I arrived in Kanda on November the 2nd after a long journey by bus from Nainital. Luckily I met Helen and Mark, two English volunteers, at the shared-jeep stand so I didn’t have to search for the right way to ‘the square, reddish house’. With my heavy back pack the road was a bit tough, but I made it safely. After 8.5 hours by bus, it was lovely to sit back in the sun with a cup of chai, chatting with Mark and Helen.
Unfortunately, the second day was Helen and Marks last day. We went exploring in a field nearby and after that I joined them in the short walk to Kanda Market followed by the steep short cut track to Kanda. I was surprised by the hot temperature in daytime; short sleeves were enough, compared to the cold weather later on in the day. In the evening we had a great meal, including a cup of lovely fresh, hot milk with lots of sugar.
Early in the morning Helen and Mark left and I had to sit down for a while with a swollen knee; I think I may have been a bit too enthusiastic walking on the bumpy roads and carrying my back pack. I took care of baby Anuska, I helped cooking, made chapattis as best I could and helped with cutting the grass, although I could not handle this task for a long time – it was hard work!
I noticed that I had no network with my cell phone here in the mountains and Internet wasn’t working, so I went into Bageshwar to inform my parents that I had arrived safely. As I knew they were a little concerned about their daughter alone in this big unknown country. I was glad I could take their worries away; the Verma’s are really welcoming and family-like.
I arrived back in time to join Mr. Verma in a celebration in the temple up the hill. I really enjoyed it, although I did not quite understand everything, even with the explanations of Mr. Verma.
On Thursday there was another event in a different temple; the temple was just opened and there was a meal for everybody that wanted it. Of course I loved to try it! I received a plate with fried chapatti, a cucumber-yoghurt sauce, vegetable curry and pickled mango (really nice!). After some shopping we went home and I helped Renu take care of the baby and I helped with the cooking. Mrs. Verma noticed that I was a bit cold and immediately she brought a shawl and heated some milk for me; a great example of the warm heartedness of the family.
I had planned to go to Almora on Sunday, but then Renu told me there was a special event happening in the Verma house; Anuska was now 5 months old and ready to eat solid food. Lots of great dishes were cooked and after some traditional ceremonies – for example Anuska writing on paper! – She could try a sample all of the prepared food which was served for her on a silver coin.
The day after I traveled by shared jeep to Almora and although the trip should only take 3 hours, it took me 5 hours to arrive there and then I had to walk for 3 kilometer uphill. Because of the delay I decided to stay an extra night in Almora. I stayed at the ‘Bansal Hotel’, recommended by the Lonely Planet firstly and now by me (it was a bargain!). During my trip I visited several temple’s, including the Kasar Devi Temple, but if I am honest I was a little disappointed by it. Almora is quite small, you can do some shopping, go on the internet, eat delicious tandoori chicken at ‘Soni’s’ and have a nice chat with the locals. Unfortunately, there was a strike on the day I wanted to leave and the next day I became sick which I think was due to some of the food I had eaten at a temple, so my trip took longer than I expected. But I would still recommend Almora to anyone, just for a night or two.
After some quiet days spent helping with the housekeeping and cooking we had to say ‘goodbye’ to Dipty and Anuska, because they were leaving to return to their own home 2 hours away from Kanda. I traveled with them to their house where we had a meal and a stroll through their village and then it was time to return Kanda. It was not easy to ‘leave’ them there, but we had two new people coming back to Kanda with us Jeetendr and Chandra so there would be enough company!
Ro
Rodée Veens
19 years, student University Social Work, HAN Nijmegen
11/2/08 – 11/24/08
Holland, Netherlands.
Great post, I did not thought reading it was going to be so awesome when I klicked at the title with link.
Dear friend please visit- http://www.rosekanda.org if any ore please send me email – jlverma.rosekanda@gmail.com
Stories from the hosts — Jeevan Paying Guest Unit India
Local community benefited through Community based Village Eco Tourism –Sunargaon ,Kanda,Bageshwar,Uttarakhand,India
Our mission is to uplift the plight of the poor by providing jobs through social welfare activities such as construction of low cost houses, toilets, cattle-sheds, kitchens and bathrooms for needy families. I am a member of the local community and host for International tourists so my family has also benefited. Many of the unemployed in our community have found jobs with us through construction work, the collection of materials, transportation, shop-keeping, taxi ownership, guiding, craft work, musicianship, vegetable growing and selling, egg and meat selling. My seven family members now work as manager, cooks, housekeepers and guides.
We provide integrated tourism opportunities in nature watching, eco development, cultural exchange, healthcare, voluntary work in social welfare, anthropology, heritage and archeological visits, blacksmith visits, visits to local villages and forests, learning livestock rearing and many other activities.
