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The
cultural interaction of a gorgeous Thakali women Purna Prabha and
sporty Dutchman Patrick Maas. Since 1998 they have combined their
qualities, Purna's famous Thakali hospitality and Patrick's strong
organization skills, to run the HIGH PLAINS INN (yes it is derived from
Clint Eastwood's film "High Plains Drifter") & DUTCH BAKERY and
show their guests the wonders of the Himalayas.
Purna
was born and raised in Tukuche. She gathered experience with her uncle
Lama Soshi in Japan, where they participated at the International
Buckwheat Festival. In 1998 she married Patrick and turned together
with the Dutchman an old house into an exceptional lodge. Uncountable
guests were spoiled ever since.
Patrick
climbed his first ice capped peak above Zermatt, in the Swiss Alps when
he was eleven years old. Summitting most of the famous 4000 meter
peaks, in the holidays of his astronomy study in the Netherlands, he
gained his inspirational strength which eventually merged him with the
Nepalese Himalayas. Exploring the mountains of Nepal since 1996 Patrick
became familiar with the challenges of high altitude. Settled down in
the Chamonix of the Himalayas, as Annapurna's first ascender Maurice
Herzog called Tukuche, between Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, he shares his
dreams with enthusiastic guests. Speaking the Nepali language fluently,
he turned his feeling for nature clients and his Nepali staff into a
professional organization. |

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