Namche, July 13
Door: rikdegoede
Blijf op de hoogte en volg Rick
13 Juli 2012 | Nepal, Nāmche Bāzār
Just a short message, cause the internet is slow and expensive. I am in Namche again to stock up in the shops here. I have been teaching here at the primary school for a week. I met a British volunteer who was doing the same and he simply told me to show up at the school. We had an amazing time together, teaching English, and other subjects too since some teachers were absent. We also witnessed the Dumji festival here, and the celebrations on the birthday of the Dalai Lama. They involved performances of dancing and opera groups, dressed up in astonishing costumes. At the last day of Dumji, the whole village stood in line to receive the blessing of the old rinpoche of Tenboche village, the chief lama in this region.
After working in Namche for a week I went to the village of Khumjung, where there is a High School. I found I enjoy teaching older kids more, and their English is better too. I also assist the school's head master during evening courses for adults in the English language. We have a lot of fun with the participants, mainly villagers from Khumjung.
I have been teaching in Khumjung for a week now, instead of trekking to Everest Base Camp. It's been an enjoyable experience. When the weather is clear I can take a morning stroll to a small hill just above the village, from where the panorama over the peaks of Thamserku, Khumbila, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and of course Sagarmatha (the white mother: Mount Everest) is truly astonishing. I am now well adapted to the altitude (Khumjung is at 3800 m) and hope the weather will permit me to do some trekking yet.
After working in Namche for a week I went to the village of Khumjung, where there is a High School. I found I enjoy teaching older kids more, and their English is better too. I also assist the school's head master during evening courses for adults in the English language. We have a lot of fun with the participants, mainly villagers from Khumjung.
I have been teaching in Khumjung for a week now, instead of trekking to Everest Base Camp. It's been an enjoyable experience. When the weather is clear I can take a morning stroll to a small hill just above the village, from where the panorama over the peaks of Thamserku, Khumbila, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and of course Sagarmatha (the white mother: Mount Everest) is truly astonishing. I am now well adapted to the altitude (Khumjung is at 3800 m) and hope the weather will permit me to do some trekking yet.
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13 Juli 2012 - 21:35
Minny:
leuk verslag, dat je nu in de voetsporen van je moeder treedt!
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13 Juli 2012 - 23:07
Hanny:
Prachtig, die hoge Himalayas.... en wat een leuke foto's van de schoolklassen! Ga zo door Rik!
De feesten lijken me ook heel interessant om mee te maken...
Fijn dat je geen hoogteziekte hebt nu. Doe maar rustig aan met stijgen. Gr, mamma -
17 Juli 2012 - 05:32
Vera:
Hai rik,
Fijn dat het weer wat beter met je gaat.
Hier in Nederland ook alles goed. Het weer werkt niet super mee, maar gister fijne dag gehad met ook zon.
Helaas is het zo in de wereld dat mensen elkaar pijn doen en vermoorden.
Dat is altijd al zo geweest en er zijn altijd mensen en families die elkaar dekken door oogkleppen op te doen en hun mond dicht te houden. Dit heb ik zelf ook ervaren, mensen kunnen wicked zijn.
Net als hier in Nederland en overal zijn er altijd gekken die verkrachten en moorden en stelen.
Toch moet je zelf positief blijven en dus inderdaad goed op jezelf passen. Sterkte!
Liefs
Vera -
17 Juli 2012 - 05:35
Vera:
Hey lieve rik,
Ik snap niet hoe die eerdere reactie van mij hier komt....
Heb ik iig niet gedaan.
Mooie foto's, ziet er tof uit! Dikke knuf!
Liefs
Vera -
31 Juli 2012 - 21:56
Vera:
Happy birthday lieve rik, waar je dan ook bent, ik wens je alle plezier, geluk, gezondheid en liefde toe.
Dikke knuf
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