Commercials over here are crazy. Then again, commercials back home are just as crazy. Its just a different brand of crazy here. I thought I would post a few of them here. All the channels I get here are from India, so there are commercials for products or businesses that aren’t [...]
Burgers, friends, and rain! What more can you want on a Memorial Day? I checked the weather, and it said it was supposed to rain in Cincy. Its been raining here pretty much all day, so its been nice and cool.
I went over to PJ and Lizzie’s this evening. We “grilled” [...]
Yesterday at 9:15 a bomb detonated in a local Catholic church. Two people were killed, one of which was only 15 years old. Fifteen others were injured, some very seriously. The bomb was detonated by a Hindu extremist group. This is the first (and pray last) time a church has ever [...]
I thought I would share an interesting facet of Nepal with you all today: Gurkha soldiers. They are Nepali soldiers who are recruited into the British army. They are not well known in the States, but in this part of the world they are well known, especially for their fighting prowess and loyalty. [...]
Giardia lamblia is a protozoan found in water throughout the world. I was lucky enough to ingest these little guys and had them and a few thousand of their friends hanging out in my small intestines. I was able to get some pills and I’m feeling good now. It really wasn’t that bad, [...]
Yesterday after church a guy came up to me and introduced himself to me as David. He had been traveling the world for the last five months. Europe, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and he was heading to India today. He just returned from Everest Base Camp and had climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro while [...]
You reach a point when you’ve been somewhere long enough when what once was new and different becomes normal. When I first came here I was posting a new blog entry almost every day. Now its every couple of days. Things just become normal. I was encouraged by a friend when [...]
Today my friend P.J. and I headed over to Swayambhu Stupa. It is also referred to as the “Monkey Temple” because of the monkeys that play and relax around the stupa. It sits atop a hill overlooking all the Kathmandu valley and has possibly been a religious site since around 460 A.D. [...]
