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, [...]
I have not slept well the last week or so. Its not because of bad dreams. Its not because of eating the wrong food too late at night (my system is quite used to a handfull of Oreos at midnight). And its not because of the fifty year old living inside of me. No, its [...]
Culture Shock. n. a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment
Its been five months since I’ve left home; five long yet gone-by-quickly months. They say its right around the five or six month mark that culture shock really [...]
And trust me, its BAD.
Holy moly its March already and Lent is upon us. I don’t normally observe Lent, but this year I have decided to give up electricity and water.
All joking aside, time is flying and its time for rain! It has been clouding up here lately, and hopefully that means rain, but nobody seems too [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
The CDC defines rabies as follows:
Rabies virus infects the central nervous system, causing encephalopathy and ultimately death. Early symptoms of rabies in humans are nonspecific, consisting of fever, headache, and general malaise. As the disease progresses, neurological symptoms appear and may include insomnia, anxiety, confusion, slight or partial paralysis, excitation, hallucinations, agitation, hypersalivation, difficulty swallowing, [...]
