The Lost Kingdom of Nepal🇳🇵 – Gorkha / Gurkha (You Must Visit)

The Lost Kingdom of Nepal🇳🇵 – Gorkha / Gurkha (You Must Visit)

namaste or gade and good morning guys from the 
first episode of our Nepal tour we’re currently   in our apartment here in Nepal and we’re about 
to spend the next 2 weeks traveling around this   amazing country welcome to episode one of a 
amazing adventure around Nepal i’m so excited   let’s go hidden in the deep hills of Nepal lays 
Gawka the birthplace of a kingdom that would one   day unite the entire nation this isn’t the Gawker 
you hear about in tourist brocherses this is the   real story the forgotten palaces ancient battles 
and history that shaped Nepal forever today we’re   going beyond the myths to uncover Gawker’s 
true story of how one man united Nepal let’s go so we’re uh we’re 5 minutes in and a bird just 
pooed on Sophia i guess that’s good luck it’s all   right i’ll wipe it off oh no okay so this is our 
guide for the trip hello namaste good morning my   name is Donra Gurung i am from Korka we are 
hitting up to L Manur in Kha district yeah   awesome thank you so much and he’s given us 
these hats for today as well well for the next   week and Sophia’s got this pink hat too she’s 
just changing her shirt right now because of   the bird poop ah here she is okay we got to go 
now so right now we’re just stuck in a bit of   a traffic jam i can’t wait to get out of the 
city yes pollution traffic people hardly any okay so now we’ve came off the windy road now onto 
the straight road feel sick you have a headache   it’s all right now that we’re on the straight 
road it should be okay uh this is the same road   that goes to Porca and Chipwine as well so should 
be a bit better now okay so right now we’re in a   massive traffic jam because they’re building the 
road right here you can see they’re building the   road and uh there’s no traffic police and the 
workers are directing the traffic this is just   a mess welcome to Nepal okay so we made it for 
a lunch break sophia how do you feel i feel good   how’s your headache it’s still there maybe after 
I eat I will feel super good yeah yeah okay all   right let’s go find some dahbat some dabbed 24 
hours so so far we’ve experienced windy roads   straight roads but with negative traffic yeah 
it was so hard for me to fall asleep cuz it was   very bumpy comparing this to our road trips that 
we’ve done in Bhutan the roads here are not that   good but they’re fixing this this main road is 
80% completed between Catman do and Porcra the   Porcra side is pretty much 100% done and now 
they’re doing this side which is why there’s   so much traffic but you know what like all of this 
I think is going to be worth it after we reach our   destination after we reach Gawker right guys for 
those of you who are wondering Gawker is actually   the birthplace of the Gawker soldiers h nowadays 
people just call any brave Nepali soldier a gawka   but back in the day they were the soldiers with 
the cookeries with the knives and uh they were the   most fierce everyone feared them but more on that 
when we get there okay so we just got our food   here we’ve got the dalba takali which is basically 
like a Nepali sets we’ve got dahl veg items rice   and h yogurt as well which is what you have at the 
end that’s a lot of Chicken awesome let’s enjoy with the chicken gunduk sag it’s tasty the best okay I’m excited now let’s eat okay we just finished up there 
what do you think pretty good   it was really tasty that’s what I’m 
looking forward to on this whole trip um we are stuck in traffic and how long more 
is it going to take maybe around 2 hours cuz   the traffic is really bad i don’t know what is 
going on today maybe cuz they are like trying   to fix the road everywhere it’s our lucky 
day because while they are developing the   road which is a good thing they’ve done it 
mainly on the day that we’re going through   everywhere so no problem we have already 
reached by now yeah we still got another   2 hours so it’s okay there’s nothing we can do 
about that it’s super hot in here and what are   we doing still in traffic so we’re going to 
go buy a coffee or an coffee or an ice cream   as they call it so let’s go and try and find one 
and not get run over when we get out of the car i’ll have the small one no you have this okay 
thank you so yeah super handy this guy comes   on his bike and then just sells ice cream in 
the middle of the traffic which is great big   traffic block because of all the road work today 
the initial travel time was 5 hours right it has   already been 6 hours and we still have one more 
hour left yeah so 7 hours in total that’s bad finally finally we arrived in the beautiful 
Gawka and I’m actually surprised because this   city is way more developed than what I thought 
yeah okay so we just asked our guide Donna what   we’re actually doing and inside the museum is 
items of the king that united Nepal and what’s   the king’s name uh his name is Pritarin Saha he’s 
the one who united Nepal into one big country we   just arrived and it was closed but the security 
guard was so nice and he let us walk around so   we can’t go inside but we can walk around it 
which is super cool so he used to live here   or No this is a museum museum but he he didn’t 
