 | Jungle Madness in Chitwan National Park!
2006-08-13, Sauraha, Nepal. By: gertjonnys | | How can two countries that border each other be so different? This is what I found as I traversed from India into Nepal. People were more laid back and most friendly, the Terai Region landscape was ... |
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 | De-Licing, De-Worming, and Re-Packing
2006-09-01, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Well, things are coming to an end for me here in Nepal. I left my placement and the kids two days ago and have been relaxing since then – sort of; the headline is literal. I didn’t tell my host family... |
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 | No more scabies (for certain)
2006-08-10, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Yep, I think the head lice shampoo did the trick and it seems that the scabies are gone. The past few days have been pretty busy and exhausting - trips the the clinic and keeping the children entertai... |
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| No more scabies (but new photos!)
2006-08-06, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Yep, the scabies seems to have died down after scrubbing the place up and smearing the children with lice shampoo (which they had to keep on for 12 hours). There's a volunteer party tonight so I'm in ... |
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| Rain and scabies
2006-08-06, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Well, it appears that the younger kids have got scabies . . . and I'm fairly certain I picked it up as well. Luckily I caught it early and VSN is well prepared since scabies is quite common here. I'm ... |
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 | more photos
2006-07-30, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | The internet hasn’t been too helpful here lately (deleting the last journal entry I tried to post), but I’ve managed to get a few more photos up. Most of the photos are from the walks I’ve taken near ... |
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| New Photos!
2006-07-22, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Came in to Thamel for a night and this morning the photos are finally uploading properly. Last night I got to meet up with some other VSN volunteers and a Nepali friend (Sagar, Sunil’s brother – whom ... |
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| Updates
2006-07-19, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | In Thamel for a few hours today for paperwork. Hopefully the photos load this time. We’ve been spending almost everyday shuttling kids to and from the health clinic (about 1 ½ hours by bus each way). ... |
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| No photos
2006-07-14, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Hmm . . . I can't seem to upload photos from this internet shop (even after waiting 30 minutes for them to loud on this 100 mbps connection - at least it only cost me .30 cents US). I'll just wait unt... |
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| Bungmati
2006-07-13, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Geez . . . where to start? I'm finally in my placement; it's near a small town called Bungmati about 20 minutes outside Thamel (a district of Kathmandu). My new host family is great and the food it wo... |
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| Bistachaap
2006-07-08, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Bistaqchaap was beautiful (see attached photos) and my host family was wonderful. Everyone was so friendly and open in the village. Kathmandu is much different, people here only start conversations wi... |
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 | Kathmandu!
2006-06-06, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: saradekker | | Not many westerners have gone to Kathmandu, Nepal in the past couple of years. As we prepared for our travels, we prayed quite a bit about whether or not we should go. Up until one month before we f... |
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| Packing Up
2006-07-02, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | The group is heading out tomorrow for six days in the training village (Bistachaap). It's about 20k from Kathmandu and supposedly rather traditional and also very beautiful – I’ll upload photos when I... |
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| Of course, Of course
2006-07-01, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: tannerscot | | Yes, I got here fine and everything is going wonderfully. I'm actually a bit surprised that I didn't get any emails in very nervous tones inquiring as to my whereabouts (. . . Mom). Kathmandu was rath... |
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 | Don't listen to the news reports...
2006-06-05, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: thewilsons | | Well, hello from Kathmandu, Nepal! Whatever you have heard on the national news, don't believe all of it. It is not as bad as it sounds here. Yes, we see people driving around with communist flags, bu... |
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 | Dysentery in Nepal !!
2006-06-01, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: portersaw | | Hello friends and family -
Sorry it's been a while since we made an update. Also, due to the speed of the internet here, I won't be ale to upload any pictures... too bad, it's beautiful in Nepal.... |
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 | Current issues
2006-04-19, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: adi_afek | | I'm sure you all have heard about the current political unrest here, since it's been in the news but I'll clarify it a bit anyway. For the past 13 days there's been a Banda (strike) in Nepal. No gro... |
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 | When being a (Canadian) tourist helps...
2006-04-15, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: kev_jen | | Well, we finally crossed the border from China (Tibet) into Nepal. After a few heart-felt goodbyes with the Jiggles, we walked through the Chinese customs office, and headed for the Friendship Bridge... |
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| Five things
2006-04-05, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: adi_afek | | Five things I'm excited about:
1) The next round of immunizations getting off the ground
2) Meeting a french monk
3) Taking a field trip with the kids to play soccer
4) Moving into the orphanage... |
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| Everest Base Camp
2006-04-03, Mount Everest, Nepal. By: kev_jen | | Sorry for the abrupt ending to our last post. The lights were flickering here (the power goes out frequently in Kathmandu) and we didn't want another repeat of Lhasa where we lost our whole story.
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| Holy Crap...The Chiggles is praying!
2006-04-03, Mount Everest, Nepal. By: kev_jen | | We last left you heading off in to the sunset. Turns out this is not the best time to drive in Tibet. About 10 minutes after our driver assured us it was safe to drive at that time of night, he turn... |
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| A week in Thankot
2006-03-21, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: adi_afek | | I've been back in Thamel for a few days after my first week in the orphanage which was... intense. The kids at Himali are incredibly indepedent, even the young ones at 5-years-old awould probably be ... |
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| Bungee Jumping
2006-03-12, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: adi_afek | | Sorry I didn't inform you of this beforehand mom, but yesterday I went bungee jumping! The jump was about 15 kilometers from the tibetan border and was one of the coolest experiences of my life. It's... |
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| Back from Bistachap
2006-03-10, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: adi_afek | | I arrived back in Thamel the day before yesterday, but have been pretty busy, and when I do have time and energy to write, there is usually a power outage! Score. It hasn't rained in Kathmandu valle... |
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