Moving to a different country may cause you to experience what is familiarly known as a “culture shock”. This is a feeling of confusion and uncertainty that you might have from experiencing a different culture than your own. It might happen when you move to another country and get involved in another cultural setting, especially
At the end of the semester in Pokhara you will first be working on one group exam with some of your fellow students, followed by a three-week period of an individual home exam. While working on the group paper, all students stay in Pokhara. The individual exam can be written from anywhere. I have
There are several things to do after the semester in Pokhara is finished. I spent the first weeks of the exam period mainly in Kathmandu, before travelling in India with a group of seven people. This post is meant to give some information about travelling in India, and hopefully to inspire some to do so.
If you have read some blogposts about Nepal, you might have seen that trekking is a common activity when staying in Pokhara. There are plenty of opportunities to go trekking in the area, and I would recommend to go trekking at least once. You won’t regret it! Anyhow, this post will give you some insight
As you might know, staying in Pokhara gives you plenty of opportunities to go trekking in the Annapurna region in Himalaya. Personally, this was one of the many highlights of staying in Nepal. Because of this, I will dedicate this post to give you some advice on how to prepare and plan for a trek.
After having completed the 10 weeks in Pokhara, the home exam period is up next. One of the best parts about this, is that you can do the exam from anywhere in the world, as long as you have Wi-Fi. This post is dedicated to informing you on the possibility to take the exam in
After the group paper was delivered and before the exam period began, we got to squeeze in some extra time to explore Nepal. A group of six of us went to Chitwan National Park, in hopes of experiencing the spectacular wildlife of Nepal. (Especially tigers!!) We didn’t really plan to much and booked accommodation the
While immersing ourselves in the vibrant culture of Nepal, we have accumulated a bit of experience and insight, both big and small, that we wish had known when out semester began. To make your journey a little bit smoother, we have gathered a list of tips and tricks, that could be nice to know for
Photo: Christoffer Voss One of the major things to do in this area of Nepal is the Annapurna Base Camp (ABC). We were told that it was quite a though trip, and therefore we almost opted out of this experience. However, we are here to tell you that it is very doable for pretty
Before coming here, I would have loved to see some more pictures and information on the housing-situation. Therefore, I have dedicated the first blog post of the semester to a mini-house tour, and some descriptions of the facilities, so that potential and incoming students can get a better insight into what could be your home
