Update – shortly after Uday and I delivered the books, teaching materials and play equipment to the local school at Chankhu Besi, a cloud of controversy began to brew on our beloved Nepali village. The new VSO volunteers who arrived in March just returned from their village stay at Chankhu Besi and told us the […]
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A Library for Chankhu Besi
Project completed! Related posts: Books for Chankhu Besi Project Update A Librarian/Tree Hugger and a Painter without Borders It was an amazing yet exhausting day. I had to climb up the mountain 3 times to help bring down the books and equipment. Most of the community members were surprised to see me again and of […]
Books for Chankhu Besi Project Update
Oh boy, here we go… Thank you so much to the friends and family who have donated so far. We have already collected more than enough funds (and so quickly, thank you) and due to a perfect opportunity that has arisen in our busy schedules, we are going to deliver the books and equipment that […]
The Return to Kathmandu
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 set and small conversations of reflection (and rejoice) helped set the background during the hour long drive. Emotionally and physically […]
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 the day goes for our carnival. All the volunteers were ready to go as we hastily started to clear out […]
My Village Stay – Day 6
Our day off. No language class, just hanging out with the volunteers and taking lots of photos. We also spent the day around town and planning for our community project. Here are some photos from our day…
My Village Stay – Day 5
As I mentioned before, Tlell and I are living in different Nepali host family which I have heard is the talk of the village since it is quite strange to have a married couple living separately. However, this was mutually agreed upon in order to enhance both of our cultural immersion experiences living in a […]
My Village Stay – Day 4
I woke up really, really early at the crack of dawn and went for a walk around the village. Everybody was still sleeping and thus it was a perfect opportunity to have some personal time to myself and to take some photos. As the sun was starting to rise, I could here people from across […]
My Village Stay – Day 3
Highlights of my day… Finally used the charpi. Got it over with and it went pretty well. Immediately after that I had my first cold winter outdoor bath at the community water tap. I’m sure the entire mountain side heard me scream. It was quite refreshing actually. Oddly enough, I majorly bumped my head on […]
My Village Stay – Day 2
Day 2 – the Morning After The next morning started off at around 6am with me waking up to the sounds of Nepali news radio and family members hustling around the house. The youngest son came to my door with dudh chiyaa (milk tea) and some biscuits. It was then that I asked him again […]