Parping

Yesterday we went to Parping to hang prayer flags with are frends Namgel, Pemala, Pemba, Chunta and Sonam.
It was really cool waching the people climb these huge pols and hang are prayer flags.
It was really hot up there we did prayers for peace and burned lots of incence. Today we are going to go shoping and really relax. Talk to you lator by Cameron

Going TO Boudanath Stupa

Hi! Today we went to Boudhanath Stupa which looks like Swayambu but it is not. It's the third day of Losar. It was really cool but it was crowded. Before I was there I saw Norbu and Keldon and their kids and they gave me a Tibetan shirt and Tibetan Jacket. They are really cool. It's really hot here today. We went up on Boudhanath Stupa today and we saw many people give offerings. Then we went to the Drepung Loseling Monastary for lunch. They gave us all food and coke! Then me and my friend Sonam watched them play some cards. The monks only get to do that at New years time. I haven't had to wear a seat belt the whole time I have been here and I got to ride in the very back of the car too! There are a lot of traffic jams and sometimes you only move like five feet every twenty minutes. That's all! Take care and hope you have a fun time. Cameron

More photos of Swayambu

What I did for Tibetan New Year

Hi again! Yesterday I went to Swayambu again for Losar. I got dressed up in a kind of traditional Tibetan Jacket called a Chuba you can see it in the photo. We went around and prayed to all of the Tibetan Buddhas and got a blessing from a Rinpoche that is a reincarnated lama. Then we went back to Chunta's house and I slept a lot because I was really tired. I ate some T momo a type of Tibetan bread. Then I went with my mom to help pick out jewelry with one of the jewelers we work with. Then we went to our friend Namgyal's house where we had Tandoori chicken, rice and more tea. Now I can also say "yo kati ho" which means how much is this. I can say ek dom rhamro cha which means very good, also I can say tato chia which means hot tea. I am having a very good time and meeting lots of nice people! This morning Iwent to our friend Norbu's restaurant and had a bagel with yak cheese for breakfast. Then I bought a surangeh for 300 Rs, This is a type of Nepali violin that I am trying to learn to play. OK, now we are off to work! I hope everyone at school is having fun! I am!

Cameron Celebrating Losar (Tibetan New Year)

Cameron Celebrating Losar (Tibetan New Year)

first days in nepal

The first day in nepal was exhausting but fun. The first day we were picked up by are friend Namgal. It is really hard to drive here that is why we didn't get a rentil car. Nepal is the fifth poorest country in the world , it is so poore that there is load sharing where the electricity is shared in groops so there is a limated amount of electricty for every naborhood and most people have ganorators yestarday we went to Swyambu a big temple and I will try to get some pictures on for you soon. Namaste Cameron

From Ric

Hi all, well we arrived safely in Nepal after the usual grueling trip. Got to Bankgok to find they had moved the airport on us. A new international airport an hour away from where we had hotel reservations. But with a little help from the friendly Thai's we got a room nearby and got a couple hours horizontal sleep. On to Nepal where we arrived in the middle of a snow storm. The first snow the Katmandu valley has recieved in some 62 years. Cold wet and dark as there is not enough power to go around. They do what is called load shedding where the power is turned off in certain areas for a period of time. At the moment the city is experiencing 40 hours of load shedding a week. Now today is one of Nepal famous strikes, nobody knows quite why, but not cars are on the road which is actually nice. Cameron is busy making friends and we have had a busy day drinking tea and renewing old acquaintances. Had lunch with our old friend Norbu at his pumpernikel rest. and should have dinner with Namgyal. Our trekking guide Ram is with us so we're off to see the sights. More later, Ric

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first day in Nepal

The first day in nepal was really cool because all the people are really nice
to us. I have been trying to learn some Nepali now I can say one ekk,two dwee,three teen, four char, five panch, six cha,seven sat, eight aatha, nine nau, ten das, eleven aghara, twelve bhara, thirteen thera, fourteen chaudha, fifteen pandhra, sixteen shora, seventeen satra, eighteen aathara, nineteen unadaies,twenty bis, hundred saya, one thousands hazar, Twenty five pachies,Fifty pachas I have also been bying a lot of stuff for the class and me, nepal is very cool. I am having lots of fun Chunta my Nepali friend made me a chuba for Losar a Tibetan new year.
I will wright more when I get my computer hooked up. Cameron

Cameron! Pack your bags!

Cameron's first post

Hi my name is Cameron in two weeks I am going Nepal. I am going to go with my famly Rick and Denise. We will stay with our friends there.
We are going because we have a bisness that is called Ganesh Himal and we want to help people get better wages.
We are also going because we are going to we want to creat some new products.
My dad and I are going to see some frends we havent seen in six years and my mom hasint seen for three!!!