FLOCK : Thought behind the "Name"

Tripoto
26th Jan 2022
Photo of FLOCK : Thought behind the "Name" by Flock Hostels Kathmandu
Day 1

Flock is a lifestyle hostel situated in one the famous, energized area ( Thamel) in the capital city of Nepal, Katamandu. If you want cool hipster vibes, it gives you that or if you want silent mediated experience it provides you that as well. It is only fanciest hostel in the city where all the amenities as per the international standards provided on the budgeted rates. It is curated by the team who wants to give you an experience according to your moods as you packed your bags with. Run by hospitality industry professional with smile which tries to be at your service as worthy of their names.

Behind setting up anything goes a thought and idea which reflects at the very first step you walk in to something. FLOCK also brings up the same thing with the idea went behind designing it, the movement you will walk in to property it will represents itself to you; Welcome to our abode : Where everything matters.

F - represents ; Flora & Fauna of the country.

Nepal is blessed with bio-diversity and is rich with 6391 different flowering plants, 2532 types of vascular plants, 130 endemic species, and the all-out level of the types of plants found in Nepal is 2.80%. (Data is taken from Himalayan social journey table)

Particularly, the vegetation substance of the nation has seen a progressive increment over the timeframe, for the most part, packed in the various Government secured zone.

Rhododendron, which is the national flower of Nepal is additionally found in bounty in the Himalayan parts of the nation. The trekking trails are decorated up with the spotting of uncommon plants like brilliant Michelia, Serpentina, Spikenard, Himalayan Yew, Panch aule, Yarsagumba and some more.

Alongside the verdure assorted variety, Nepal additionally has special and rare habitats of creatures. Nepal has countless exceptional creatures because of its topographic and statistic variety. Nepal doesn't have any regular territories for the natural life, however, the legislature of Nepal has ensured some territory as untamed life holds, national parks and asylum to secure the imperilled and uncommon species accessible in the nation. As Nepal is home to creatures, for example, a sharp bladder that is rare and interesting to the nation, untamed life gives top-level input in the field of the travel industry. Musk deer, Himalayan Black Bear, One-horned rhinoceros, Asiatic elephant, and so forth .are a portion of the extraordinary species found in Nepal.

L - represents; Landscapes.

The land and climatic variability in the national impact the manor of the nation. With eight of the main fourteen most elevated summits on the planet and probably the most excellent scenes which are just reachable by walking, trekking in Nepal is one of the remarkable encounters of Asia. Nepal has a wide history of mountaineering with the early explorers being teased into the profound valleys and elevated mounts by the challenges of untrodden summits. It's not only mountains, the nepal consists of so many lakes, bio diversity parks, mountains ranges beyond Himalayas, National parks, local habitats.

O - represents; Orchestra/Ode

Come with your friends and beloved!
My country is the country of Mount Everest
Please come to view the tallest peak in the world......Cukoo is singing
Himalayan Monal and Lophophorus are dancing
Brave Nepalese will welcome you.......
(As written by one of the famous nepalise poets; Komal Malla)

OR as written by Viplov Pratik ; On a beautiful rainy day.

Clouds are making noise, heavily
As if the heart of the sky is about to burst with pain.....

Folk songs are performed in various festivals, events, ceremonies, Jaatras, marriages, Bartbanda, and many other social and traditional rituals.

You will find the heart, literature and rhythm of Nepal. If you define a country by a poem or some Lyrics/ Music; it's most fascinating of it all. It's tough to remember the specifics but a line which stuck in your mind is always to remember by.

C - represents; Culture

The way we see, Culture is a way of life or more accurately how you live your life. Cultural heritage is a way to catalog how the past ways of life flow into what they have become today. And to visit those places and understand them to capture in our memories forever. It can be a monument or it can be a certain kind of architecture but most importantly it's our heritage. Nepal's architecture is mainly built in pagoda style somewhat under the influence of Buddhist culture and it's deep root in the country. The temples, stupa's and even market are built in same line of architecture. It will not be easy to day that this country is only about mountains. It is about more than climbing to world's largest peak. It's about it's Heritage and technically it will also involve climbing and mountaineering after all whoever climbs; it becomes part of their heritage by inhaling the enthralling culture of it's existence. The cravings on the wall, The mandap's of temple, The Stupa's, The style of architecture or shall we say; the whole heritage is part of who we are.

K - represents; knowledge ( The eye of Buddha)

Knowledge is everywhere it's depends upon the one's eyes how and where they see it.
As Buddha tought, as he aimed solely at liberating sentient beings from suffering.

Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative pillars there. The site is now being developed as a Buddhist pilgrimage centre, where the archaeological remains associated with the birth of the Lord Buddha form a central feature.
Buddhism is also the second most followed religion in the country and the teachings of Buddha are widely accepted all over the world.