Still at www.KLEPO.net

...since sept 2008 I am in Ghana for a year, working for www.CapitalGroupGhana.com

...and my blog is still at klepo.net

...so thanks for the visit, but there is not much to find out here :)

KLepo

...I have moved :)

I have moved to Karachi, Pakistan and my stories have moved to www.klepo.net

Hope You will keep in touch

KLepo

I will be moving soon...

both on physical and virtual way.

This Friday 1.6. at 23:05 my plane flies away from Vienna and arrives on Saturday 2.6. on 17:05 in Karachi.

From the first days of my stay in Pakistan, my blog will move to www.klepo.net ....as I am busy with finishing stuff before leaving, I will need a few days to finish the web.

Wish me luck in both adventures :)

what a relaxing and tiring weekend :)

From a "weekend for anybody who would like to go for a trip to Slovensky raj", it has changed to a trip for me and Lenka, whom I have met on ITC in Romania and than on iTtTs in here in Slovakia.

More details will come very soon (as soon as I download the photos), but I can tell You that it was really great.

We have been hiking for 5 hours on Friday visiting: Tomasovsky vyhlad, Prielom Hornadu, Klastorska roklina and Klastorisko where we slept in a tent in the complex of Klastorisko (but thats a secret, because its forbidden:) and 9 hours on Saturday visiting: Obrovsky vodopad, Sokolia dolina, Stratenska dolina and Dedinky where we have slept in the camp (it was not yet officially opened, so we didnt pay), on Sunday we were dead so we didnt go anywhere.

I have felt so relaxed and tired... This was really a great farewell with Slovakia :)

how (not) to get Pakistan visa

I went to Pakistani embassy today to pick up my "12 months multi-entry NGO working visa" that were supposed to be finished on 9.5...

But after three months of communication for the first time they have noticed that they (embassy) dont issue such visa, that this is done by Ministry of Interior of Pakistan.
I was faced by a sympathetic man (with such a English/Pakistani accent that I had BIG problems understand) who politely asked me: "Would You like me to give You the 90 days single-entry visas? Just tell me."
Well to translate into normal speech: "You can choose to get the short-term visa or get no visa at all, the 94 EUR You have paid You will not get back anyways..."

Guess what did I choose...

But the story of today is:
- they were too polite to tell me, that they most probably wont issue the visa
- the way I was informed was so polite, that I could not even get pissed off
...first culture shock...
Slovaks would send me to $#@^, these were polite. What did They achieve? The simple fact that only what I asked for (doesnt matter I had no other choice).

By Kurt (MC Paki current) I was advised to argue (now having the visa)... a little haggle training :)

What next?
Not much... I leave on 1.6., arrive on 2.6. at 17:05 to Karachi. And after arriving start arguing (and paying again fees) with Ministry of Interior to get the full visa...

Will try my luck

I hope to learn Urdu

I have stated it also before and now I have made the first step from here:
http://www.ukindia.com/zurdu1.htm
I have downloaded the basic lessons of Urdu script, printed it out and yesterday had first glances in it...

I can tell You, its very hard on the first sight, but everybody who tried to learn Arabic (as Urdu is only a kind of Arabic) before has told its manageable... So wish me luck :)

I will inform You on my progress.

KLepo

. : KLepo goes finally online :.

in order to be in fashion and keep my promise of updating people about how my stay in Pakistan will be, I have created this thingee...

I promise to keep You up-to-date with my experiences... hope You will have some fun and not too many scares :)

KLepo