Sometimes we need to look back...to find our way forward.
One of the original Lonely Planet Blog Sherpas. Just kept the name to represent my life travel experiences.
in Nepal… spicy food and having a daily runny nose because of it not seeing rain for months and sunshine all day dust and pollution (and having a daily runny nose because of it) seeing …
Project update: Thanks to everyone who has supported our little project. We finally delivered our books and now Gord and I are thinking about our next project. We’ll keep you posted. Original post below… (I …
Coincidently, I finished reading this book in the country where it all started. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood is essentially about the author’s personal experiences in his initial quest to help …
It’s last minute, but I am Hetauda bound for 5 – 6 days to meet my counter-part’s field office staff. I am really looking forward to a change of scenery.
Aside from posting a back log of blog posts, current posts have been rare these days since we have mainly been focusing our efforts on finding a dhera to live in. Dhera’s are residential places …
We just completed our first week of work. In-country-training ended for us last week us and while the out-of-valley volunteers shipped out to their placements this week, most of the Kathmandu valley volunteers started work …
Nayaa barsako shuba kamanah (New Year good wishes)! I have a back log of blog posts and photos that I will slowly post up in the next days. Updates include: Our language and cultural training …
41 days later in Nepal… After our long and unexpected good byes to our Nepali families, we began to make our way back to the Pacific Guest House in Kathmandu. The sun was starting to …
On December 16th, the VSO Volunteer November ’08 group embarked on a 9-day Village Stay in Chankhu Besi thaau near Dhulikhel. As part of VSO’s In-Country-Training (ICT) programme, the 12 volunteers and their guru’s will …
Yesterday marked the end of our first week in Kathmandu. I think the “honeymoon” stage is officially over and reality is starting to kick in. Nepali winter has finally grasped it’s hold throughout the valley …