We’d planned to write about the return trip in chronological order, but now we have to make an exception, since our situation is so critical right now. Misa and I were in a car accident in India yesterday. We started off early in the morning from Udaipur to get out of the city’s narrow lanes before traffic woke up. We …
Kathmandu – Full of Surprises, part 2 – Ncell & Media Circus!
More Surprises Since the week had already been quite eventful I hadn’t bargained for more surprises. Nevertheless, there was more in store for us. Ncell is Nepal’s biggest telecommunication operator, whose subscriber base is equivalent to that of the four biggest operators in Finland combined. Ncell had taken notice of our trip and its goals and therefore wanted to take …
Kathmandu – Full of Surprises, part 1 – Missing TWO drivers and knee problems with the Mrs.
Haste in Kathmandu We meant to stay in Kathmandu for about a week, but during that time we had loads of activities for every single day – the smallest of which was to buy certain small items, like another hard drive, memory cards, rope etc. But buying stuff in Kathmandu isn’t as simple as it is back home. First you …
Day 24 – Nepalese villages 2 | From a large government funded school to small village school
The next morning we left Jankpur in a different frame of mind. The village had an effect on us all. This was first time Mikael and Rico had witnessed life of people living in poverty. Both commented on how unequal life is. This is the aim of our project. We have had a stable childhood and access to education to …
Days 17 & 18 Gilgit – Indian border | Tough ride and touching moments
The morning We woke up in Gilgit early because we knew we had a long drive ahead of us. The locals drove from Gilgit to Islamabad in 16 – 20 hours but we didn’t know how long it would take us. We only had 14 hours of day light. We didn’t want to get to Islamabad at night, looking …