Lyn Taylor’s Adventure Travel experienced an action packed 2015, even the earth moved under our feet on the 25th April. Seven months after that devastating disaster in Nepal, came a very positive outcome. We not only talked the talk, but walked the walk. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who stepped forward with support financially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. The people of [….]

Today I have received my first update and photos on the re building progress of Saraswasi Primary School. This is exciting news as many others volunteers I know  have been trying to start building schools in other areas of Nepal have been unsuccessful due to the border blockage and fuel shortage that has hit Nepal. on the re building progress of [….]

Today we arrived to  Pokhara after spending 2 weeks at Majuwa village. We left Majuwa on the 24th, trekked for 2 days to the city of Dhading on the way we saw many homes destroyed  On the 2nd night we had just arrived at our camp by the river when the earth again moved this time 4.3, epicentre again Gorkha, [….]

Today there will be a huge festival (yes another one) celebrated at the holy site of Ganga Jumina situated half way up the mountain behind Majuwa Village. People travel from far villages far away to attend this festival.  All day people streamed past our campsite, some only go to the temple to pray then return home where as tousands gather at [….]

This mornings work was interrupted by a pleasurable distraction, we attended a wedding ceremony at the local Christian Church. The bride was a local girl and the groom from Besisahar which is more than 12 hours drive from Majuwa on a rough dangerous road. There was reception at her parents home where everyone gathered for Dhal Bhaat. After the wedding [….]

We woke to another beautiful day, but noticing the increasing haze from villages now forced to burn wood for cooking. Still the border has not been opened, both India and Neoal Givernments are arguing  about the constitution. If they continue within this stand off then in 4 weeks Nepal will be out of food and gasoline, it is a terrible [….]

Another delicious breakfast cooked by Kagi, followed by washing with the locals, our system is slightly different to theirs, where as we just dip ,dip, dip, they go bash, bash, bash on a rock (sheer entertainment for all). We then departed n our day hike to Dangsing and Fulkarkha, arriving at Dangsing temporary school we were greeted by the excited [….]

After a very fitfull sleep n our comfortable tents, we woke to a greeting of namaste Didi (hello sister) and a lovely cup of tea, followed by a hot bowl of washing water. It was a beautiful crisp sunny morning as we strolled to the temporary school for our meeting with the local committee  which was scheduled to start at [….]

After breakfast we set off to 3 other villages to assess the earthquake damage, the trail had been repaired in several places where it had been blocked by landslides both from the earthquake followed by the monsoon. We felt a certain anxiousness as we crossed the river where a new bamboo bridge had been erected, I noticed how much the [….]