Dani's Travel Photo Blog

You can’t change the world but you can change someones world

Dani — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:13:33 +0000

If you have been reading my last post “Giving a future to Amit” you already know what the story is about. Many women here in Nepal when they are abandoned by their husbands are going through a very difficult time especially if they have children. This is the story of Kalpana and her [...]

Giving a future to Amit

Dani — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:20:57 +0000

Like their story there are hundreds, maybe thousands in Nepal. Kalpana is only 23 years old and already has a almost hopeless future. Three years ago her husband abandoned her and her then only 3 years old son Amit. More often than not those women and their children are ostracized by their community [...]

Into thin air – Trekking to Mt. Everest Base Camp

Dani — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:34:57 +0000

With every step I take I can feel the air gradually getting thinner. I do walk slowly but I’m breathing as if I am running up that steep snaky slope in front of me. The lack of oxygen is really becoming an issue above 3000 meters. Approximately 14 days takes the shortest route [...]

Intense colours, sounds and fragrances at a Hindu Wedding

Dani — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:00:43 +0000

The last weekend I had been invited to assist a typical Hindu wedding. Those weddings last for three days and are really fun. At least this is true for the guest as the couple to be married has to assist al kind of ritual ceremonies throughout the day. All this while the men [...]

Crazy bus rides, weddings and fresh chicken

Dani — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:52:47 +0000

In the Lonely Planet Guide book they advise you not to take the local buses to cover long distances when traveling in Nepal. But what you gonna do if you are traveling with a family of ten Nepalis? Well, take your chances and after my experience with the local public transport I can [...]

One of my pictures on page two of Nepal’s most read newspaper

Dani — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:38:46 +0000

Just a short post on some nice news I got as I came back from my weekend trip in rural Nepal. The Kathmandu Post, Nepal’s biggest newspaper, has published on of my photos in it’s sunday edition on page two. A few days ago I read in the newspaper about a photo competition. [...]

In between funerals and power cuts – Every day life in Kathmandu

Dani — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:09 +0000

In between funerals and power cuts - Every day life in Kathmandu

Saving a life with 60 Euros

Dani — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:46 +0000

Many things have been happening this past week. You might know that I have had a bad cold, just like many of us living here in the orphanage. This gave me the chance to experience a visit to a Nepali doctor. Of course do I have travel insurance and I could have gone [...]

Helping orphanage children in Nepal

Dani — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:33:58 +0000

A bit more than a week I am now in Nepal. While I informed myself well about the situation of orphanages here in Nepal before I came here, the truth is that nothing ever written could prepare me for the real life happening here. I have been thinking a while on what to write [...]

This year your gift could touch a child’s life

Dani — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:10:11 +0000

In January I will travel to Nepal in order to volunteer in orphanages in the area of Kathmandu. The organisation I’ll be volunteering for is called VolNepal. Their labour consists of finding and organising resources for different NGO’s which are active throughout Nepal. VolNepal is working completely independently, meaning that they don’t get any [...]