Potential Gurkha Registration
It’s that time of the year again where British Camp in Pokhara plays host to the annual recruitment of Gurkhas. Today is the very first stage where Potential Recruits turn up just to register for further selection tests later in the year. It is not that straight-forward though! Because of the huge amount trying to [...]
Visit to Gurkha (Goorkha)
Another chance to trek out from Pokhara took me to Goorkha – the spiritual home of the Gurkhas, (and one of the stops for photoNepal 2012!) The weather was not very kind because, although it didn’t rain, there was significant haze so no mountains to be seen – you can see most of the Annapurnas, [...]
Joanna Lumley visits the Gurkha Welfare Scheme
Another busy week has passed; this time with one of the Patrons of the Gurkha Welfare Trust, Ms Joanna Lumley. On Wednesday, I took her up to a small village called Tiplyang (about 5 hours to get to by road from my house, but we only took 20 minutes to get there!) Tiplyang is [...]
Happy Birthday Johnny!
Hi all, Not sure if you know, but it’s Johnny’s birthday today! We wish you all the best, enjoy your day! – Seb and Chris
Video update from Nepal
Hi, We thought you might want to see a short video from Nepal. So here it is, our first video update from Nepal: and a few words from Johnny! All the best, Seb
Important update
Hi, I have some great news about our photoNepal 2012 workshop. We have been given the opportunity to upgrade the package and we will spend ALL nights in hotels. This is great news and will allow us a very comfortable base in very nice hotels (not the usual trekking tea-houses). We are very grateful to our sponsors! [...]
Captain Kulbahadur Gurung
It has been a while since my last post – apologies; I was travelling around all Gurkha units in the UK to bring them up to date on what is happening in Nepal. But, the day before I left, I photographed ex-Gurkhas Kulbahadur Gurung and his brother, living near my house in Pokhara. Capt Kulbahadur [...]
The Paragliding….
So, the paragliding was good – really great fun, and not nearly as scary as I thought it would be! Photography was tricky however, so I set the aperture to f16 to limit the chances of getting poor focus. The weather was not brilliant; it was sunny, but a little hazy. Could just see Machhapuchere [...]
Interesting………
I thought I would quickly inform you of a couple of future events to wet your appetites. 1.On Sunday, I am using the opportunity of having some military paragliding instructors in camp to go as a tandem passenger to see if I can get some great shots of the himalayas. It will be cold, but [...]
Thank you Digital Depot!
We are proud to announce Digital Depot, the most professional and friendly photographic equipment store that I know, as our partner. We would like to thank Stuart and his team for promoting our workshops on their website, in store and through social media. Please visit their website: www.digitaldepot.co.uk
Life with the Gurkha Welfare Scheme
So….since my last message I have been quite busy. Firstly, I zipped off to Dehradun in the north western part of India, north of Delhi. The reason is that we have quite a few ex-Gurkha welfare pensioners still living here; there was a very large depot for the British Indian Army up until partition of [...]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from photoNepal team. We wish you all the best and plenty of photographic adventures in 2012!
Johnny’s November Gurung Trek
So, we have been live for 2 weeks, and already a couple of participants signed up! You had better move fast if you want a place at the discount rate! My first blog entry follows a short trek for a week in the hills north-east of Pokhara – Gurung territory and as well as checking [...]
365 days to go!
That’s right – 365 days to go to our first workshop in Nepal. Excited? We definitively are! Thank you for all the emails and Facebook messages wishing us good luck in organizing this great event – your support is always very important. Few updates: Johnny is currently in Nepal, taking care after every single aspect [...]
1.11.11, 11:11pm – We are officially LIVE!
Hi! I’m happy to announce that www.photoNepal.co.uk website is now officially live! I can’t tell you how excited we are and how much we’re looking forward to teaching photography in Nepal. Together with Johnny, Chris and Krishna we will do our best to make sure that this will be the trip of your life! We [...]
Welcome!
Welcome to photoNepal.co.uk ! The website is still under development, but it already contains some details about the photography workshop in Nepal that we are preparing. Please have a look at the gallery and imagine yourself taking photos like that! All the best photoNepal Team
