News from Nepal

Videos of the Journey, Nepal

by DRALA ADVENTURES on November 24, 2010

This is a video taken at the Great White Stupa of Boudhanath, at Katmandu, Nepal. The stupa is about 1500 years old, and forms the center of the town which has been built up around it.  Twice a day, at sunrise and sunset, the whole town converge on the stupa to do circumambulation, while they [...]

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Photo Log of the Journey

by DRALA ADVENTURES on October 23, 2010

Please enjoy some of the photos taken by our travelers, ranging from the profound to the profane.            Local Nepali with Britney tee shirt         Happy travelers  

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DAY THREE or DRALA PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS

by Ralph on October 20, 2010

October 18 We all know the story. Raised in insular luxury, Prince Siddhartha began his spiritual transformation by leaving the palace to solve the riddle of old age, sickness and death. He renounced sensual pleasures, became an ascetic, and ate so little that his bones protruded. Finding no answer that way, he took nourishment, sat [...]

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Transformation Up Close

by Ralph on October 18, 2010

They could be mistaken for sisters. Or intergenerational buddies. But Jody, 41, and Jessica, 17, are Drala’s mother-and-daughter team from Whistler, Canada. And they now find themselves sharing a transformational odyssey. Jody decided to take Jessica and her two other children out of school, and live in Australia for the year. “I was very excited to come [...]

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Day Two, Continued

by Ralph on October 17, 2010

Between discussion/meditation sessions, our group visited Bhaktapur, one of the three former kingdoms of the Kathmandu Valley. Before leaving in our minivan, we received a lecture on the modern politics (hopelessly deadlocked), history (rich) and biodiversity (even richer) of Nepal from our tour guide, Kiran—a Newar, an indigenous tribe and one of the 60 ethnic [...]

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Notes from the first official Drala Adventures tour

by Ralph on October 16, 2010

Friday, October 15 The sun was setting on a balmy Kathmandu day and the all-seeing eyes of the illuminated Boudhanath stupa gazed down on us from a distance. Out on the patio of the Hyatt, 10 “transformational travelers” gathered for wine and chit-chat. The first official tour of Drala Adventures had begun. The last of [...]

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Preparing for the Adventure

by DRALA ADVENTURES on October 13, 2010

The trip guides have arrived a few days early, here to make arrangements for the next group of travelers.  Here are a few photos from some of the ancient stupas that we will visit shortly. And here are some preview photos from Dwarika’s, a hotel constructed of incredible restored woodwork, preserved from all over Nepal.  In [...]

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