Taking the world on a bike

February 5, 2009
Taking the world on a bike      
 
Image   By Irina de Carvalho

He as been to five continents and 140 countries, travelled 209,400 kilometres with around 60 to 65 kilos on his bike. Pushkar Shah, a 40-year old Nepalese born in the remote village of Dolakha, has been through many experiences before arriving to Macau in a expedition that has been going on for 11 years now. He was in Hong Kong in 2000 and missed Macau. Now in 2009, he claims he doesn’t no why but feels happy to finally be visiting the territory.

On November 29, 1998 Shah set himself on a journey around the world in a bicycle to spread the message of peace. He plans to end his long life adventure this July.  “Actually, I’m travelling for a cause against war which there is a lot of different kind of fighting in the world. People are fighting for power, for land and in the name of religion and this is ruining our world. We are killing our brothers and sisters, so this is a journey for that kind of fighting,” he said. When you meet him, Pushkar is very fit and he’s eyes glance a man who has been travelling the world alone. A peaceful look that contradicts the exiting movement of the Chinese New Year travellers eager to see all and to experience everything in just a few days. Pushkar has been in the Special Administrative Region for one week and he says his main goal was to spend the Chinese New Year here. He describes Macau as an exciting place where different cultures mingle and cultural heritage monuments “emerge” on site.  “I will describe Macau in my home town as a very tiny place. Even if it’s not a country, it has a lot of world heritage sites and there is a lot of places to enjoy like gambling and relaxing places. So I feel it’s a small place but it’s enjoyable and very interesting.” Shah also confessed he had gambled 100 patacas in Venetian one of the world ’s largest  casino, showing he has been through the main spots not to be missed. He was staying in a small pension but complained the hotels here are expensive and charge double the rates at this time of year. He lives on donations and if he needs cross ocean airline tickets he relies on the help of fellow Nepalese around the world. He contacts them through the Non-Resident Nepali Association, an emigrant organisation from Nepal with more than 50 stations around the world.   “I don’t have any sponsor and I’m a survivor. I just need two meals a day,” he says smiling.  Among many amazing stories Pushkar emphasises this was only possible with his mother consent which according to Nepalese tradition must be strictly followed.  “I spent one year before leaving Nepal asking my mother for her consent. Everyday after dinner I would ask her and she would say no. Only in 1998 she gave me 100 rupies [around 10 patacas] and finally allowed me to follow my dream.”  His father was soilder and killed in a war, and since then he has worked tirelessly for the abolition of war. A victim of torture by the anti-royalist Democratic Movement in Nepal 1990, Pushkar has worked for human rights for more than 15 years. During his travels, he has met with many political leaders and peace activists, including the president of East Timor ,Sir edmund Hilary and the son of Martin Luther King, Jr.,  his web-site explains. On the adventures list, Shah clearly states that more good has happened to him that bad. In spite of having some thoughts of quitting, he never gave up on what he calls his “lifetime dream”.  “I was robbed 10 times and one guy kidnapped me in Mexico were I nearly died,” he recalls.  Also when he visited New Zealand, his bicycle was stolen and Sir Edmund Hillary – a New Zeland explorer included in the first English expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest – gave him the one he has today.  “Nepal and Sir Edmund are closely connected so he was very shocked that a Nepalese was robed in his own country,” he explains.   “Sir Edmund said to me: ‘the bad news is that your bike was stolen in my country but the good news is that I have a new bike for you.’ He bought me the bicycle that I’m riding now.” Already 11 years on the road Shah feels “very lucky” to do this trip and fulfil his dream. “Not everyone can do that in their life time”, he says.  The world bike rider  will be living Macau today to travel to Manilla and reach Qatar right after stopping in the Philippines.  He wants to end his quest as a “Peace Messenger” showing that donations and people’s good will can support a cause for peace.  After finishing his travels around the world, Shah will climb mount Everest in 2010. His next dream is to end with a  journey on top of the world where he will put the flags of all the places he has visited . “It’s a big challenge, That time mt. Everest will colorful ” he says.  “After that I’m planning to go back to my village and stay near the mountain to write a book about my experiences around the world. I will write a diary in four volumes with the 11 years of my journey. I’ve wrote already a poem book in Nepalese and a small memoir.” Before leaving the Macau Daily Times office, and as he was getting ready to take his pictures on the street with the bicycle, people’s curiosity was clear. Immediately approached by a tourist from Beijing, Pushkar took a picture with him and explained his journey’s purpose. Amazed the man looked at Pushkar and left as if he was one of the lucky ones. Pushkar has a plan after leaving Macau of heading to the Middle East – Oman, UAE,Qatar, Bahrein, Kuwait, and in the summer, travel to the Eastern part of Europe – Bulgaria, Armenia, Romania, Ukraine, Belorussia, Russia and then finally return home through Tibet,China and then straight to Nepal.