Through integrated tourism we provide the opportunity for learning in the areas of Hindi and Kumaoni language, English teaching, wool bamboo and woodcrafts, gold and silver jewelry, biodiversity, spirituality, unique Kumaoni cookery, organic farming, tea gardening,
All the visitors had tourist visas and when they came to Sunargoan they appreciated the beauty of their natural surroundings as well as sampling unique Kumoan organic local dishes and exchanging cultural activities. There was also the opportunity to engage in local religious (Hindu) Ceremonies and Festivals. In addition there was practical work such as rural development projects, building construction and craft activities which hugely increased the local villages social welfare and rural development.
Currently Ethan and Justin US tourists donate 4 solar street lights for the host village Sunargaon so when electricity cut down the village have solar light, also donate 2 solar home light to community center and 8 solar home light to without electricity home who can not access electricity connection due to poverty.
Jeevan Verma
International tourists host
Sunargaon, Kanda,Bageshwar, Uttarakhand,India
greetings
Jeevan
http://www.rosekanda.org
Stories from the hosts — Jeevan Paying Guest Unit India
Local community benefited through Community based Village Eco Tourism –Sunargaon ,Kanda,Bageshwar,Uttarakhand,India
Our mission is to uplift the plight of the poor by providing jobs through social welfare activities such as construction of low cost houses, toilets, cattle-sheds, kitchens and bathrooms for needy families. I am a member of the local community and host for International tourists so my family has also benefited. Many of the unemployed in our community have found jobs with us through construction work, the collection of materials, transportation, shop-keeping, taxi ownership, guiding, craft work, musicianship, vegetable growing and selling, egg and meat selling. My seven family members now work as manager, cooks, housekeepers and guides.
We provide integrated tourism opportunities in nature watching, eco development, cultural exchange, healthcare, voluntary work in social welfare, anthropology, heritage and archeological visits, blacksmith visits, visits to local villages and forests, learning livestock rearing and many other activities.
Through integrated tourism we provide the opportunity for learning in the areas of Hindi and Kumaoni language, English teaching, wool bamboo and woodcrafts, gold and silver jewelry, biodiversity, spirituality, unique Kumaoni cookery, organic farming, tea gardening,
All the visitors had tourist visas and when they came to Sunargoan they appreciated the beauty of their natural surroundings as well as sampling unique Kumoan organic local dishes and exchanging cultural activities. There was also the opportunity to engage in local religious (Hindu) Ceremonies and Festivals. In addition there was practical work such as rural development projects, building construction and craft activities which hugely increased the local villages social welfare and rural development.
Currently Ethan and Justin US tourists donate 4 solar street lights for the host village Sunargaon so when electricity cut down the village have solar light, also donate 2 solar home light to community center and 8 solar home light to without electricity home who can not access electricity connection due to poverty.
Jeevan Verma
International tourists host
Sunargaon, Kanda,Bageshwar, Uttarakhand,India
http://www.rosekanda.org
Dear friend your welcome .keep in touch.
Jeevan
jlverma.rosekanda@gmail.com
Please try again more about us please visit-www.rosekanda.org
Jeevan
your welcome
Jeevan
http://www.rosekanda.org
thanks for your comment.
Jeevan
Your welcome
Approved
Jeevan
Dear friend youare most welcome.
jeevan
Surprisingly, Kasar Devi is homely for Israelis and there is even a chabad house here. It has really beautiful views of the himalayas. It’s also a popular place among hippies.
Add http://www.bageshwar.nic.in /excusion /kanda
Dear friend visit more blogs
hello
Very good, I am happy that you went to India.
Dear Shalu thanks for comment.
Jeevan
I don’t even understand how I ended up right here, but I assumed this submit was once great. I do not recognize who you might be but certainly you are going to a famous blogger should you aren’t already.
Cheers!
Thanks,Dear friend,
I am the Rural home stay provider and project leader of a volunteering programme in the north of india. Here we offer
people of varying ages, a variety of volunteering oppurtunities in a village of north india known as Kanda.
Most of the volunteers here are university students, volunteers, donors, social activits and others who stay for varying amounts of time, normally ranging
from 2 weeks to 6 Months, all of who say they enjoy the experience greatly. Oppurtunities here include teaching,
construction work, organic farming work, helping villagers and the local community with small projects such as
painting schools or building help . I was hoping to advertise the organisation here, the website of which is
‘rosekanda.info’. I was therefore enquiring as to what would be the best way to acheive this.
I personally find our community and the volunteering oppurtunities it presents to be unique in that the
surrounding area, located in the very scenic hills of north india. In addition to this, our charges of
accomodation and donation here are very reasonable.
Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
http://bageshwar.nic.in/pages/display/55-excursion
http://www.rosekanda.info,https://rosekanda.wordpress.com/,http://facebook.com/jeevan.verma
Mobile- + 91 941216786 or Jeetendra- 8954868561 or Deepak- 7409927834
Regads,
Jeevan Verma
Rural Organisation for Social Elevation (ROSE)
We run an Rural Community based Home stay Eco- Community Based Rural Tourism and Volunteer programme in the village- Sunargaon of Kanda, Distt- Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India. We run projects all year round, for people who want to experience life in rural India and the foothills of the Himalayas. These activities involve teaching at a local school, faming and construction, Film Shooting, Photography, Videograpy , Nature walk, Biodiversity watching, Eco tourism , Educational tourism, Home stay . Tourists/Volunteers are able to live with the family and learn about our culture with enjoying the nature.
http://www.rosekanda.info,
“http://www.rosekandahomestay.com/”
http://bageshwar.nic.in/pages/display/55-excursion
https://rosekanda.wordpress.com/
http://facebook.com/jeevan.verma
http://www.tripvillas.com/property/19794866/
thanks- http://www.rosekanda.info
I’m not sure where you are getting your information, but good topic. I needs to spend some time learning much more or understanding more. Thanks for wonderful information I was looking for this information for my mission.
Dear friend,
I am the Rural home stay provider and project leader of a volunteering programme in the north of india. Here we offer
people of varying ages, a variety of volunteering oppurtunities in a village of north india known as Kanda.
Most of the volunteers here are university students, volunteers, donors, social activits and others who stay for varying amounts of time, normally ranging
from 2 weeks to 6 Months, all of who say they enjoy the experience greatly. Oppurtunities here include teaching,
construction work, organic farming work, helping villagers and the local community with small projects such as
painting schools or building help . I was hoping to advertise the organisation here, the website of which is
‘rosekanda.info’. I was therefore enquiring as to what would be the best way to acheive this.
I personally find our community and the volunteering oppurtunities it presents to be unique in that the
surrounding area, located in the very scenic hills of north india. In addition to this, our charges of
accomodation and donation here are very reasonable.
Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
http://bageshwar.nic.in/pages/display/55-excursion
http://www.rosekanda.info,https://rosekanda.wordpress.com/,http://facebook.com/jeevan.verma
Mobile- + 91 941216786 or Jeetendra- 8954868561 or Deepak- 7409927834
Jeevan verma
Dear friend,
I am the Rural home stay provider and project leader of a volunteering programme in the north of india. Here we offer
people of varying ages, a variety of volunteering oppurtunities in a village of north india known as Kanda.
Most of the volunteers here are university students, volunteers, donors, social activits and others who stay for varying amounts of time, normally ranging
from 2 weeks to 6 Months, all of who say they enjoy the experience greatly. Oppurtunities here include teaching,
construction work, organic farming work, helping villagers and the local community with small projects such as
painting schools or building help . I was hoping to advertise the organisation here, the website of which is
‘rosekanda.info’. I was therefore enquiring as to what would be the best way to acheive this.
I personally find our community and the volunteering oppurtunities it presents to be unique in that the
surrounding area, located in the very scenic hills of north india. In addition to this, our charges of
accomodation and donation here are very reasonable.
Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
http://bageshwar.nic.in/pages/display/55-excursion
http://www.rosekanda.info,https://rosekanda.wordpress.com/,http://facebook.com/jeevan.verma
Mobile- + 91 941216786 or Jeetendra- 8954868561 or Deepak- 7409927834
Regads,
Jeevan Verma
Rural Organisation for Social Elevation (ROSE)
We run an Rural Community based Home stay Eco- Community Based Rural Tourism and Volunteer programme in the village- Sunargaon of Kanda, Distt- Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India. We run projects all year round, for people who want to experience life in rural India and the foothills of the Himalayas. These activities involve teaching at a local school, faming and construction, Film Shooting, Photography, Videograpy , Nature walk, Biodiversity watching, Eco tourism , Educational tourism, Home stay . Tourists/Volunteers are able to live with the family and learn about our culture with enjoying the nature.
http://www.rosekanda.info,
“http://www.rosekandahomestay.com/”
http://bageshwar.nic.in/pages/display/55-excursion
https://rosekanda.wordpress.com/
http://facebook.com/jeevan.verma
http://www.tripvillas.com/property/19794866/
We are gutting information from our visitors .www.rosekanda.info
Your method of telling everything in this post is really pleasant, all be
able to without difficulty know it, Thanks a lot.
If your school students willing to know real Rural Hill India we welcome.
http://www.rosekanda.info
Dear friend thanks.- http://www.rosekanda.info
What’s Going down i’m new to this, I stumbled upon this I’ve discovered It positively useful and it has aided me out loads. I am hoping to give a contribution & aid other users like its helped me. Good job.
Dear Chiropractor thanks , but we are providing job for our local community members, out of community persons paying for the opportunity and hosting cost.
Jeevan Verma