Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Standby...

 Just letting you all know that I have not forgotten about my blog! I've been somewhat occupied the last couple of months and some blog posts will be incoming when I get myself organized :)

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

New Years In Nepal

Note: this post was written and backdated to January 10th.

On January 31st, 2023, my host family invited all the volunteers in my district over to celebrate New Years.

Starring:
Mark (a 1-1.5 hour walk away depending on how long your legs are)
Pearl (a 3 hour hike away)
Kiehl (a 5 hour hike or 1 hour bus and 2 hour hike away)
Kim (a 2 hour jeep ride and 2 hour hike away)

From left to right: Kim, Kiehl, and Mark enjoying sel roti.

Leopards, Tigers and Bears! (Okay, maybe not...)

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