I had dinner with the new folks in town. PJ and Lizzie. We made pizza pockets. They had cheese and pepperoni from the States. Tasty, indeed.
But even better than that was the fellowship and good conversation we had. They are around my age and from Ohio. Its been a [...]
I met a new American family in Kathmandu Sunday. They are originally from Cleveland, but we will forgive them for that. The man, PJ, is interested in taking language classes at the same school as I. I invited him to come along with me today to check out the class. But [...]
The Boudhanath Stupa was #4 on my Top Ten Things To See Around Kathmandu. It is by far one of the most impressive things I have seen since I have been here, and that is saying a lot. I knew it was big (its one of the largest in the world), but I [...]
I was abruptly awoken yesterday morning at 6:30 am by the sound of gunshots from automatic weapons. I was amazed at how loud it was. I heard it from the west and it echoed back off the mountains from the east. The shots were in celebration of Democracy Day (just one of the 53 government [...]
I had a dream a few days back in which I was back in the States and I was driving out of a parking lot with some friends. Once I pulled out onto the road, I suddenly did not know which lane to drive in. I yelled, “Which lane should I be in?” and started [...]
I have talked before about the smog and dirt around Kathmandu. Its incredibly dry which explains all the dirt and can be remedied by rain (oh how I cannot wait for it!). But the smog? The remedy isn’t so easy.
I was able to get a picture yesterday that illustrates the smog here. [...]
Wow. Two weeks of class finished. It flew by faster than the winds of September 14, 2008. If this keeps up it’ll be the end of June before I can even think about March.
On Valentine’s Day I went over to the Unruh’s for dinner. We had a good time just hanging out, talking about politics, [...]
We learned the last of the Nepali characters in class today. Now I know the entire Nepali alphabet, all 47 characters.
In celebration, I bought a Nepali/English Bible. There are still a few quirks I need to learn, but for the most part I can read it. I don’t necessarily know what it says, but I [...]
Sports are an interesting thing here in Nepal. Badminton can be seen being played on all the street corners as well as ping-pong. Soccer (excuse me, football) is very popular as well. But there is another well known, but little understood (at least in the States) game played here in Nepal: cricket. India and Sri [...]
