In Kathmandu, we saw, first hand, the devastation left behind from the recent earthquake in April 2015, visited an orphanage and silently watched cremation ceremonies along the Bagmati River.
Bhaktapur is a World Heritage village and was also very near the epicenter of the Nepal earthquake just five short months ago.
Some of the beauty of Bhaktapur:
A make-shift kiln built right into the ground to cook their pottery:
We visited the New Youth Development Society while in Nepal, where 50 children between the ages of six to 17 years old live.
Pashupatinath Temple along the Bagmati river:
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Good-bye to new friends:
Off to Bhutan!
Your trip looks so amazing so far, I’m so jealous! Request: I’d love to hear more about how you’re managing this trip. Ie, how did you plan it, how much of planning happens in advance (to get certain opportunities) vs on the fly, and how are you managing the on the go home schooling situation? We would love to do something like this at some point: it’s the logistics of the kids & school that I’d love to better understand!
Hi Mel! Thanks for following along. Email me (brad@bills.com) and I will send you a password for our detailed itinerary. You’ll get to see how much is pre-planned (essentially flights, hotels, and local guides) and then how much is left to chance (local activities, weather responses, and looking for unique perspectives/people/schools/ service learning opportunities. In our case, we brought a tutor/teacher along with us to teach the kids daily on their home-schooling, and also local country learning. Then the kids are supposed to blog about what they feel and see. So far, we’ve had plenty of hiccups but it is going great.
The best thing for us was finding reference points of people who had done something similar, and learning from their experiences. Here are two amazing families that we learned a ton from: http://www.dintersmith.org/pmwiki.php and http://365saturdays.org/blog/ .
We also lean very heavily on a travel consultant (Sam at SmallWorldTravel) who specializes in this kind of thing. Maybe mostly though, we keep our minds and hearts open and follow along where that leads us! Come along!
It’s not like me to quote prayers (or AA, for that matter) but it seems applicable , grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can,And wisdom to know the difference.Or, If you would prefer the wise words of Mother Goose For every ailment under the sun – There is a remedy, or there is none; If there be one, try to find it; If there be none, never mind it.
That takes us up to the next level. Great posintg.