UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 27 Jul 2008 | Views [133]
I figured, why try to make an interesting title for this story, when simply saying India should bring enough excitement to all! Although Ive realized an intense and deep love for Nepal, both the people and the land, the colors are already brighter ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 12 Jun 2008 | Views [164]
A weekend getaway in the lakeside resort of Pokhara… what
could be better than being perched in a boat on the lake as the sun sets and
the mountains of Machupuchare peek out through the clouds? The sun has been
slowly going down to rest after ... Read more >
NEPAL | Monday, 2 Jun 2008 | Views [369]
I took the bike to fix a puncture the other day, and enjoyed
seeing the mechanic put the tire in water to look for air bubbles to tell where
the hold was. His patience in rotating the tire to put each section in the
shallow bucket, pressing gently ... Read more >
NEPAL | Monday, 2 Jun 2008 | Views [199]
And so passes another interesting week here in the bellies of the heat of Kathmandu.
I have started doing some yoga with kids in an orphanage next to the house, street children in a drop-in center, and adults males in a drug rehab center. Going ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 16 May 2008 | Views [135] | Comments [1]
Only in Nepal could walking into the jungle and down a mountain to get to the voting location be considered easy. Women and men with wrinkled skin and nimble limbs have walked for days, and continue down, If my grandparents could walk like this...its ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 16 May 2008 | Views [104]
puff puff clouds in the sky like the saddhus by the temple and mountains in the distane coconut pujas and rice for the gods the reds of the tikas and blood of animals mixing around me the colors all get lost in the ocean of excitement and everything ... Read more >
NEPAL | Friday, 16 May 2008 | Views [222] | Comments [2]
There are some very exciting developments regarding my volunteer work here, which until now I have also not really talked about. I have decided to focus in on a few projects in Kathmandu. I am going in the afternoons to a very high level and well off ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [141]
I was on a crowded bus, as all buses here are, sitting with
my back to driver and facing the riders. A beautiful girl my age got on with
her grandmother and sat in front of me. In order to do this, I had to position
my legs around the grandma ... Read more >
NEPAL | Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [169]
Im sitting in the silence of the 2 am computer room in the
house and writing in Word because the internet is too slow. Im thinking of
where to start the writing, as I do every time, and sad at how bad I am at
keeping this blog. Im also thinking ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008 | Views [102]
This is more me organizing my notes from the meeting, but I thought they were interesting to share... more later I went to a fair trade group today, which was a great experience. one woman took me around the whole facilities, i got to see how they ... Read more >
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