Flying with the dragons of the Himalaya
After this amazing adventure and impressions and a free helicopter lift over the clouds, back again to civilisation. Loud, dirty and the smock is coming like a blanket over the helicopter while getting closer to the city, but I am back home again. The 1000 steps up to my apartment, are like an impossible mission for me, my legs just don’t want to move anymore like I want them to.
After the Family meeting on Nepali, German went harmonic and I got over my horror adventure with the cable car (even the view was wonderful, and we could see mount Everest in a mini version), we are making our way up to the edge of heaven into the clouds, flying over the Himalaya range, indescribable impressions are opening up. With the yellow and red racing dragon we start in Pokhara to see Shang ri la from above. I never thought I will ever have the possibility to do this but the best dad in the world makes it possible J
The Flight tourism in Nepal is nearly not existing, but who is searching will always find. After a few wonderful and relaxed days, including meeting with a Russian helicopter builder and his let’s say young and energic companion^^ how likes to show that he has slightly a culture shock problem, our way is taking us back home to Kathmandu with a short stop in Bandipur. Bandipur is a wonderful small Mountain village and before Nepal had a main road it was the main meeting point for salesmen from all the world. The Newar architecture and the biggest cave of Asia are making it to an attractive stop. The silent up here is lovely and Jerry that has his small coffee up there and as he says is serving the best cake in whole Nepal is a nice when also intensive conversation partner and host.
Sadly, our stay gets overwhelmed from sad news, one off the pilots from the Ultralight company Avia, where we had amazing moments with and a good time went down on a plane and didn’t survive this accident. Now the company needs more support than before, I really hope we can help them with the article for the German flight magazine and support them in good way.
After the small vacation into silence and peace its going back into the big brown cloud, by now the winter also arrived in Kathmandu and it is getting colder day by day. I am learning to hold the German heating system in high regard, a shower that is working, so as warm water. It is warmer outside than inside, and to wake up in your bedroom that has the temperature of 7 degrees is not funny anymore. Also, the showering under the water cooker is getting more adventures from day to day, but by now I am quite good in it….
Teacher over backways
After my short break and wonderful holiday with my dad, this is finding an end and I get the information, that I will be a teacher for porters and guides for one month.
It was at least really friendly to tell me this 2 to 3 days before my course starts, so I can get used to this information 😉
My course is set together out of 17 students, including two volunteers that are there to help me out as I discovered on my first day as a teacher. I never really had the intention to become a teacher, at least not in the direction of language. Even if I didn’t want to become it true in my head I was nervous before the course was starting. I think I was much more excited and nervous than my previous students. Even more intense because before I got announced to an English teacher I got told the course needs to be held from a native English speaking person. As far as I know I am not a native speaker at all^^. By know I can just say my expectations that I head got far exceed and I am surprised by myself. After four weeks 24/7 hours of working a wonderful experience came out of it. I never thought I could have so much fun while teaching and my English will be enough for that. I put a lot of effort and work into the course and at the end a great outcome. At the end of my course I got blessed with eight respect scarfs, if I can believe my two volunteers this is the highest as you can get. If I am honest I would do this course definitely again, the guys, my students in-between 21 and 65 where wonderful in there Nepali being and way.