Nepal homestay with a local family: Experiencing village life first-hand in Nepal

By Nina Karnikowski
Updated January 23 2017 - 3:08pm, first published 2:33pm
In Hinduism, sadhu, or shadhu, is a common term for a mystic, an ascetic, practitioner of yoga (yogi) and/or wandering monks.  Sadhus often wear ochre-colored clothing, symbolising renunciation. Photo: hadynyah
In Hinduism, sadhu, or shadhu, is a common term for a mystic, an ascetic, practitioner of yoga (yogi) and/or wandering monks. Sadhus often wear ochre-colored clothing, symbolising renunciation. Photo: hadynyah
Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. Photo: iStock
Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. Photo: iStock
The way to one of the biggest Hindu Temple of the World, Pashupatinath Kathamandu, Nepal.  Photo: iStock
The way to one of the biggest Hindu Temple of the World, Pashupatinath Kathamandu, Nepal. Photo: iStock
Traditional ceremony in Nepal. Photo: Nina Karnikowski
Traditional ceremony in Nepal. Photo: Nina Karnikowski

In the low light, we sit on the floor, the plastic mat sticking to the backs of our thighs in the early evening heat. We hunch over our thin chopping boards, slicing clove after clove of garlic. My back twinges and I think, for the thousandth time in the past 24 hours, how easy I have it back home. Here, in this host family in Panauti, everything is just that little bit harder.

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