{"id":7996,"date":"2020-08-04T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=7996"},"modified":"2020-09-30T16:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:49:44","slug":"staycation-to-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2020\/08\/04\/staycation-to-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"STAYCATION to NEPAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">After our time in Senegal, it\u2019s time to go to L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor International Airport and hop a flight to Kathmandu, Nepal! As this region is known for its beautiful mountains (Mount Everest, maybe you have heard of it), we can expect a bit of turbulence. But once we touch down at Tribhuvan International, there are so many things to do!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"20 Reasons To Visit Nepal In 2024 - Lifetime Experience\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vD5PHRwNvvM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Thing&#8217;s First: Put On Some Nepalese Tunes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even the newest Nepalese music often relies on traditional instruments, like the plucked string Tungna or the tambourine-like Damphu. If it&#8217;s folk music you like, the band Kutumba has been making traditional Nepalese music since 2004.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kutumba &quot;Barpak&quot; shot in Upper Mustang, Lomanthang\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AHGs90ySMAE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But if it&#8217;s modern you&#8217;re after, Mahesh Kafle and Melina Rai are both up-and-coming artists in Nepalese music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LYRICAL : Nacha Firiri || Mahesh Kafle Ft. Melina Rai | EXCLUSIVE AUDIO 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pX8eHh4OJmQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/radiooooo.com\/\">Radiooo00<\/a>, where you can specify both the decade and the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brush up on your Nepalese!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nepalese is written in the Devan\u0101gar\u012b alphabet, which might be a little intimidating at first, but luckily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/\">Transparent Language<\/a> has you covered when it comes to the phrases we will need to get around town. It&#8217;s important to note that there are formal ways of saying certain things, as well as informal. For example &#8216;namaskar&#8217; is the formal &#8216;hello&#8217;, and &#8216;namaste&#8217; is informal. Add in the Devan\u0101gar\u012b, and it looks like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7997\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.31.02-AM-350x313.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.31.02-AM-350x313.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.31.02-AM-768x686.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.31.02-AM.png 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s go sightseeing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using the panoramas at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/\">360cities.net<\/a>, we can explore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/bhandarkhal-of-kathmandu-durbar-square-after-earthquake-nepal#294.20,-4.30,70.0\">Durbar Square<\/a> in Kathmandu (click on the picture for the panorama view):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/bhandarkhal-of-kathmandu-durbar-square-after-earthquake-nepal#294.20,-4.30,70.0\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020 08 04 At 11.35.55 AM 350x197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7998\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.35.55-AM-350x197.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.35.55-AM-350x197.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.35.55-AM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.35.55-AM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.35.55-AM-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.35.55-AM.png 1733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/thrangu-tashi-choling-monastery-main-building-nepal-2\">Thrang Tashi Choling Monastery<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/thrangu-tashi-choling-monastery-main-building-nepal-2\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020 08 04 At 11.37.30 AM 350x198\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7999\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"198\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-350x198.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-350x198.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-1536x868.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM.png 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/naghdaha-in-nepal\">Lake Naghdaha<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/naghdaha-in-nepal\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020 08 04 At 11.41.58 AM 350x183\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8000\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"183\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.41.58-AM-350x183.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.41.58-AM-350x183.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.41.58-AM-1024x534.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.41.58-AM-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.41.58-AM-1536x801.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.41.58-AM.png 1722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, of course, get a peak of Mount Everest from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/naghdaha-in-nepal\">Rongpu Monastery<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/naghdaha-in-nepal\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020 08 04 At 11.43.41 AM 350x183\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8001\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"183\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.43.41-AM-350x183.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.43.41-AM-350x183.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.43.41-AM-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.43.41-AM-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.43.41-AM-1536x804.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.43.41-AM.png 1721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or we could go bungee-jumping!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BEJn1nNd4cA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BEJn1nNd4cA<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jhH5U\">\n<div id=\"tw-ob\" class=\"tw-src-ltr\">\n<div class=\"oSioSc\">\n<div id=\"tw-target\">\n<div id=\"kAz1tf\" class=\"g9WsWb\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-rmn-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container hide-focus-ring tw-nfl\">\n<p id=\"tw-target-rmn\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-small tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\">H\u014d&#8217;\u012bna, dhan&#8217;yav\u0101da&#8230; (No thank you&#8230;)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"iYB33c\">\n<div class=\"dlJLJe\">\n<div data-cviv=\"false\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi9y87P84HrAhWWLs0KHZA_CGMQz_AEMAB6BAgGEA4\">\n<div class=\"U9URNb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tw-tmenu\" class=\"tw-menu\"><strong>Make something to eat!<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/asia\/nepal\/articles\/nepalese-food-wholesome-himalayan-bites\/\">Culture Trip<\/a> has several delicious looking recipe ideas from Nepal, whose cuisine is full of veggies, lean proteins, and other locally-sourced delights. Nepal got used to being self reliant on food as they only recently opened up their borders for trade, so you can be sure whatever you get is going to be fresh and local!<\/p>\n<p>The recipe I&#8217;ve decided to try, rice fiend that I am, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archanaskitchen.com\/nepalese-veg-pulao-recipe\">Garima Gautam&#8217;s Vegetable Pulau<\/a>, an uncomplicated dish &#8220;packed with flavor&#8221;. Sv\u0101di\u1e63\u1e6da (Delicious)!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8002\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Nepalese_Veg_Pulao-350x303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Nepalese_Veg_Pulao-350x303.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Nepalese_Veg_Pulao-1024x885.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Nepalese_Veg_Pulao-768x664.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Nepalese_Veg_Pulao-1536x1328.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Nepalese_Veg_Pulao.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch a movie!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nepalese film, known sometimes as Kollywood, is a relatively new industry, but that doesn&#8217;t mean there aren&#8217;t plenty of great choices! I&#8217;ve decided to watch &#8216;Who Will Be a Gurkha&#8217;, a documentary about the selection process for becoming a kukri-wielding elite soldier.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer  &quot;WHO WILL BE A GURKHA&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aSlVd8dIPCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/asia\/nepal\/articles\/10-nepal-based-films-you-need-to-watch\/\">Culture Trip <\/a>has a list of other Kollywood movies for you to check out as our trip draws to its close.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for us to say &#8216;Alavid\u0101&#8217; to Nepal, we&#8217;ve got another plane to catch. I hope next week you will join me for a Staycation trip to beautiful Holland!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-350x198.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-350x198.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM-1536x868.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-11.37.30-AM.png 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>After our time in Senegal, it\u2019s time to go to L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor International Airport and hop a flight to Kathmandu, Nepal! As this region is known for its beautiful mountains (Mount Everest, maybe you have heard of it), we can expect a bit of turbulence. But once we touch down at Tribhuvan International, there&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2020\/08\/04\/staycation-to-nepal\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":7999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[542801],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7996","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7996"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8004,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7996\/revisions\/8004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}