windhorse.
And here is Tara, who is a Buddhist diety.
I suppose you have seen the Buddhist prayer flags.
They come in thousands and thousands, especially in the area where we live around the Buddhist Boudhanath stupa.
I think the prayers are so beautiful. I have no idea what they say, but they feel soothing and peaceful.
Why not print on fabric and make, for example, cushion covers? So I cut a few pieces of old saris I had at home, I have a few as you can imagine, and went to him today.
He smiled and thought I was a complete lunitic, but he printed them for me.
First he rolled black color at the block print laying in front of him.
Here is a print with prayers and LungTa, the Windhorse.
2/12/2014
Winter olympics
For a Swede the olympic games are a natural part of your life.
Yesterday we watched the crosscountry skiing sprint with three Swedes, of six, in the mens final.
When a Norwegian, a Swedish and a Russian fell in a curve, down hill we screamed so loud I think we scared our neighbors.
There is actullay one Nepalese competitor. Last winter olympics he ended up in the 92:nd place in crosscountry skiing. Fingers crossed he'll do better this time.
And how did this final end?
We were beaten by a Norwegian, we always want to beat the Norwegians, and came on second and third place. We snatched the third place thanks to the fall.
Yesterday we watched the crosscountry skiing sprint with three Swedes, of six, in the mens final.
When a Norwegian, a Swedish and a Russian fell in a curve, down hill we screamed so loud I think we scared our neighbors.
There is actullay one Nepalese competitor. Last winter olympics he ended up in the 92:nd place in crosscountry skiing. Fingers crossed he'll do better this time.
And how did this final end?
We were beaten by a Norwegian, we always want to beat the Norwegians, and came on second and third place. We snatched the third place thanks to the fall.
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