Bee is very famous all over Nepal. You can find traditional bee keeping in mountain area, including around here. People keep bee in a traditional bee keeping box called “Ghar”. it is a cylindrical shape with 60-cm length. It is hung at the corner of the house.
Astam is a village where Hananoie is located in. It is in the western part of Nepal near to the city of Pokhara. Its altitude is approximately 1500 meter above sea level. It is a beautiful village where you can enjoy not only Himalayan views
This is month of October Nepali month of “Ashoj”. The harvesting season is starting, so people are looking busy. It is the time to harvest “large cardamom” or Alainci in Hananoie. It is a herb with good aroma, using in Napalese Tea or Chiya and many kinds of food.
This morning, we were able to see Himalaya but it was not so clear. It is still the rainy season. We can see greenery view with full of rice field and millet. Farmers are planting seasonal vegetables as well as us in Hananoie. Recently, we have seen tourists increasing in Nepal after after the great earthquake. It seems to start tourists season in Nepal.
Monsoon, it is rainy time in Nepal. The weather is mostly cloudy and rainy. It has less chance to see the Himalaya. However, it is beautiful and different from other seasons because mountains transform into greenery and it has less snow on the Himalaya.