live here right his palace not here hey so his   palace is another thing ah okay okay this is just 
the museum belongings are inside here okay yeah   and this is a museum uh-huh it’s a window it’s a 
Nepali traditional wow that’s so cool we should   do that when we build our house i was I was 
thinking about that yeah right beautiful okay   so because today took forever to get here to 
Gawka I think we’ll go tomorrow see the king’s   palace and everything and do a little exploring 
tomorrow but yeah just for now I guess this is a   good first thing to see so one super interesting 
thing is these cannons king actually personally   used these to fight off the enemies and the people 
challenging him during his time during his reign   that’s super cool to see and just touching 
this is uh such an amazing piece of history so I just love how they have kept all of this 
well-maintained and clean it’s really good to   see that yeah that’s right look at that beautiful 
so what just happened so our guide uh he was just   talking to the main people here so they just 
let us enter inside wow so we don’t have to come   back tomorrow no okay we got lucky let’s explore 
then so behind me here are the original guns that   they used to protect themselves and to fight when 
needed which is super cool and you can see here on   the end they have the big long knife to get their 
em enemies and you can see here behind me these   cookeries the gawker knives that the gawkers used 
to use when they used to fight their enemies these   are the curved knives famous for the gawkers it’s 
super cool so behind me here is the royal throne   oh my gosh that’s cool it’s a bit surprising 
though i thought it’d be like gold or red but   it’s black it’s It’s wood pure wood that’s 
beautiful it’s called Raz Simhasan in Nepali so here is the king right here so super 
interesting facts that we just were researching   was that he actually united Nepal like it’s not 
like he just drew a map and made Nepal like he got   the region of Gawka and Katandu valley and neword 
his greatest success was to conquer Kathmandu   valley yeah so he got all of the states or regions 
if you will in Nepal and joined it all together   as one and kept it as a country and kept it 
independent from the British during that time as   you know the British took over India and he really 
kept it strong and away from them and sort of when   he’s pointing up like this one it means like 
united one country uh really cool and one thing   as well he’s known as the father of the nation so 
he’s like the the dad of everyone yeah like who   laid the foundation that you are standing on right 
now like our country Nepal he made it work mhm that’s a famous song about Gawka so this 
hub this area in the town is actually mostly   nawiri communities in this main center i 
believe that a lot of them came here for   business during you know the peak time when 
everyone was coming here and when there’s a   lot of jatras and festivals on all of the 
people come together and celebrate sort   of in the middle here in this town you can 
also see the old architecture as well and   uh you can tell that it’s a noiri home because 
people of the noir community actually build their   houses right next to each other very common 
thing they love living so close to each other   and this guy here is actually a butcher so let’s 
go in and say hello he was looking at the camera namaste ali chicken oh chicken okay shrimati Nepali ah here she is i’m just making friends jack hello how are you that’s good wow nice   English namaste okay nice 
to meet you have a nice day so what do we have here our guide bought us 
beautiful yummy chut from Gorka my voice is   a bit down let’s give it a try m tasty pretty 
good yeah you want to try yeah sure m it’s really   good not too spicy really nice you might also be 
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at our local hotel the owner is so friendly she   just jumped in the car bus i should have turned 
my camera on but she’s such a nice lady and she   even speaks nari she’s guru but she knows how 
to speak in nari and she asked me “Do you know   how to speak in?” And I said “No.” What a shame 
what a shame even though Sophia is na herself   uh growing up she didn’t really speak it much so 
she didn’t really learn it well I do understand   and I can speak a little yeah but but I’m not very 
fluent fluent yeah but this is going to be so cool   staying in this uh beautiful place it’s all made 
out of bamboo such a local spot and apparently for   dinner they’re making really local food as well 
and it also comes with a cute dog and all of this   you can see is just made out of bamboo thank you 
so you can even see the pillow here it just looks   terrible this was once white so yeah so we’re 
just in the local kitchen and uh they’re frying   up tonight’s dinner having chicken kana so this is 
the vegetables for it this is papo and then after   this they’ll do the dahl and chicken too and here 
he’s preparing the meat no pickles mint pickles   okay cool wow fresh mint ooh wow mito wow nice 
sophia pretty good at it now it’s going to taste   even better cuz you did it so this is your dinner 
wow thank you so much wow uh-huh and the turkey   uh-huh dal wow c the yogurt wow chicken yes pickle 
