I was walking around Hetauda one day, minding own business and trying to blend in with the locals when all of a sudden, someone called out my name. I looked around but I couldn’t find …
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Where everybody (or someone) knows your name
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Macleans magazine in Nepal
Macleans magazine in Nepal, originally uploaded by thegreenpages. It is such a nice feeling to have something here that resembles home. The Zinio reader is a neat little program that allows you to seemless download …
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3 Characters
…that symbolically describe what I am doing here in Nepal. The Shaolin monk from Kung Fu I vaguely remember watching old re-runs of this television series. The main character is an ever-so wise Shaolin monk …
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Learning the Nepali Language
It’s “only” been a little over 4 months, but of course it feels like ages since we left home. Both the shreemati and I are pretty much settled and adjusted to the Nepali culture, lifestyle, …
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The Drive to (and from) Hetauda
Almost 6 and half hours later, in a crammed 4×4 toyota, a foreign metal object poking at my back while by butt froze numb, we finally made it to our meeting place Bastipur, in Hetauda. …
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Basic Operating Guidelines agreed to by Undersigned Agencies in Nepal
I thought this was really noteworthy to post up and to remind ourselves why and how we should act while we are here. Based on principles agreed internationally and in Nepal, we the undersigned have …
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Looking Back
After many, many attempts via slow computer networks and even dial-up Internet accoess (yes, Internet dial-up using 28.8 kbps is still a reality here), I have successfully uploaded a 25-minute video of our time here …
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Support Update
As we have mentioned before, we have been fundraising on behalf of CUSO-VSO Canada in order to help offset the costs of supporting us and our work while overseas. As of this post (and to …
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Happy New Year from Nepal
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 …
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My Village Stay – Day 7
(The long overdue post of our most memorable day @ Chankhu Besi) It was Day 1 of our community project. The plan was to start immediately after breakfast and then see how the rest of …