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साइकल यात्री सँग झिङे गफ

November 14, 2008

sसाइकल यात्री सँग इथियोपिया का झिङा का बारेमा याहू च्याट मा भ्एको कुरा कनी तपाईंहरु का लागि जस्ता को त्यस्तै राखेको छु । कृपया प्रतिकृया दिन नबिर्सनु होला

  subhash bhandari: hello namaste
Pushkar shah: namaste hai namaste!
subhash bhandari: ke cha tapai ko yatra ko khabar
Pushkar shah: ke hunu ni ta yestai saikal saikal saikal.
subhash bhandari: tiyo ta ramro ho ni naya naya thau jnu huncha naya naya anubhab batulnu huncha tiyo bhanda thulo kura ke nai huna sakcha ra
Pushkar shah: tyo ta ho!
subhash bhandari: ani aahile kaha ho tapai
Pushkar shah: tara kahile kahi bokai sutnu parne.
Pushkar shah: Ahile Djibouti ma.
subhash bhandari: yo kaha ho ra
subhash bhandari: tapai ta sara anu bhab bat khariyeko manche yasta kura ta aba samanaya bhai sake hola ni
Pushkar shah: yo ethiopia dekhi uttar parchha.
Pushkar shah: bhok mari desh
subhash bhandari: yeye
Pushkar shah: khana napayera manchhe haru sukuta chhan
Pushkar shah: jhinga le tokera chilauchha.
Pushkar shah: kasto nathe jhinga bhane
subhash bhandari: ye sarai garib thau rahecha
subhash bhandari: ho ra
subhash bhandari: hahaha
Pushkar shah: bhun bhun bhun sahar bhari jhiunga
subhash bhandari: tehi ta naya anubhab bho ni
subhash bhandari: rochak thau po rahecha ta
Pushkar shah: bajar ma rakheko suntala ta jhinga basera  le kalo dekhinchha.
subhash bhandari: hahah kasto desh maa puganu bhyecha ta
subhash bhandari: tapai lai ta disturb gareko chaian  jhingaa le
Pushkar shah: suntala kinera khana pani ghin lagchha.
Pushkar shah: kasto hola aba bichar garu na!
subhash bhandari: tehi ta sundai ghin lagne rahecha
subhash bhandari: manche pani ta testai holan ni
Pushkar shah: aapui..
subhash bhandari: kale le paisa ta magdainana
Pushkar shah: kurai nagaru.
Pushkar shah: magne gherchhan
Pushkar shah: jui bhari jhinga.
Pushkar shah: luga bhari jhinga
Pushkar shah: bhun bhun bhun
Pushkar shah:
subhash bhandari: hahaha
subhash bhandari: ramailo anubhab sunaunu bho
Pushkar shah: ma ahile internet ma chhu.
subhash bhandari:
subhash bhandari: teha ta jhinga chaina ?
Pushkar shah: tapai lekheko herna aayeka chhan screen ma.mouse chaluna aauchhan
Pushkar shah:
subhash bhandari: haha dar lagdo rahecha ni ta
Pushkar shah: yestai ho
Pushkar shah: ek hapta bhayo
Pushkar shah: ali ali pachyo
Pushkar shah: jhinga ta sathi jastai bhaye
subhash bhandari: jhingai  jhinga le satayeko desh ithopia jaha jhinga nai sab thok rahech ma saikal yatri pani jhinga kai bich maa harai rahechu
subhash bhandari: yo chai jhina ko baare maa kabita juraako tapai ko lagi
Pushkar shah: hahahahaha!
Pushkar shah: ye jhinga udi ja
Pushkar shah: makuri
Pushkar shah: talai mann pardai na
subhash bhandari: mero dimag na kha jhinga
subhash bhandari: tero desh maa ma pahunaa baner aayeko chu saikal kudaudai
Pushkar shah: jhinga bhyo mero sathi
Pushkar shah: bhat ko sato jhinga khau ki ke ho
subhash bhandari: haina teso nagarnus
Pushkar shah: yo jhinga ko desh ma maro kasto yatra
subhash bhandari: feri jhinga le pet bhitra aakraman garla
Pushkar shah: haina chapeyera khne!
Pushkar shah: chirip chirip
subhash bhandari: aanutho cha yatra tapaiko jhinga le deko cha sath tas des ko
subhash bhandari: ho ra
Pushkar shah: bose jhinga ta mitho hola.
subhash bhandari: jhinga ko ni kahai bosa huncha ‘
Pushkar shah: yo monika bhanne euta keti line ma chhe.
subhash bhandari: dherai jhinga nakhanu pet maa aakraman garla
Pushkar shah: teslai bhanu bhaneko reply nai gardina yaar
