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Some volunteers pay for a placement and the agency does little more than pick them up at the airport. We had one lovely woman who was just abandoned by the agency and was not able to deal with the Nepali style housing and food. Not only was that an issue, but they placed her in a school that was on vacation and then when she did get to work it was teaching health to 5 year olds in a single classroom.
I'd love to have a good placement agency to work with. Can you elaborate on how your placements and programs work? Like most NGOs in Nepal, we only charge for food. We are fortunate to have a newly built guest house for our volunteers so we can give our volunteers a nice room, western food, WIFI, 24 hours of electricity and hot water. Our agency is
A few questions for you seasoned pravsi-haru from a 70 year old lady and her 70 year old male partner.
I was an "adventure travel guide" in the 1980s, lived 10 years in Nepal and worked all over the world (trek, climb, raft, jungle). I lived in several places--Thamel, Baluwataar, and in house in a 啶椸げ啷嵿げ啷 gulli behind the Yak and Yeti near the hattii sahaar.
Coming back to Nepal in the spring of 2018聽 (April or May) after all these many years, hoping to stay for about a year. I am a seasoned traveler but my partner is not so much so and I am taking him first for a tour of the standard spots--Mexico then Thailand and Bali.
I don't know how hard it is to do so now, but I managed to squeak 10 years out of an initial 90 day tourist visa, with trips in and out of the country and a couple of lost and replaced passports. How likely is that to happen nowadays? Nothing was computerized back then and it was way before 9/11.
Need some advice on the best place to look for a decent little house or condo in a good area, kinda central because we won't have a car and don't want to always depend upon finding a taxi day or night. I imagine there are a lot of new places to live decently but inexpensively.聽 We do like air conditioning a lot at our age, so that bumps us up out of the average guesthouse bracket. Anyone have a terrific modern or refurbished hotel or flat complex to recommend checking out?
How much would an Indian or Chinese moped cost these days, and can tourists still register them and get Nepalese drivers' licenses? I found a moped was enough, did not need a 50 cc dirtbike or similar.
I still have friends scattered around the valley and in the hills. I'll be trekking but not a lot. I don't think I need any help on in-country travel logistics,聽 but would welcome hearing from someone who can summarize how trekking and internal travel logistics (flights, Land Rovers) have changed since 1990.
Finally, I would love to know what you all think about the best US bank account to have in order to make getting money while in Nepal (and elsewhere, if you have experience with that). I hear a lot about HSBC and Schwab. Any thoughts? Can a tourist still open a bank account in Kathmandu and is that advisable? I had no problem in the olden days, but nowadays, I imagine there are ATMS for international draws of dollars or Rupees. Thoughts on the money issues?
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I will appreciate your suggestions especially on living in a local's property by leasing part of their land where we could build a small house. Is this possible? What are the other options?
I believe that you can fulfill your dream. Nepalese people/government policy both are friendly as a Thai so please come and enjoy in Pokhara. You may drops your words ****
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Kathmandu- Pashupatinath, Swoyambhu, Durbar square, Bauddanath Stupa- at most 4 days.
Patan- Durbar square, Fulbari monastry. 1-2 day atmost
Bhaktapur- Durbar square, Nagarkot- 1 day
Pokhara- 4 days (Poon hill trekking,
Nuwakot- 2 days
Lumbini- 3 days ( Birthplace of buddha. You will observe a different side of Nepal in this part, western part of Nepal it is.
3 weeks is plenty enough of time to learn anout Nepal. Tiny country but with diversity.
I just want to work aboard actually I was working in Mozambique more than 2years. So I'll see the fruit picking job in Sweden from some link and they want to Nepali workers. That's why I am interested.
I'm from SA and will be working in Pokhara fir a long time on a contract.
Will I survive coming from a western country
Watching adult men dancing with each other drinking like lovers is a bit unusual for me at this stage 馃槇
..... you better wait for upcoming festive season where you might find yourself being engaged on new things which you might not have experienced till date. Hope you find your wishes in these upcoming days fulfilled . Hope for best 
Here in Vietnam, I (Lori) teach all ages at a local English center, as well as at a nearby university. A lot of what I do is to prepare young people to take their IELTS International English examination. I am interested in continuing this work in Nepal, if I can. My husband and I are also interested in teaching English online.
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
Best regards,
Lori and Alex Souza
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On days when traffic is fluid, you can drive from center of Kathmandu to Godavari in only 40-45 minutes. However, on other days, if you get stuck in traffic in trying to go through Patan area, on your way to Godavari, your journey can take double that time. Anyway, I would urge you to check it out.
As for internet connection, Nepal is not known for its fast internet connectivity, no! Many observers will in fact tell you that it's pretty lousy. I was never impressed with the service I got. On the other hand, I would refer you to the very informative new information provided by JW who as recently as November 21, 2017.
JW explains very well that if you are thinking about securing - and require - a highly reliable internet connection here, you'll have to pay top dollar but still according to him, you can buy what he calls "your own redundancy in internet paths...with access to multiple ISP's, backup configurations" and perhaps more.聽 Being no expert myself in this field, I would therefore urge you to read his good information on Expat right here, and judge for yourself. He puts the cost at $250 a month or $3,000 a year. As I said, do read his remarks.
I just hope you don't need to FAX anything! I've just lived through a nightmare in the last few days trying to get my people in Ktm to FAX a simple 10 page Annual Report from Kathmandu to Europe. I know that less and less people nowadays rely on faxing, but still....! My people in Ktm tried 15 different cyber cafes in Thamel and not one cyber cafe or hotel was able to send the fax message to my people in Europe. Apparently the difficulty is due to all the tearing up of Thamel streets, and聽 drainage or canalization work in the capital. We gave up....! Hopeless.
I hope that your experiences in India were better!
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