Dashain Greetings

Dashain Greetings

I remember the childhood days when the sky used to be colorful with the kites in Dashain. And the ground used be be full of people showing off their new dresses for Dashain. It is basically still the same, just that somehow this fifteen day long festival seems to be enjoyed lesser than it used to be. Whether it is the emptier looking sky or the busier lifestyles, I'm not sure, but the holiday spirit is somehow missing. The turmoils in the country definitely don't invite festive atmosphere, but that doesn't necessarily stop you from enjoying life - after all that's the spirit of Dashain - the celebrations, the home comings and the unifications of families.

Unity is certainly something that we are missing badly. With all the running and the pushing and the fighting, everybody needs a break. Hopefully Dashain will bring some good times back in everybody's life around the globe. Also why not carry celebration spirit of Dashain globally like the Oktoberfest festival?

Let the celebrations begin. Time for some drinks may be.

Happy Dashain!

Explore more Nepal...

Explore more Nepal...

New Year 1126 to all!! There's so much to explore on nepal..and the good thing is that you're never done exploring. just been back from Swayambhu. its a magical scene to see the whole Kathmandu city glowing with all the Tihar lights at the night time. i just wished there were more people (there were less than 100 people i think while we were there) to see the 'matrix' like scene of the valley from the heights of Swayambhu. its...Heaven.

Now what's nepal if it were not to be the scenes, beauty & adventure. i saw this site that has some small but spectacular high quality photo collection and maps of nepal and information on trekking and other popular sites. its more like a guidebook. also can be slow over slow connection. but its worth a watch. the images are not only of popular sites in nepal but also from space satellites too! some of which are from www.eorc.jaxa.jp (which is a japanese earth research center)also there are loads of info if you're into travelling or trekking any of these places. here's the site

http://www.raonline.ch/rao_promonp00.html



Now if u really are into motorbike stuffs then there's this site called www.ridehigh.com by Himalayan Roadrunners Pvt. Ltd which arranges one of its kind motorcycle tours and expiditions to the highest places of nepal as well as bhutan, thailand and others. and its all in thier shedule section.(unfortunately the tours inside nepal seems to be postponed due to the unfavourable conditions here...which hopefully eases soon

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let the Tihar celebrations continue..!

Dashain is Here

Dashain is Here

Hurray! the greatest festival of the nepalese, dashain is right here in our doorsteps. i wonder if there's some other festival in the world running for 15 whole days. wow! it starts with "Ghatasthapana" today to "Tika" on 10th day and "Kojagrat" on the 15th day. the 'nawami' and 'dashami' are on the same day this year, so people are gonna miss 1 day holiday! foods, drinks, new dresses, kites, gambling, family gatherings, and most of all joy and peace is what i am expecting for the next 14 days...

now that the dasain is here and everybody are busy greeting each other it might be time to pick up a greeting card to send to the dear ones. one good e-card site with dashain greetings that i can think of are www.ecards.com.np and www.egreetings.com.np, both of which lack good flash animated cards (but then again something is better than nothing...)

www.ecards.com.np



www.egreetings.com.np