onion lemon wow the proper proud wow and you you   both help make all of this right yeah yes wow okay 
thank you Dany this is called right yeah so what   is this it’s like wheat right millet millet it’s a 
form of grain yes millet and then you Okay no talk   and it’s good oh my god oh my god this is so good 
guys by the look of Sophia’s face I have to try   some now wow oh yeah it’s really good okay guys 
so we’re going to dig in we’ll see you tomorrow morning good morning guys from our stay gosh 
it was um it was a night it was not the best   good morning Sophia good morning how are you not 
so good we didn’t sleep too good last night did   we yeah the bed was hard as rock yeah hard as 
rock it’s literally a rock guys this is cement   on a mattress but not so good mattress and this 
sheet I’m so glad you brought this this sheet   guys is actually ours and I brought it from 
our home put it in our bag just in case cuz   this sheet was so dirty had all dirt and stuff on 
it and everything smells look at this pillow look   at that guys was once white that was once white 
yeah not good yeah there was spiderw webs which   we’ve got rid of and then the toilet smelt 
like poo and wee and I know that we’re over   sharing here guys but you know these are our 
troubles um yeah the toilet was really bad and   uh yeah and then we asked them to clean it 
and they cleaned it but they didn’t do a   good job so then I cleaned it and I cleaned 
off poo and wee and oh gosh it wasn’t good   and I felt so sorry for Sophia cuz I’m the one 
that drags her on all these adventures that I   think is a good idea no but we asked for it like 
we told them like we need to experience something   very local yeah yeah there’s a difference between 
local and nice and then local and dirty and we got   local and dirty but we’re actually the test 
pilots for this tour yeah we’re working with   a tour company and I’ll talk about more of that 
later but this is their first time they’ve ever   done this so they don’t know what the hotel’s 
like they don’t know what the food’s like they   don’t know what the roads will be like we’re 
testing out everything and anything that’s   wrong they’re going to fix for next time so if 
you guys want to come on this tour everything   will be perfect don’t worry cuz we’re copying all 
the bad stuff but one thing that was really good   food the food was really delicious really good 
last night so that’s one thing we’re super happy   about and we’re going to have breakfast now and 
just like that Sophia is in a beautiful ka wow   you’re dressing up traditional today yes why is 
that because we are going to Darbar to showing   some respect the king’s palace I should probably 
put long pants on i didn’t think about that so   yeah the place looks a lot different compared to 
nighttime thank you wow so this is our breakfast   for today two boiled eggs some apple and yeah 
this is what we requested so perfect we just go   for a simple breakfast we’ve also got banana and 
uh peanut butter as well so that should be good okay so we just arrived at Derva the king’s palace 
the king’s palace oh my gosh so this is so cool   and such an amazing experience i actually never 
knew that the original king actually lived here in   Gawka and actually lived on the top of this hill 
so we’re going to go up we’re going to see looks   like there’s a temple up there yeah so I think 
there’s a temple and we can see his palace and   see what it used to look like this is all the way 
from the 17th century so I’m really excited to see so we’re also joined here by some of my cousins 
everywhere we go in Nepal on the top of a hill   if there’s a temple or something special there’s 
always monkeys and I think it’s because tourists   come or local tourists come with food and it’s 
easy for monkeys to survive around here so what   are these rocks with all the riding on it 
so this is the king’s teaching he believed   that Nepal should be self-sufficient right and 
not like oppressed by the power of bit British   people right so he just gave uh divine counsel 
yeah so these are like the council sort of like   rules instructions on how Nepal should be yes 
his teaching his teaching yes exactly okay super   interesting so not only is this the old palace 
of the king but it’s also a temple as well where   people come to worship because they believe in 
the energy and presence of where the king once   was bringing the religious element into it is 
also quite a good thing so it’s interesting to   see that not many countries around the world sort 
of incorporate really important things together   so that’s one thing in Nepal that they do a lot 
that I’ve seen look at that monkey looks like   it has lipstick on i know they’re eating red 
berries of some sort so just here behind me is   the worshiing side for Hinduism and then just 
here I believe is yeah where the king’s palace   is and where the king used to stay and you can 
see here the guard is uh here as well which is   super interesting and this is the palace right 
next to the temple so it’s quite interesting   that the two of these are combined so we can 
see all the old wood the old wood designs for   the palace and this was really common back in 
the day so they had the red bricks the wood   and that’s how they would build these palaces 
