I know today is Friday and not Monday, but it sure feels like it. I went to campus today to find out where my class was going to be and check on my Student Visa. The last time I was there (one month ago) they said they take care of the Student Visa. They would [...]
My typical breakfast consists of tea and biscuits. I would call them cookies and crackers, but I live in a culture influenced by those crazy Brits who get all their terms mixed up. Who calls the trunk of a car a boot? Seriously?
This morning I had a new “biscuit” for breakfast. At first glance I [...]
I headed over to Bhaktapur yesterday to check out the sites. Its the third city (behind Kathmandu and Patan) in the Kathmandu Valley and the oldest. And you can tell. There is an “old” feeling to it all. Little traffic, not nearly as many people, and things are still done the old way in many [...]
Idioms are a fascinating thing. We use them in everyday speech without even realizing it. “The whole nine yards.” Or “you really dropped the ball on that one.” Or “I’m drawing a blank.” Some are so common, we don’t even think of them as idioms anymore, they are just part of everyday speech.
But what is [...]
Its seems that Kathmandu was slowly being buried in trash. A group was blocking the roads to the trash dumps in protest saying that the government did not meet their promises to the people living around the trash dumps. So the trucks had nowhere to go. And when the trucks have nowhere to [...]
Thirteen thousand chickens were culled recently in the eastern part of Nepal. The Bird Flu is here. Chickens are illegally imported from India where the Bird Flu was already confirmed. It was only a matter of time until it made it to Nepal.
So now we are not eating chicken anymore. They [...]
I picked up a map of Kathmandu yesterday. One would think I would have bought one two months ago, but, well, nothing makes sense in Nepal, so why should I be different?
Between my recently acquired map and bike and my trusty guide book I am now free to see the city. I’ve seen most things [...]
The water situation seems to be improving, although I don’t know why. I’ve actually had a couple hot showers this week. If I let the water run for a bit, it becomes clean enough (not clean, however, but clean enough) for me to actually take a shower. And if its late enough in the day, [...]
I spent the day around Patan and Kathmandu today and finished my quest of visiting all four Ashoka Stupas of Patan. It sounds much more glamorous than it is, however. All four can be visited in a couple hours, but today I only had to visit the Eastern Stupa to complete the circuit. Legend says [...]
I received a text message at 845 am this morning: Hey, are you up for a bike ride out into the hills? Indeed I was. I had been anxious to go riding outside of the city (get out of the smog), test out my bike, and get back to doing something I love. Some of [...]