subhash bhandari: yee kaha bat ho ni tiyo
subhash bhandari: chinina hola ni ta ‘
Pushkar shah: haina mero messenger ma raichhe
Pushkar shah: chineko chhaina!
subhash bhandari: yee
Pushkar shah: lau jhinga ko katha sakiyo.
subhash bhandari: yo ta mero blog kaa lagi yeuta bisaya nai bhayo ni chapna milcha ?
Pushkar shah: ani teta ko naya ke chha?
Pushkar shah: edit nagari chhapnu parchha!
subhash bhandari: yaha ta sab thick cha jhinga nai dekhana painn
subhash bhandari: bhanna le
Pushkar shah: pratachhe barta laap saikale sanga!
Pushkar shah: hahahaha!
subhash bhandari: tesai garau ta maa
Pushkar shah: ek kilo pathai diu?
subhash bhandari: huncha kargo garer pathaunu na
Pushkar shah: bichara jhinga europe tira jana paye kya khusi hunthe holan hai?
subhash bhandari: ma yaha bhayeko purai chapchu hai ta hamro bartaa laap
Pushkar shah: visa milchha ki mildaina?
subhash bhandari: tehi ta yaha kaa jhing lai ta moj cha
subhash bhandari: didainaan hola yaha kaa dhade jhinga le
Pushkar shah: europe jhinga lai ta yeha ka jhinga le khai dinchha yaar. bokayeka hhcna
subhash bhandari: hahhaa
Pushkar shah: la la pahilo flight pathayera heru!
subhash bhandari: tehi ta europ kaa jhinga dherai kahyera mota chaan teha ka sukekaa jhingaa le ta harai halchan ni ‘
subhash bhandari: huncha
Pushkar shah: ki ship ma pathaune?
subhash bhandari: lin jan parla ni air port maa
subhash bhandari: by plain nai pathaye huncha
Pushkar shah: haina airport bata texi ma aauchhan!
subhash bhandari: huncha huncha ‘
Pushkar shah: uni hartu lai street address kehi chahinna.
subhash bhandari: yee patahidinu na ta kilo ka hisaab le
Pushkar shah: tara europa ma ahile jado chha. najene bhanne hu nki.
subhash bhandari: sirak sahit pathaunu na
Pushkar shah: me ek patak jhinga ko president sanga barta garchhu!
subhash bhandari: huncha
subhash bhandari: mag ke rakhane hun
Pushkar shah: kaha sirk paunu ni ta yeha.
Pushkar shah: bichara haru nangai chhan.
subhash bhandari: ye teso bhaye aahile napathaunu
Pushkar shah: heru bholi barta garchha .
subhash bhandari: pachi pathaunu hola
subhash bhandari: huncha
Pushkar shah: President ko swasni chhuchi chhe bhanchhan.
Pushkar shah: chothale chhe re.
subhash bhandari: kura ramailo bho  maa ni jane bela bho yastai kura pachu garaulaa
subhash bhandari: teslai taha nalagauna sakne jabo jhinga
Pushkar shah: thutuno sutuno chyatnu parne.
subhash bhandari: jhagadaa lai dinu na ti dui bich
Pushkar shah: bichara president divorce garne soch ma chha re.
subhash bhandari: ok hai ta ma sanga 1 min baki cha
Pushkar shah: heheheeheh!
subhash bhandari: nagar bhannu hola
Pushkar shah: jhinga gaph!
subhash bhandari: garna hunn 
subhash bhandari: jaya jhinga baad
Pushkar shah: jai jhinga baad
subhash bhandari: good jhingaa night tapai lai

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चिनाउदैछन नेपाली ले विश्व मा नेपाल लाई

June 11, 2008

विश्वमाझ नेपाल अनी नेपाली लाई चिनाउदै विश्व शान्ती को कामना गर्दै बिगत ११ बर्ष देखी पुस्कर शाह विश्व साइकल यात्रा मा निस्केका छन । हाल सम्म १२२ देशको यात्रा गरी सकेका शाह हाल स्पेन मा छन । १५० देश को यात्रा सम्पन्न गरी सगरमाथा आरोहण गरेर कृतिमान कायम राख्ने लक्ष्य का साथ उुनी अगाडि बढी रहेका छन । उनको यो कदम नेपाल र नेपाली का लागि महत्वपूर्ण र गौरबपूर्ण छ । उनको यो कदम मा साथ दिने उदेश्य ले अबको अंक देखी "हाम्रो आवाज "ले उनले भोगेका देखेका तिता मिठा अनुभब हरु लाई यहाँहरु समक्ष्य प्रस्तुत गर्ने जमर्को गरेको छ । कृपया यहाँहरु ले आफ्ना अंमुल्य बिचार पठाएर उनलाई हौसला प्रदान गर्नु होला

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