Learning How to Remove Leaches

September 15, 2008 8 Comments »

Dhal Bhat Days – Vol 3 8/31/08 Snapshots from this day of the journey can be found here! Photography from Nepalese Villages – click here! Today I arrived at the village of Puma where I will be staying for 2 weeks. It’s pretty much what I thought it would be in my ‘prepare for the […]

Want an Adventure? Ride A Nepal Bus

September 13, 2008 5 Comments »

Dhal Bhat Days – Vol. 2 Today was the day the surrender happened; surrendering to my new environment. I believe this to be the first surrender, I think there will be many more in this volunteering adventure. I met my ‘guide’ Khadgo in the morning in Kathmandu and we set out to go catch a […]

Abrupt Transitions

September 11, 2008 12 Comments »

 Dhal Bat Days –  Vol. 1 8/30/08 Oh my God – what have I done? I kind of feel like it’s my first week at college again where I miss my friends and my comfortable life and wonder how the hell I’m ever going to make it. I arrived in Kathmandu after 27 hours of […]