whereas today the palaces we know are made from marble so also over on the side is another 
worshiing spot you can see behind me as   well not only is this the king’s palace but we 
also have a great view of Gawker itself which   is really really fascinating so beautiful and we 
can see here also they’ve built some really nice   infrastructure all nice new steps up here so 
people can come pay their respects it’s really   good to see this good government investment into 
a place like this cuz it’s so important for the   for the people of Nepal what I find interesting is 
the gods yeah right that’s super interesting yeah   i think that’s silver there yeah I think that’s 
what the guards used to look like back in the day   because I’ve never seen a guard like that in Nepal 
before so I think they’re preserving the history   and I love the gun yeah that’s like the gun that 
we saw in the museum yesterday guys look how this   street dog is sleeping right now i sleep like that 
yeah you sleep with your hands in the air i know   okay so we just had this nice young man come up 
to us nice to meet you what’s your name my name   is Akisho wow nice to meet you and where are you 
from i’m from Chon okay and what what why are you   here today well I’m here to see the view of the 
Gorka uh-huh and do you know where we are right   now what where are we now gork okay cool awesome 
well nice to meet you yeah thanks thanks for uh   answering some questions okay thank you uh I want 
to give a interview sure okay now we’ve got we’ve   got another person that wants to be interviewed 
okay so whereabouts are you from i’m from Mangal   Baza you know Logan Kel okay nice what’s your good 
name my name is Saharan wow awesome nice to meet   you yeah i’m I am a household i have three 
kids wow one is a native engineer and two is   uh Australia wow two in Australia his daughters 
oh my gosh you’ve done a great job there you’ve   worked very hard to send them and then they are 
engineering of uh it wow congratulations i’m very   happy to meet you here and then I wish you success 
your program thank you so much so guys that was   really unexpected but also such a beautiful thing 
to uh those people both came up to us they’re from   two different families by the way i thought like 
they were linked but they’re not they’re from   two different families and they wanted to get 
interviewed now the reason why I really praise   that woman for sending her kids to Australia is 
that’s not an easy thing to do guys and in Nepal   families are really proud of that and it’s such a 
good thing because to send someone abroad in Nepal   is such a special moment and Sophia and I have 
been to the airport in Catmand do many times and   we’ve seen so many families say goodbye to their 
kids and and it’s so emotional and we’re not even   part of those families but you can just like we 
feel that emotion And like even now I’m just like   a little bit tearary because when these kids go 
abroad you know they don’t come back every year   you know I get to visit my parents every year 
so fortunate but you know they’ll go for 4 5 6   7 sometimes even up to 10 years before visiting 
their motherland again to save and to to start a   new life in that country so it’s so beautiful 
and I really do praise parents when they tell   me that their childs are abroad because it’s such 
a hard thing but uh such a beautiful thing at the   same time donna in your village in your village 
would kids like bubbles they would I think let’s   buy some bubbles okay so we’re just buying the 
bubbles now and filling them up thank you 50   rupees each so $2 for four wow i’m sure the kids 
will love this wow okay so we’ve got the bubbles   and now we’re going to get some small chocolates 
small candies for kids as well so we can give out   heaps cuz there wasn’t any balloons so that will 
help so these little jars are pretty much in every   little convenience store sort of thing so they’re 
usually one rupees each yeah maybe 10 this 10 that thank you okay guys so that ends this episode our first 
episode exploring Nepal on our Nepal tour and   uh right now we’re heading to Bar Park and 
we’re about 3 4hour drive and just as I end   this I’m going going to be starting our new 
video which will be next week so yeah thank   you guys so much for watching we’ll see you 
guys next week in Bar Park and as always guys   ow sorry keep it real and as 
always guys keep it real cheers

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Welcome back to the Motherland! 🇳🇵 We left the chaos of Kathmandu behind and journeyed deep into the heart of Nepal to uncover one of its most powerful, yet overlooked, stories—the rise of the Gorkha Kingdom. This is the birthplace of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, the visionary who unified Nepal. In this vlog, we explore the ancient Gorkha Durbar, walk through cobbled alleys that whisper centuries of history, and meet the descendants of warriors who once shaped the nation’s destiny. Join us as we peel back the layers of myth and memory, from stunning hilltop views to hidden stories of conquest, strategy, and sacrifice. This isn’t just a travel vlog—it’s a trip back in time.

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